Re: [squid-users] any comprehensive list of regex patterns for video blocking available?

hmm

Amos Jeffries wrote:
> Asim Ahmed @ Folio3 wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> is there any comrehensive list of squid regex patterns available to
>> block all famous / known video contents based on request/reply mime
>> types?
>
> Yes. The pattern video/ is very inclusive of all video file types.
> Can we use video/* to match any type? similarly with audio/* ?
>
> To predict yor next question the pattern audio/ catches the audio
> and music types.
>
> Neither of these catch the fake MiME types sent be some bad websites.
> But they need deeper config tricks based on how the site alters the
> traffic.
>
>> Further, does http_reply_access allow use of 'time' acl used in
>> conjunction with itself?
>>
>
> Yes. http_reply_access can use any of the same types and http_access
> as well as the extra reply types.
>
> The one hitch with http_reply_access is that the request has already
> been sent and the object is already being received back by the time it
> is checked. So a whole lot of bandwidth might get wasted on a
> reply-based denial.
can we block video / streaming contents on http_req_access operator?
>
> Amos

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