Re: [squid-users] Limit usage of social network websites at workplace but not blocking them

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Hasanen AL-Bana <hasanen_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> It could be possible with squid if you write some external acl helper
> script which checks the IP address (or username) and decides when to
> allow/deny access.
> However, facebook is out of control now since the site switched to
> HTTPS for most users ( or is it possible to intercept https traffic in
> squid 3 ? )
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Dennis Yurichev <dennis_at_conus.info> wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> It is well-known how to block social network websites in /etc/hosts,
>> squid, etc. But I don't want to block. I want to limit its usage and
>> give all users in my company, let's say, 10 minutes per day to each such
>> site or 30 minutes to group of sites like facebook, youtube, etc. Or,
>> limit each user to one single visit to facebook.com per day.
>>
>> Is squid configurable to do this? If so, how? What I need?
>

May be a time based ACL will be helpful to your situation, which will
allow users to access social networking sites after a particular
time?
Check out the wiki
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl#How_can_I_allow_some_clients_to_use_the_cache_at_specific_times.3F
Received on Fri Sep 09 2011 - 07:29:57 MDT