Re: [squid-users] time acl, domain acl and always direct

I will try and will reply if it works!

Thanks!

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> On 12.09.2012 20:22, Benjamin Joseph Dag wrote:
>>
>> Hi I am a beginner squid user running Squid 2.7 on Windows NT
>>
>> I am trying to have certain domains go directly to the server on a
>> specific time range and days..
>>
>> could someone help me with the squid.conf?
>>
>> domain: Youtube site and cache
>> time range to be direct connect to the net: 8am to 5pm
>> time range to go through parent proxy: 5:01pm-7:59am
>>
>> setup: proxy pc has own internet connection with limited bandwidth
>> uses parent proxy for most of the domains except those which are not
>> allowed during work hours (8am-5pm) e.g youtube, google video, vimeo
>>
>> what I want to do is that those sites that are blocked on the parent
>> proxy go through the machine's internet connection during work hours ,
>> and then the rest of the day they go through the parent proxy
>>
>> thanks!
>
>
>
> Define a time ACL for the work hours. ACL can be multiple lines like so:
> acl workHours time MTWHF 9:00-11:59
> acl workHours time MTWHF 13:00-4:59
>
> A dstdomain ACL for the sites like so:
> acl mediaSites dstdomain ...
>
> then add cache_peer_access rules to DENY access to the parent proxy outside
> those hours:
> cache_peer_access ... deny !workHours mediaSites
> always_direct allow !workHours mediaSites
>
> The tricky part is getting it in the right order in relation to all your
> other rules. Putting it above the other cache_peer_access rules should be
> fine.
>
> Note that time only matches *new* requests, so a video started seconds
> outside workHours times will continue to run until it stops.
>
> Amos
Received on Thu Sep 13 2012 - 00:11:16 MDT