Re: [squid-users] squidguard not redirecting

On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:28:20AM +0800, csn233 wrote:
> > Has anyone experienced this?
>
> SG has numerous problems which caused it not to do what it's supposed
> to, including that "emergency" mode thing. Here are some things to
> consider:
>
> 1) a BIG blacklist is overhyped - when I had a good look at our
> requirements, there was only a small percentage of those websites we
> actually wanted to block, the rest were either squatting websites or
> non-existent, or not relevant. Squid could blacklist (eg ACL DENY)
> those websites natively with a minimum of fuss.
> 2) SG has not been updated for 4 or 5 years, if that's your latest
> version, you are still out of date. More to the point, you will not
> find much help now. or anyone to fix it even if you could prove it's a
> bug.
> 3) It has some quirks in how it handles hosts/domains in the
> blacklist, which may not be how you think it is.
>
> I didn't bother spending any more time on it.

ufdbGuard is a more powerful substitute of squidGuard.
Has regular updates and even free support.

Marcus
Received on Fri May 17 2013 - 16:45:08 MDT