Monday, April 06, 2009

Joey's Notes: Using Squid Web proxy to control Web access

Joey's Notes: Using Squid Web proxy to control Web access LG #161: "This month's article covers configuration of the Squid proxy server on RHEL 5.x. Squid is best known for its Web proxy caching functionality; it's deployed in a vast number of installations in this aspect, and can drastically reduce server load by reusing commonly requested Web pages. It is also very handy as an access control mechanism for managing an internal network. Squid is very effective - but it takes proper configuration to make it do exactly what you want. This article is intended as a guide for achieving that configuration."