Squid configuration

Amey Khot · 11-17-2011, 11:34 PM

Hi I am Amey...I am useing LINUXmint 11 i have configure squid to block web sites but now i want to allow all sites for in lunch hrs 12:00 to 13:00,
Can anybody help me out.....

fukawi1 · 11-17-2011, 11:37 PM

I am not sure if squid allows for time based policies.

But using an alternate config file, you could set a cron job to restart squid at those times to swap between full access and restricted access.

Amey Khot · 11-18-2011, 01:41 AM

Thank you.....Fukawi....is there any third party software who does the same thing and work with squid. Atlease time base access.

fukawi1 · 11-18-2011, 01:45 AM

a quick google search shows that squid guard can do it... http://www.squidguard.org/about.html

vantagesupport · 11-18-2011, 01:56 AM

you can create acl for particular time.

acl lunch_hours time M T W H F 11:00-13:00
http_access allow lunch_hours