How to block protocol via squid

uk.engr · 10-05-2012, 08:53 AM

Assalam o Alaikum.

Q1. How to block particular protocol via squid?

Q2. Which protocol is used by torrent?

Note: I don't want to block .torrent file to download. But I want to block its protocol

acid_kewpie · 10-05-2012, 08:59 AM

torrents don't use HTTP proxies, so an HTTP proxy like squid can't block it. You would block them at firewall level.

uk.engr · 10-05-2012, 09:43 AM

Ok but on some website I read that it require BitTorrent protocol for peer-to-peer share en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

What will your suggestion?

TB0ne · 10-05-2012, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uk.engr

Ok but on some website I read that it require BitTorrent protocol for peer-to-peer share en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

What will your suggestion?

As acid_kewpie said, you block torrents from the firewall level. Specifically an layer 7 filter is what you'll need to block bittorrent downloads. This has been asked and answered many times on this site before.

Squid is an HTTP proxy....so if a protocol is NOT HTTP, there's little Squid can do.

acid_kewpie · 10-07-2012, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uk.engr

Ok but on some website I read that it require BitTorrent protocol for peer-to-peer share en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

What will your suggestion?

That's not a "but", that's just slight description of what bittorrent is, and I'd like to think we all know what it is already.