Re: A couple of questions

i also do some work in a similar environment, and tht would be very
usefull here, i do work for the isp side as well...

Andrew Lowe
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On Wed, 3 May 2000, --==[bolMyn]==-- wrote:

> Close but no cigar. I will definitely take a look at the link you gave
> below. However, in my case, I'm talking about a corporate environment where
> Internet is accessed via our network. No dialup.... :-(
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <alowe@hislora.com.au>
> To: "--==[bolMyn]==--" <crash@bolek.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:31 PM
> Subject: Re: A couple of questions
>
>
> > for item number 3 there may be a solution... are the users dial-in?
> > if they are and you can use a radius based system for authentication, try
> > looking at icradius, a project im working on... i am currently adding a
> > monthly limit of data so that a user exceeds the limit, then they cannot
> > log in at all..
> >
> > http://icradius.hislora.com.au/
> >
> > it may help, but is not squid related, only really good for dial-in users,
> > such as an isp...
> >
> > it also can do time limits per month, and many other stuff
> >
> >
> > Andrew Lowe
> > andrew@pccentre.com.au
> > The South Coast Professional Computing Centre
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> > + Daly & Daly Computer Training
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> >
> > On Wed, 3 May 2000, --==[bolMyn]==-- wrote:
> >
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I've been to FAQ, but it did not answer all the questions I had:
> > >
> > > 1. Can I forward request to Squid to a remote proxy (and how, please).
> In
> > > Apache it's done quite simple but it seems to me that performance of
> Squid
> > > is better for this.
> > >
> > > 2. I am currently looking for a product that would enable me to
> re-direct
> > > abusive users of streaming media, for example, to a warning page. I can
> > > also do it in Apache with re-writes and re-directions. I can also use
> > > pattern matching in Apache. Can I do the same in Squid?
> > >
> > > 3. Ideally, I'm looking for something (which I think Squid now cannot
> do)
> > > that would enable me to shut people down based on how much bandwidth
> they
> > > use a day. Let's say, I want to say 10Mb per 8 business hour (or per
> day).
> > > If a user exceeds that number, my imaginary proxy would re-direct such a
> > > user to a warning page and such a user could not use his browser for
> > > browsing the Internet until next day. I don't even know if this is
> possible
> > > and how that could be done, especially when I come to think about
> complexity
> > > of the checks.
> > >
> > > I will greatly appreciate any ideas or suggestions...
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
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