Re: [squid-users] Help, need to block nearly everything.

Karl Sumpter wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> Been off list for a while, but am now in a bit of a situation.
> A few days ago we lost our main internet link due to a fiber fault
> underwater somewhere near Singapore. Going from 80/80mbits to 2/4mbits
> has forced me to suspend web browsing and concentrate more on email
> services working. Problem is, we were told the repairs would take 3
> days (today being the last day) but now told to wait a further 10...i
> think you can guess where i am right now with no paddle ;)
>
> So this morning i had a thought, and decided to look at offering the
> most basic web browsing possible, ideally mime type text/html and
> whatever other mime type depends on it to offer text only browsing,
> with no downloading of other media like pictures/flash etc.
>
> Now i've seen posts that offer an exclusion list using req_mime_type,
> but i want to go the other way around, allowing only a few mime
> types....is this possible ? I've configured something like the
> following:
>
> acl MINIMAL req_mime_type ^text/html$

I think you might want to use rep_mime_type to limit the responses from
the servers.

>
> http_access allow MINIMAL
> http_access deny all

These two will then have to be http_reply_access rules.

>
> but as you can guess, no joy.
>
> Anyways, i'm scrabbling for ideas, and as you can understand it's
> pretty critical right now. Thanks for any constructive input in
> advance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Karl
>
Chris
Received on Fri May 26 2006 - 12:13:36 MDT