Re: [squid-users] Proxy for youtube - noncaching

They might be blocking with a DNS sinkhole or something like OpenDNS.
Blocking YouTube content usually isn't as simple as blocking just the
domain, but the content delivery network as well.

If their Squid setup did allow for this workaround - kids could deploy
similar redirects from their home PCs which would defeat what the school
is trying to do.

If the school has total control over their Squid config - they can
whitelist specific URLs and explicitly allow certain YouTube content most
likely.

On Fri, December 10, 2010 11:37 am, Scott Oyer wrote:
> Squid noob here. Our company offers video hosting for school districts.
> As you might know, most school districts block youtube from their
> internal users. Our customers have the ability to upload approved links
> from youtube for their internal users. Since they block youtube the user
> can load the page on our site with the link, but when they click the
> play button the actual stream is blocked because it then reverts to
> youtube for the content.
>
> Is there a way to configure squid to pass the "proxy" content so it
> looks to the filter that it is coming from our site even though the
> stream is actually coming from youtube?
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions or help with this.
> Scott
>

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Rick Chisholm
Systems Administrator
Parallel42