[KLUG Members] Web Proxy/Filter/Auth

[Adam Williams]

> I'm looking for a good web proxy cache with filtering and logging that
> reports who went where.

Squid.  It is even included with most distros.

> I'm currently using Novell BorderManager Proxycache and CyberPatrol. I've
> been very please with this however CyberPatrol has greatly increased the
> price for their subscription. It's just too much for my client's budget.

Squid is free.

> I've looked at Dan's guardian and am quite impressed with it. However it
> doesn't let me configure it on a per user basis also logs are just ip
> address no user names. We use DHCP here so IPs are meaningless.

Squid can authenticate relative groups in LDAP, logs can contains
whatever you want.

> One feature I like about BorderManager is a thing called Client Trust.
> It's a small program I run in the login script so users don't have to auth
> to the proxy. It get the info from eDir and passes it to the proxy.

Squid has an NTLM module, so if the Win32 workstation is logged into the
domain, no prompting.

> All my workstations are Windows 98/2k/XP.
> Basically, I want to duplicate the finctionality I currently enjoy.
> Any pointers would be appreciated.

http://www.squidcache.org