[KLUG Members] Web Proxy/Filter/Auth

[Jeremy Leonard]

>> 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 testing squid and Dan's guardian now.

Squid is slower that BMGR on the initial page load.


>
>> 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.

Will it do this in the backgroud? I don't want users to have to login again.

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

I don't use a domain. Who would want one of those?!

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>> 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
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