There are various methods of implementing URL filtering in an organisation, my preferred approach is to silently route traffic through a proxy server. This has a few distinct advantages: No end user configuration is required (via wpad.dat or Group Policy etc); If something breaks, it’s extremely simple to remove; Most people wouldn’t even know it […]

It seems that Microsoft have managed to break their support site for anyone behind a Squid proxy server. Danny has posted a fix for this on his website, though for newer version of squid a slightly different approach is required. ## # Fix support.microsoft.com ## acl fixSupportMicrosoft dstdomain support.microsoft.com reply_header_access Accept-Encoding deny fixSupportMicrosoft request_header_access Accept-Encoding […]

I got an e-mail from Marco Stefanini asking if the Perl script could sort sites by the data transfer rather than the frequency of the visits. Not wanting to disappoint I added the functionality last night and tested when I got into work today. So, without further ado go checkout my Squid Top Site Report […]