Hi Amos, I have added your improvements to my squid.conf. Below is my revised squid.conf Thanks. Margaret G.
#Recommended minimum configuration: acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl localnet src 192.168.100.0/24 192.168.101.0/24 acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny to_localhost icp_access deny all htcp_access deny all http_port 3128 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? access_log /var/log/squid3/access.log squid #Suggested default: refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 # Leave coredumps in the first cache dir coredump_dir /var/spool/squid3 acl whitelist dstdomain "/etc/squid3/whitelist.txt" # Allow localnet machines to whitelisted sites http_access allow localnet whitelist # block all other access http_access deny all
