[TriLUG] limiting Internet access with squid?

[Greg Brown]

What do you use for authentication on the back end?  some kind of radius
server?

On 3/19/07, Jay Cuthrell <jcuthrell at neonova.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Greg Brown wrote:
>
> > Problem: I have a client with a small network at a resturant.  His
> > computer
> > is XP Home so it can't be locked and he would like to restrict
> > Internet
> > access (when he isn't there his employees are surfing the web on
> > the office
> > computer, going to myspace.com, crap like that.  Can squid be set
> > up block
> > all request on port 80 and force users to authenticate before
> > passing them
> > along?  What I'd like is for Paul to have unrestricted access to the
> > Internet but his employees to be blocked from going outbound.
> >
> > Is this possible with squid?  If not, do you have any other ideas?
>
> Without knowing the exact LAN layout, I'd suggest picking up a WRT54G
> on the cheap and installing the latest OpenWRT with NoAuthCat captive
> portal module enabled.
>
> http://openwrt.org/
> http://nocat.net/
>
> I use it for trade shows all the time for that very purpose.
>
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