I recently posted an enhancement with the Squid Development team and it was initially suggested that this request could be done outside of squid using a redirector etc.
As a background, I work in a State Government Department in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and I'm looking for a mechanism to manage the amount of time that 3000+ staff spend on the internet. We are using squid and squidGuard on Solaris 2.8 to filter various url's within the categories of "Inappropriate sites (Porn etc.)" which are not allowed 24hrsx7days and "Non-business related sites" which are disabled during business hours of 7:00am to 7:00pm Monday - Friday and the rest is available 24x7. As you would be aware, this requires a lot of overhead for both the Web/Unix administrators. In addition, it can lead to a level of frustation from user's who expect to have access during lunch times (anywhere between 11:00am - 2:30pm), to sites such as internet banking which are deemed non-business related. This expectation is still assumed even though the Internet Policy outines the use and misuse of the internet etc. The department has encouraged the use of the internet and web technologies, although of late, the network is being further stressed given a limited budget and bandwidth to support the increased usage and demands. So, I am considering a business model which will allow different users to have varying levels of access and times to sites etc. For example: 1. All staff - Unlimited access to all government, education and approved business related sites. 2. All staff - Approx. 30 minutes to 1 hour per day, between the hours of 7:00am to 7:00pm Monday-Friday or lunch time) access to non-business related sites. 3. Approved Staff - (x hours will be supported during x times) to access non-business related sites. 4. All Staff - No access to Inappropriate Sites. Although this is only at a conceptual stage, the idea would allow users to have a level of access and time, which could be reset daily, and my staff to focus more on blocking inappropriate sites, which are continually changing locations etc. Therefore, I was hoping to see whether you could point me in the right direction or perhaps consider this model as part of the squidGuard development. Looking forward to your response. Mal Malcolm Morgan Manager, Support & Network Operations Dept. Land & Water Conservation, Level 8, 10 Valentine Avenue, Parramatta NSW 2150 Phone: (02) 9895-7660 Fax: (02) 9895-7086 Mobile: 0411 252 903 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
