A Brief Introduction to Web Proxies and Reporting: Squid, SquidGuard, and Lightsquid

Configuration guides, troubleshooting and practical advice for AZTCOFW.

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Lightsquid Web Access Reporting

Lightsquid is used to create reports that detail the web history of computers that have accessed sites through the proxy. After the Lightsquid package has been installed, the report settings may be found under Status > S

Squid Caching Web Proxy

Squid is the foundation of many other tasks that start with a proxy: It can act as a cache for improving web perfor- mance, it can hook into SquidGuard for content filtering, and its logs provide the basis for reporting

SquidGuard Web Access Control and Filtering

The SquidGuard package enables very powerful URL content filtering and access control. It can use blacklists or custom lists of web sites, and can selectively allow or deny access to those sites. To use SquidGuard: Insta

Transparent Proxies and HTTP/HTTPS

When using a proxy, it is only possible to intercept HTTP traffic transparently. That is, only HTTP traffic may be grabbed automatically and forced through a proxy without intervention from the user or their knowledge. T