> hi all > i am running Linux 9 and squid shipped with Linux i think it is 2.5 stable > 1 Linux 9? Don't you mean RedHat Linux 9? Sorry, pet peeve of mine where users call Redhat X "Linux X" as though redhat were the only distribution. > we are using acl ip based and 24 hours and time based depends on the > package. > > problem is this we have used http_access Deny to a client in day bcz > his time package is night he is unable to browse but he is still > signing msn and yahoo and mirc how can i stop this and how can i block > a mac address of a client permanently > to not use the network. ACL's are not going to get you what you want. You are going to need firewalling or IP re-routing techniques in order to block ALL traffic for a certain user/IP. Squid only has control over what it redirects (which I assume is web traffic only in your setup), nothing more. Hope this helps... Jon -- Jon Newman (jnewman@xxxxxxxxxx) Technical Solutions Manager / Senior software Engineer The Optimal Link (http://www.oplink.net)
