I tried this in March 2003, it worked. Mit freundlichem Gruß/Yours sincerely Werner Rost GMT-FIR - Netzwerk ZF Boge Elastmetall GmbH Friesdorfer Str. 175, 53175 Bonn, Deutschland/Germany Telefon/Phone +49 228 3825 - 420 Telefax/Fax +49 228 3825 - 398 werner.rost@xxxxxx >>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>Von: HeadsUp Support [mailto:headsup_popup@xxxxxxxxx] >>Gesendet: Sonntag, 2. Februar 2003 23:30 >>An: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; squid-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Betreff: ANN: "HeadsUp" Display Internet Access >>Policy or MOTD >> >> >>Hi all, >> >> >>A couple of months ago, my boss asked me if it was >>possible to display an Internet Access Policy when >>users first launch their browsers without setting the >>"Home" or "Start" page. His thought was that it should >> >>be possible with our current Squid Servers. I searched >> >>the mailing list and noticed the question had been >>asked before but it wasn't possible without some >>coding. I let him know. >> >> >>The problem bugged me for ages. I do not know how to >>program in C so writing the necessary code was not an >>option for me. Also what about sites that do not use a >> >>Proxy Server or a server other than Squid. To cut a >>long story short I developed an application in TCL >>that I want to share with the Squid community in an >>effort to give something back and hopefully to help >>others. >> >> >>The application is called "HeadsUp" and it can display >> >>an Internet Access Policy or Message of the Day(MOTD) >>to users. Browsers need to be configured to use a PAC >>file and a slight change to any existing PAC file is >>all that is needed. The PAC file directs the browsers >>first request to the server which is running >>"HeadsUp". "HeadsUp" downloads a page which brings up >>a Popup window and causes the browser to reload the >>page again to load the real page. "HeadsUp" is >>available from http://www.freewebs.com/headsup It is >>built on Tclhttpd a webserver in written pure TCL and >>packaged as a Starkit. It runs on Windows, Linux, >>HP-UX, Tru64 and Solaris. >> >>Easy to install, just copy 2 files to your system and >>run. No compiling necessary. To uninstall delete the 2 >>files! >> >>Enjoy! >> >> >>Kind Regards >> >> >>Jeff Smith >> >> >>P.S. Can a link be added to >>http://www.squid-cache.org/related-software.html >> >> >> >>__________________________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >>http://mailplus.yahoo.com >>
