It sounds like your boss wants a time accounting system. Its impossible for squid to do that even if using squidguard with it. Time based ACL are static. Im not a programmer but I guess, it should be nice if theres a program on their pc that every time they launched the browser, a plugin will be invoked that will decide that its time for browsing if not, close the browser.. :) -----Original Message----- From: Jason Staudenmayer [mailto:jasons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:07 AM To: Ilya Vishnyakov Cc: Odhiambo WASHINGTON; squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: squid time restrictions You might be able to do it with the auth plugins. Only auth the user for fifteen minutes at a time. Jason ..·><((((º> > -----Original Message----- > From: Ilya Vishnyakov [mailto:ilya@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:30 PM > To: Jason Staudenmayer > Cc: Odhiambo WASHINGTON; squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: squid time restrictions > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jason Staudenmayer wrote: > > A set fifteen minute time period (i.e.. 12:00pm - 12:15pm) > Imagine user accessing the web @ 12:16pm for his/her 15 > unused minutes? > > > or just any fifteen minute span (12:20pm - 12:35pm or 1:23 - 1:38)? > The goal is not to do a schedule for the users where the users will > try to fit in it. It has to be something more advanced where users > gets online and countdown begins. i don't know if it's possible with > squid or not. I'm not that advanced user. > > > > > Jason ..·><((((º> > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- From: Ilya Vishnyakov > >> [mailto:ilya@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:36 PM To: > >> Odhiambo WASHINGTON Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: > >> squid time restrictions > >> > >> > > Odhiambo WASHINGTON wrote: > >>>> * On 22/05/07 15:07 -0400, Ilya Vishnyakov wrote: | > >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- | Hash: SHA1 | | Hello > >>>> Squid Gurus! | We are running squid 2.15.14_2 on freeBSD 6.2 > >>>> Recently, > > my boss asked > >>>> | me to limit the usage of time spent web browsing on > > certain ips. Did > >>>> | anyone come across of a good piece of documentation which > > could point > >>>> | me to the right direction? Simply shutting down squid at > > the certain > >>>> | time won't be elegant. He wants me to do something more > > complicated > >>>> | than this. He wants me to limit the web browsing to 15 > >>>> minutes an | hour. I googled and googled but everything that > >>>> I found wasn't not | very helpful yet. Thank you in advance. > >>>> > >>>> The funny thing with Google is that without knowing the > > right keywords > >>>> to search for, it does not lead you to what you want:-) > >>>> > >>>> Try this: > >>>> > >>>> http://www.nomoa.com/bsd/squid.htm#squidEXTIME > >>>> > >>>> > > Ok I read it. But what I would like to do is to limit the web > > browsing time to 15 minutes an hour. > > > >>>> -Wash > >>>> > >>>> http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > >>>> > >>>> DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > > +============================================================= > > =========+ > >>>> |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington > > <wash@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. > >>>> www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 > >>>> 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 > >>>> 722 743223 +254 733 744121 > >>>> > > +============================================================= > > =========+ > >>>> What does it mean if there is no fortune for you? > >>>> > >> > >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGU1LaUZGmaUWxLn8RAjsnAKCr/BmCTps40aW3bJDJd1cfqpetRwCgiYUF > sR0qBzGylU9RFbrj7gQwICs= > =8juE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
