> Hello, > I'm running squid 2.6 with icap support on FreeBSD 6.2. I've done some > searching on this, but was wondering what the current trend was with squid > and content filtering? The last time i tried it it was with squid 2.5 and > adding in the content filter slowed browsing and the internet down > extremely > noticeably. I'm using bannerfilter as a banner redirector and am happy > with > it, and am looking in to items for av, but i wanted to look at content > filtering as well. Particularly i'd like to block flash and javascript, > but > only on certain clients. > Thanks. > Dave. > ICAP has been through a major improvment in Squid recently, 2.6 has 'okay' support. The very latest Squid 3.0.PRE6 or daily snapshot are much, much better again with ICAP. Alex is also currently working through the last known ICAP bugs if you encounter any problems. I think these days any slowing would be due to slow ICAP servers rather than Squid. Amos
