Yup i already configured rDNS, and also it is defined in squid.conf and /etc/resolv.conf. if it doesn't reslove the name, it displays a warning while starting or when i reconfigure it fbsd# squid -k reconfigure 2008/01/11 15:51:02| aclParseIpData: Bad host/IP: 'farrukh.ammad.local' > Ammad Shah wrote: >> I am using FC7 in production, due to some load balancing, i installed >> BSD >> 6.2. since each and every thing was working properly, i just copied >> squid >> acl from /etc/squid.conf of FC7 to BSD squid. *(not whole file) >> >> but ACL are not working. >> >> acl appmime urlpath_regex -i \.dgm$ \.cab$ \.msi$ \.mp2$ \.mpg$ >> acl allowed src ammad.nethome.local >> >> >> http_access allow allowed all >> http_access allow allowed appmime > > This second permission will have no effect as the first line matches > 'allowed' and lets them do anything. > >> http_access deny appmime >> >> these acl allow my computer named "ammad.nethome.local" to download >> these >> files. but deny every other host to get these type of files. >> >> when i coped these to Free BSD, it results to faile "Access denied web >> page" > > Are you sure the rDNS for ammad.nethome.local works and is the machine > you are testing from? > Squid will do an rDNS lookup at the time it was started/reconfigured and > use that permanently as the src check. > >> >> Is it not supported on Free-BSD? > >> thanks > > Amos > -- > Please use Squid 2.6STABLE17 or 3.0STABLE1. > There are serious security advisories out on all earlier releases. >