On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 00:27 +1300, Amos Jeffries wrote: > Tarak Ranjan wrote: > > hi list, > > i have one squid server which is running on FC6 , im > > using SQUID > > 2.6.STABLE16. that is running fine, not any issue with > > that, Now i want > > to make SQUID some effective. > > I want my squid proxy should detect > > > > 1) which file users are downloading or uploading > > 2) using Chat [yahoo, msn, google], > > IFF client software configured to use HTTP-Proxy protocol. > > > which file users > > are sending or > > receiving , > > _possibly_ depending on how client software does it. usually not. > > > which chat room they are entering , > > No can do, even if client could go through server. > The chat-rooms are IM-protocol data, not HTTP-protocol data. > > > time > > duration of login > > in messenger . > > IFF the client software uses HTTP-Proxy CONNECT methods this can be > measured from squid transfer-duration records. > > side note: > I have found this to be just under 100% of the time a user has PC > turned on and plugged into the net. Not useful to detect messenger > usage, its _always_ running connected in the background. > > > > > All these i want to track using Squid, has anyone > > implement those > > stuff . Any help will be really appreciate. or any > > Link > > > > Step 1) Configure each client IM to use HTTP-Proxy protocol features. > > NP: Windows or MSN messengers, also block the IM protocol ports. IM > will failover to using port-80 then an IE-configured proxy. > > Step 2) check squid access.log > > Thats ALL you can do in squid. > > If you are extremely lucky the client software will do some file up/down > actions as proper HTTP and you maybe can pass them through an external > filter. > > Squid is an HTTP-proxy. Its simply not written or capable yet as a > random-internet-traffic monitor. > > Amos Force fully if i want to connect all the messenger using http proxy, from the server side, means nothing to change in client . will it possible bypass all messenger traffic through SQUID , will it possible ? Tarak
