> is there a way using squid proxy to somehow allow certaint people to > access some websites and another group of people access another group > of websites? > > maybe some sort of authentication of some sort? yes. I am running with nsca_auth pls add below lines to squid.conf file auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/squid_passwd acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED acl group1 proxy_auth user1 user2 user3 user4 user5 acl group2 proxy_auth user6 user7 acl group3 proxy_auth user9 user11 acl DOMAINSLIST1 dstdomain .bbc.com .cnn.com acl DOMAINSLIST2 dstdomain .google.com .yahoo.com .gmail.com acl DOMAINSLIST3 dstdomain .bsd.org .openbsd.org .freebsd.org .redhat.com http_access deny group1 !DOMAINSLIST1 http_access deny group2 !DOMAINSLIST2 http_access deny group3 !DOMAINSLIST3 http_access allow ncsa_users then, using htpasswd file , pls add users as follows [root@gateway ~]# htpasswd /etc/squid/squid_passwd user1 New password: Re-type new password: Adding password for user user1 finally, Pls restart squid server. That's it Happy squiding -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya
