hi List, can anyone provide me the url for verifying yhe squid.conf file. & i want suggestion from the list , that how my current squid.conf file looks, & how can i improve the security as wl as performance level , http_port 8080 transparent hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? cache deny QUERY acl apache rep_header Server ^Apache broken_vary_encoding allow apache cache_mem 256 MB maximum_object_size 1024 KB cache_dir ufs /cache 10000 24 256 access_log /var/log/squid/access.log refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 half_closed_clients off acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl x-type req_mime_type -i ^application/x-mplayer2$ acl x-type req_mime_type -i application/x-mplayer2 acl x-type req_mime_type -i ^application/x-oleobject$ acl x-type req_mime_type -i application/x-oleobject acl x-type req_mime_type -i application/x-pncmd acl x-type req_mime_type -i ^video/x-ms-asf$ acl x-type2 rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-mplayer2$ acl x-type2 rep_mime_type -i application/x-mplayer2 acl x-type2 rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-oleobject$ acl x-type2 rep_mime_type -i application/x-oleobject acl x-type2 rep_mime_type -i application/x-pncmd acl x-type2 rep_mime_type -i ^video/x-ms-asf$ acl blocksites dstdomain "/etc/squid/squid-block.acl" acl extndeny url_regex -i "/etc/squid/extndeny" acl download method GET acl blockfiles urlpath_regex -i "/etc/squid/multimedia.files.acl" acl malware_block_list url_regex -i "/etc/squid/malware_block_list.txt" acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl Safe_ports port 25 # External Mail acl Safe_ports port 110 # External Mail acl Safe_ports port 1863 # MSN acl Safe_ports port 4883 #Articulate TEMP acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access deny x-type all http_reply_access deny x-type all http_access deny x-type2 all http_reply_access deny x-type2 all http_access deny extndeny download http_access deny extndeny http_reply_access deny blockfiles http_access deny blocksites http_access deny malware_block_list http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports acl lk_network src 192.168.1.0/24 acl localweb1 dstdomain .lk.com http_access allow lk_network acl local-servers1 dstdomain example.com always_direct deny local-servers1 always_direct allow localweb1 acl local-servers2 dstdomain lk.com always_direct deny local-servers2 http_access allow localhost http_access deny all http_reply_access allow all icp_access allow all cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid coredump_dir /var/spool/squid /\ Tarak Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/