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Re: squidguard vs Dansguardian ?

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Hi!

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:50 AM, David Touzeau <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 10/05/2010 07:50, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 5:21 PM, David Touzeau<david@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> Currently i have many HTTP uploads problems using DansGuardiand+Squid.
>>> I have upgraded to Squid 3.1 but problems still occur.
>>> It is not a Squid problem but a Dansguardian problem.
>>
>> Nice, uploads problems too.  Add this to your list: CONNECT problems,
>> one example from real live:
>>
>> One of my clients use Outlook to connect to an external Exchange
>> server, and they pass through the proxy, when using Dansguardian
>> connection just keep "waiting" all the time, it never finish
>> connecting.... if the user connected directly to the squid port:
>> everything went just fine.  Oh, even more: when I upgraded to latest
>> version (2.10.1.1), the CONNECT problem reduced its frequency (to
>> "from-time-to-time"), but then: performance went to the floor, the
>> network just started to be slower, and slower, and slower, until,
>> well: it was obvious that something was wrong, so, I had to disable
>> dansguardian for a while (still disabled).
>>
>> I find it... just annoying.
>>
>> With SquidGuard, although less maintained that DansGuardian:
>> 03-Jan-2009, I never had this kind of problems, I believe because all
>> of the protocol thing is done by squid.  I want to drop dansguardian,
>> but I really need the anti-virus thing :( .  I was thinking if
>> squidguard could be extended to run AV checks, or maybe use another
>> anti-virus proxy (any ideas).
>>
>>>
>>> It seems that Dansguardian is not currently maintain (last build
>>> 05-Jun-2009) and mailing list is very silent about this problem.
>>>
>>> I would like to switch to SquidGuard.
>>
>> If you don't need the AV proxy: go, switch to SquidGuard.
>>
>>> Did somebody have some experience using Squid 3.1.x  with SquidGuard ?
>>> performances, compatibilities with Squid 3.1.x and others ...
>>
>> I  have one question here: how many entries is "ok" on an ACL with
>> squid? a blacklist, for example:
>>
>> acl black_list dstdomain "/etc/squid/black_list"
>>
>> How many entries is ok to have with squid on the file
>> /etc/squid/black_list?
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Ildefonso Camargo
>
>
> Many thanks to your answer but i need AV checking, there is no problem for
> that because i will use C-ICAP has a ICAP server that allow you to connect
> ClamAV with SQUID....
>
>
>

Cool, so, I'll be able to drop dansguardian too :) , I'll take a good
look to C-ICAP.

Thanks!

Ildefonso Camargo


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