On Monday 10 November 2014 at 17:12:23 (EU time), Efe wrote: > acl myrule dstdom_regex "/etc/squid3/domainblock.txt" > http_access deny myrule > > where domainblock.txt is > > someaddress.com > blockthis.net As Amos said, use dstdomain instead of dstdom_regex. > Now whenever i enter someaddress.com url & hit enter, it (squid or > something on the network level) redirects to the localhost page. That's > fine as long as i want to restrict access to that website. > > Problem is, changing config "http_access allow myrule" and reconfiguring, > parsing and restarting squid and then the computer does not change > anything, i.e i still cant access someaddress.com. Removed the settings > from config, no luck again. > > As i said, iptables is empty. So what might be the reason then? Local browser cache on the client machine? Try testing with client A, reconfigure, and then re-test from client B (where A and B are either different computers or different browsers, or both). Regards, Antony. -- "I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously." - Douglas Adams Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users