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    Squid3 + Squidguard + Blacklists Browser does not block, Need HELP!

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    • I
      IrixOS
      last edited by

      Dear PF users,

      I have been struggling for almost a week getting the firewall configured with squidguard.
      I have followed endless on line tutorials regarding that in conjunction with blacklists.

      Whenever I change one blacklist, for instance webmail do deny. I can still access it.
      That is so stupid.

      The default settings has been applied.

      Do you guys know what is going on?

      Thank you

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      • KOMK
        KOM
        last edited by

        Do you guys know what is going on?

        Not without you posting some relevant information such as:

        General Settings
        Common ACL
        Groups ACL (if you are using this)
        Blacklist

        We can't guess at your problem without details.

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          IrixOS
          last edited by

          Added some screenshots,

          Hope this helps!

          Thank you

          Squid_General.jpg
          Squid_General.jpg_thumb
          Squid_ACL.jpg
          Squid_ACL.jpg_thumb
          SquidGuard_General.jpg
          SquidGuard_General.jpg_thumb
          SquidGuard_ComACL.jpg
          SquidGuard_ComACL.jpg_thumb
          SquidGuard_TargetCat.jpg
          SquidGuard_TargetCat.jpg_thumb
          SquidGuard_Blacklist.jpg
          SquidGuard_Blacklist.jpg_thumb

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          • KOMK
            KOM
            last edited by

            After you have made changes on any tab, you MUST go back to the General tab and click Save then Apply or your changes won't work.  You also might also want to select the logging options so you can check the log and see what's going on.

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              IrixOS
              last edited by

              Well,

              The daemons seem to be working now, after I applied the workaround.

              Frankly I think squidguard has a lot of quirks.

              I found out that squidguard lacks proper filtering, for instance hotmail does work even though you have set the blacklist for webmail to explicit deny.

              That is stupid. Well there is reason for that, it is free.

              Case closed

              Thanks for your reply.

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              • KOMK
                KOM
                last edited by

                I use it on a corporate LAN and it seems to work fine for me.  I even use schedules to allow/deny access based on time of day and it works like a charm.

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