*[Madhavi G on Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 04:09:25PM +0000]:
>well.. the question is i don't want to block the ports or anything like
>that. there r umpteen sites and its absurd to do that way..
Actually, as (say) napster uses specific ports its a good idea
>i am in need of somethign which senses teh type of download and doesn't
>allow it to happen if it's an mp3 or a movie ...
>well am i asking for much here??
In squid, it's (fairly) simple -
acl banned [string] (say mp3)
As several people will tell you, this will work for net.newbies.
There are several (not so clever) ways to get past this.
Only cure is, when the network gets bogged down because of an mp3 download
1. if you use ipchains for NAT cut off the guy's connection
2. go to the guy's terminal and yell at him (or have yr boss do it)
3. remove napster / messenger from the machine
4. set a policy allowing only administrator to install stuff
[4 assumes that this is Win\NT workstation on the desktop]
-s
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