On Monday 10 December 2001 09:20, Colin McKinnon wrote: > Hi all. > > Problem - certain $%^&ing **&@~s put bugs on their web pages which demand > to be refreshed every 10 seconds (or so). I have a network connected up > via demand dial / isdn. Users pull up a page with bugs on and go away and > leave their computers switched on - result - the link strays up even when > nobody is using it. > > We run squid on the proxy server. Short of petrol bombing the offending > institutions is there any way of stopping this while still being able to > access dynamic content on the internet? > > (I've already exercised the "educating the users option") >
If the bug image or whatever is indentifiable and doesn't serve to enhance the content of the page you could run squid through junkbuster or some similar filtering proxy. I haven't used ijb in serials with another proxy but I'm sure it's a possibility. Doh'd -- Reverend Doh'd -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
