Robert Collins wrote:
This is a bad idea.

apt-get install something
...
error - corrupt data.

Don't do. It's worse than hijacking the sessions into a proxy in the
first place.


With the plethora of spyware around on the average PC, hijacking port 80 connections is a great way to monitor and block them. You can configure legitimate programs to use a proxy (apt for example or even ftp for apt), and illegitimate ones fail silently. For spyware, thats a good thing.
Robert, we don't all live in a squid-erific world, fact is, hijacking connections is a great way to save bandwidth, monitor useage and filter sites. I love squid, and you do great work, but sometimes I feel like you haven't seen the shit some people suck off the net :)


dave
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