Yes, the external_acl_type appears to work nicely. I wrote a small C prog that gets the client hostname & mac address using the dhcpctl api provided with the isc dhcp server. I should have looked more closely at the squid.conf before posting. Thanks!
> You can't query DHCP who an IP address belongs to using standard > protocols, but real DHCP servers supports automatic DNS updates these > days to keep DNS data in synch with DHCP updates.. > > There is also the option (for Windows netowrks) to use Microsoft DNS > with a WINS fallback which works to some level.. > > However, if you find a way to query the user name (including looking > direclty into the dhcpd database of IP addresses) or equivalent based > on the source IP address then you can easily plug this into Squid via > an external acl returning the information as user name (see > external_acl_type). > > Regards > Henrik > > -- > Donations welcome if you consider my Free Squid support helpful. > https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=hno%40squid-cache.org > > If you need commercial Squid support or cost effective Squid or > firewall appliances please refer to MARA Systems AB, Sweden > http://www.marasystems.com/, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
