Hi all,
I posed this before, I think, but maybe it wasn't actually posted, so
I'll try again...
I've found that URLs ending with a image file extensions (eg jpg, jpeg,
gif, etc) are not entirely picked up by squidguard - the URL returns
an empty page, even though it should be blocked & redirected. For
example, say I have the hotties.net domain in my porn domains file which
redirects to a warning page - listed below are the results with various
urls:
www.hotties.net caught properly, returns redirect
page
www.hotties.net/actualfile.jpg empty page, no redirect
www.hotties.net/notafile.gif empty page, no redirect
www.hotties.net/notafile.html caught properly, returns redirect
page
www.hotties.net/notafile.abc caught properly, returns redirect
page
www.not-on-list.com/notafile.gif file not found (from that server)
www.hotties.net/notafile.gif file not found (from that
server when not thru squidguard)
www.not-on-list.net/actualfile.jpg gets file (of course)
So it does sort of work in that the requested file is in fact blocked.
Also, the attempt gets logged (if logging is turned on).
It seems to me to be some browser or squid interaction (somehow GETs
graphics files differently?) with squidguard. Any ideas?
