> -----Original Message-----
> From: C Falconer
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:43 PM
>
> I see the problem.
>
> You want to allow *.ac.uk, but the problem is squidGuard doesn't
> pattern-match from the RHS.
What's the RHS? Anything like HMS?
> That is... adding ac.uk to your approved list will approve
> www.ac.uk
> www1.ac.uk
> ac.uk
>
> but not www.something.ac.uk
> something.ac.uk
> etc.
Are you certain of that? Make sure that ac.uk is the only ac.uk entry
in the file (that is, somethingelse.ac.uk is not in there) and test it
again?
Rick
>
> My trick would be to not even use squidguard for the .ac.uk sites.
> Rather have something like this in your squid.conf. I was going to do
> the same for *.nz, because for us national traffic is charged at 1/10
> the rate of international traffic.
>
> acl acuksites dstdom_regex .*ac.uk
> http_access allow acuksites
> redirector_access deny acuksites
>
> Thankee to plaz for the idea in the first place.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 02:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > The idea is that everything is block apart from the uk accademic sites.
> >
> > the domain file has
> >
> > ac.uk
> >
> > trying to go to www.mirror.ac.uk
> >
> > fails
> >
> > other domains in the domain file have the desired result
> >
> > for example
> >
> > nic.uk
> >
> > woks fine when I go to www.nic.uk.
> >
> >
> > the acl is something like this
> >
> > 6fm {pass
> > goodsites
> > !badsites
> > none
> > redirect...........}
> >
> > none of the destinations shows an error in the log, so I am assuming that
> > it is passing right through and being blocked by the none clause.
> >
> > I am running Squid 2.4STABLE1
> >
> > This is very strange
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> > At 09:23 19/09/02 -0400, you wrote:
> > >I added:
> > >
> > >ac.uk
> > >
> > >to my domains file. I tried to go to www.ac.uk and it was blocked. What
> > >exactly are you trying to do?
> > >
> > >John Yatsko, Jr.
> > >Technology Assistant
> > >Erie County Public Library
> > >160 East Front St
> > >Erie PA 16507
> > >(814) 451-7307
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:26 AM
> > >Subject: two letter domains???
> > >
> > >
> > > > I have just noticed this but if I have a domain in a domain list of ac.uk
> > >(
> > > > UK academic ) it does not seem to work.
> > > >
> > > > We are using it to allow restricted users access to university web sites,
> > > > but it is not working.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone have any Ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Robin.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
>
>
