RE: [webmin-devel] &backquote_logged

[Larry G. <Li...@IS...>]

> Squidguard is, unfortunately, rather obtuse about error 
> messages.  Trial and error is often the only way to figure out
> problems.  Another unfortunate thing is that Squidguard has been
> unmaintained for quite some time.

Makes using it difficult to use for some of my larger customers.  I would
like consistency among multiple customers for support reasons.  I have not
delved into the proxy/cache area that much as it is so difficult for most
customers to understand, like most infrastructure development.  But since
the deluge of spam, content filtering/blocking is being understood more.
Well, I would rather just buy one of your appliances than recreate the
wheel! :)


> Squid's recent ACL changes (splay trees for the ACL lists) make it 
> entirely feasible to do all of the 'blacklist' uses of 
> SquidGuard within Squid proper at similar performance (also worth
> noting is that Squid also has time ACLs in addition to user and
> pretty much anything else--so the same kinds of complex access
> controls can be implemented too), so in the long run it is likely
> easier to enhance the Squid module to support those kinds of
> features more cleanly...

Thanks for letting me know.  I am still fairly ignorant about Squid
configuration.  I would like to add blacklists like squidGuard and use the
time ACLs too.  I did not readily see how to do this via Webmin.  Making
Webmin a focal point for administration is what allows me to introduce
Linux/open source solutions into primarily MS shops.

Thanks,
Larry