[Lula-biz] hello and I need quote for consulting

[David Thomas]

Steve,

Now we're talking.  Squid really does sound like the right approach.

Anyone free to help me harden a box and set up squid? 


On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:45:29PM -0800, Steve Redlich (steve at redlicheng.com) wrote:
Subject: Re: [Lula-biz] hello and I need quote for consulting
Message ID: <Pine.LNX.4.50.0302112127410.27877-100000 at steveredlich.com>

> On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Peter Benjamin wrote:
> 
> > At 07:27 PM 2/11/2003, David Thomas wrote:
> > >would download an mp3 and then the box would get slammed by thousands
> > >of users wanting that file.
> >
> > Why not have a firewall packet data filter look at the outgoing
> > URL request for an extension of mp3 and just deny it?
> 
> This sounds like a job for an http proxy.  I run "John's no-ads proxy auto
> configuration script" http://www.schooner.com/~loverso/no-ads/
> this could be used to block mp3s as well.
> 
> With 300+ users, A caching proxy would really help speed things up
> as well. http://www.squid-cache.org
> 
> Steve
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