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Posted to users@trafficserver.apache.org by Megan Wilhite <mw...@ocm.utah.edu> on 2012/03/29 22:56:47 UTC
content filter
Does Apache Traffic Server have the capabilities to filter websites?
I noticed in Traffic Server V2 there was a filter.config file
(http://trafficserver.apache.org/docs/v2/admin/files.htm#filter.config)
, but I was not able to find that same file in Traffic Server V3.
I also found a plugin
http://trafficserver.apache.org/docs/v2/sdk/BlacklistPlugin.html, but I
am not sure how to install this plugin. Is this plugin the only way
possible to filter content with Apache Traffic Server?
I found a content filtering proxy, SquidGuard, but I would prefer to use
Apache Traffic Server for this feature.
Thanks,
Megan
Re: content filter
Posted by Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org>.
On 3/30/12 11:32 AM, Nick Kew wrote:
> On 30 Mar 2012, at 15:57, Megan Wilhite wrote:
>
>> I want to be able to filter Web content. Our business wants to block
>> various websites, such as facebook.
> That doesn't sound like filtering contents. More like blocking selected sites.
> Why not do that at the IP level?
>
> To do it in trafficserver you'd just read the extensive docs in the
> default remap.config file.
>
What Nick so succinct said is, if you want to block facebook.com you could
do e.g.
regex_map http://.*facebook.com http://your-own-c-blocking-site.com
(make sure your blocking site accepts requests for any domain, or change ATS
config to not send pristine Host: headers when remapping).
That would drag in e.g. myfacebook.com as well, but you get the idea. If you
want to simply give it an error, map to something that doesn't exist (e.g.
http://www.example.com). But having a page telling your users they have been
blocked is probably a nice thing to do.
Unless you do transparent proxying on your network gear, you can do what
Nick suggests, blackholing the IPs for facebook.com. That's probably more
work, particularly if/when FB add new IPs.
Ciao,
-- Leif
RE: content filter
Posted by Megan Wilhite <mw...@ocm.utah.edu>.
Thanks. I will try that
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Kew [mailto:niq@apache.org]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 11:32 AM
To: users@trafficserver.apache.org
Subject: Re: content filter
On 30 Mar 2012, at 15:57, Megan Wilhite wrote:
> I want to be able to filter Web content. Our business wants to block
> various websites, such as facebook.
That doesn't sound like filtering contents. More like blocking selected
sites.
Why not do that at the IP level?
To do it in trafficserver you'd just read the extensive docs in the
default remap.config file.
--
Nick Kew
Re: content filter
Posted by Nick Kew <ni...@apache.org>.
On 30 Mar 2012, at 15:57, Megan Wilhite wrote:
> I want to be able to filter Web content. Our business wants to block
> various websites, such as facebook.
That doesn't sound like filtering contents. More like blocking selected sites.
Why not do that at the IP level?
To do it in trafficserver you'd just read the extensive docs in the
default remap.config file.
--
Nick Kew
Re: content filter
Posted by "mav.peri@holidaylettings.co.uk" <ma...@holidaylettings.co.uk>.
Whats wrong with Facebook?
On 30/03/2012 15:57, "Megan Wilhite" <mw...@ocm.utah.edu> wrote:
>I want to be able to filter Web content. Our business wants to block
>various websites, such as facebook.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nick Kew [mailto:niq@apache.org]
>Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:15 PM
>To: users@trafficserver.apache.org
>Subject: Re: content filter
>
>
>On 29 Mar 2012, at 21:56, Megan Wilhite wrote:
>
>> Does Apache Traffic Server have the capabilities to filter websites?
>>
>> I noticed in Traffic Server V2 there was a filter.config file
>(http://trafficserver.apache.org/docs/v2/admin/files.htm#filter.config)
>, but I was not able to find that same file in Traffic Server V3.
>> I also found a plugin
>http://trafficserver.apache.org/docs/v2/sdk/BlacklistPlugin.html, but I
>am not sure how to install this plugin. Is this plugin the only way
>possible to filter content with Apache Traffic Server?
>> I found a content filtering proxy, SquidGuard, but I would prefer to
>use Apache Traffic Server for this feature.
>> Thanks,
>> Megan
>
>Yes. You would use a filtering plugin, and configure it in
>plugins.config.
>
>What kind of filtering are you looking for?
>
>--
>Nick Kew
>
RE: content filter
Posted by Megan Wilhite <mw...@ocm.utah.edu>.
I want to be able to filter Web content. Our business wants to block
various websites, such as facebook.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Kew [mailto:niq@apache.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:15 PM
To: users@trafficserver.apache.org
Subject: Re: content filter
On 29 Mar 2012, at 21:56, Megan Wilhite wrote:
> Does Apache Traffic Server have the capabilities to filter websites?
>
> I noticed in Traffic Server V2 there was a filter.config file
(http://trafficserver.apache.org/docs/v2/admin/files.htm#filter.config)
, but I was not able to find that same file in Traffic Server V3.
> I also found a plugin
http://trafficserver.apache.org/docs/v2/sdk/BlacklistPlugin.html, but I
am not sure how to install this plugin. Is this plugin the only way
possible to filter content with Apache Traffic Server?
> I found a content filtering proxy, SquidGuard, but I would prefer to
use Apache Traffic Server for this feature.
> Thanks,
> Megan
Yes. You would use a filtering plugin, and configure it in
plugins.config.
What kind of filtering are you looking for?
--
Nick Kew
Re: content filter
Posted by Nick Kew <ni...@apache.org>.
On 29 Mar 2012, at 21:56, Megan Wilhite wrote:
> Does Apache Traffic Server have the capabilities to filter websites?
>
> I noticed in Traffic Server V2 there was a filter.config file (http://trafficserver.apache.org/docs/v2/admin/files.htm#filter.config) , but I was not able to find that same file in Traffic Server V3.
> I also found a plugin http://trafficserver.apache.org/docs/v2/sdk/BlacklistPlugin.html, but I am not sure how to install this plugin. Is this plugin the only way possible to filter content with Apache Traffic Server?
> I found a content filtering proxy, SquidGuard, but I would prefer to use Apache Traffic Server for this feature.
> Thanks,
> Megan
Yes. You would use a filtering plugin, and configure it in plugins.config.
What kind of filtering are you looking for?
--
Nick Kew