Fedora squidGuard squidGuard.conf example

   The example below show the squidguard configuration file squidGuard.conf that located in /etc/squid/ directory.  This squidGuard.conf file is install, configure and done on Fedora 17.  To edit the squidGuard configuration file, make sure that yu have permiission to the configuration file.... so this step by step only show you how to edit the squidGurd.conf start from the su - command.. and click here if you need to install and configure squidGuard to block unwanted web access from your squid client

Edit the squidGuard configuration

1.  Login on your Fedora box.  Open x terminal by go to Activities -> Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal

2.  and then issue su - command and enter root password when ask as show on example below

[jason@fedora ~]$ su -

Password:   <-- Type in root password here and hit enter key

[root@fedora ~]#

3.  Then go to /etc/squid/ directory by using the cd command and you can list directory contents by issuing ls command

[root@fedora ~]# cd /etc/squid/

[root@fedora squid]# ls

4.  Open the squidGurd conf by using gedit editor or other editor....

[root@fedora squid]# gedit squidGuard.conf
 

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#
# CONFIG FILE FOR SQUIDGUARD
#
# See http://www.squidguard.org/config/ for more examples
#

dbhome /var/squidGuard/blacklists
logdir /var/log/squidGuard

#
# SOURCE ADDRESSES:
#

src admin {
    ip        172.16.160.129 172.16.160.120
}

#
# DESTINATION CLASSES:
#

dest ads {
    log        ads
    domainlist    ads/domains
    urllist        ads/urls
}

dest audio-video {
    log        audio-video
    domainlist    audio-video/domains
    urllist        audio-video/urls
}

dest aggressive {
    log        aggressive
    domainlist    aggressive/domains
    urllist        aggressive/urls
}

dest drugs {
    log        drugs
    domainlist    drugs/domains
    urllist        drugs/urls
}

dest gambling{
    log        gambling
    domainlist    gambling/domains
    urllist        gambling/urls
}

dest hacking {
    log        hacking
    domainlist    hacking/domains
    urllist        hacking/urls
}

dest mail {
    log        mail
    domainlist    mail/domains
    urllist        mail/urls
}

dest porn{
    log        porn
    domainlist    porn/domains
    urllist        porn/urls
}

dest proxy{
    log        proxy
    domainlist    proxy/domains
    urllist        proxy/urls
}

dest violence{
    log        violence
    domainlist    violence/domains
    urllist        violence/urls
}

dest warez{
    log        warez
    domainlist    warez/domains
    urllist        warez/urls
}

# Disable local-ok and local-block until you configure it

# dest local-ok{
#    domainlist      local-ok/domains
#    urllist         local-ok/urls
# }

# dest local-block{
#    log             local-block
#    domainlist      local-block/domains
#    urllist         local-block/urls
# }

rewrite google {
    s@(google.com/search.*q=.*)@\1\&safe=active@i
    s@(google.com/images.*q=.*)@\1\&safe=active@i
    s@(google.com/groups.*q=.*)@\1\&safe=active@i
    s@(google.com/news.*q=.*)@\1\&safe=active@i
    # log google
}

acl {

    admin {
        pass     any
    }

    default {
    # for google to be in "safe mode"
    rewrite google

    # the default categories are conservative, please add any additional
    # categories listed above or simply comment out this line and uncomment
    # out the line below it.
        # pass local-ok !local-block !gambling !porn !warez all
        pass !aggressive !drugs !gambling !hacking !porn !proxy !violence !warez any

        redirect     302:http://fedora.localdomain/cgi-bin/squidGuard.cgi?clientaddr=%a&clientname=%n&clientident=%i&srcclass=%s&targetgroup=%t&url=%u
        # redirect     302:http://fedora.localdomain/cgi-bin/squidGuard-simple.cgi?clientaddr=%a&clientname=%n&clientident=%i&srcclass=%s&targetclass=%t&url=%u
    }
}

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5.  Edit and configure the squidGuard as configuration above.... you may customize the configuration as you wish.... please note that the configuration error or any error on above configuratoin may result that you may not able to compile the squidGuard blacklists database.

Now... Just make sure you save the squidGuard configuration before continue to next step...

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