Information about the package, squidGuard, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The squidGuard package is designed for, Filter, redirector and access controller plugin for squid.
Package Name:
squidGuard
Summary:
Filter, redirector and access controller plugin for squid
Description:
squidGuard can be used to - limit the web access for some users to a list of accepted/well known web servers and/or URLs only. - block access to some listed or blacklisted web servers and/or URLs for some users. - block access to URLs matching a list of regular expressions or words for some users. - enforce the use of domainnames/prohibit the use of IP address in URLs. - redirect blocked URLs to an "intelligent" CGI based info page. - redirect unregistered user to a registration form. - redirect popular downloads like Netscape, MSIE etc. to local copies. - redirect banners to an empty GIF. - have different access rules based on time of day, day of the week, date etc. - have different rules for different user groups. - and much more.. Neither squidGuard nor Squid can be used to - filter/censor/edit text inside documents - filter/censor/edit embeded scripting languages like JavaScript or VBscript inside HTML
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4
Release:
10.el6
Size:
7.1 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the squidGuard package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install squidGuard
This command will install squidGuard on the server.
yum remove squidGuard
This command will un-install squidGuard on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove squidGuard, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove squidGuard
This command will un-install squidGuard on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove squidGuard when using the -y flag.
yum update squidGuard
This command will update squidGuard to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove squidGuard, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update squidGuard
This command will update squidGuard to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove squidGuard when using the -y flag.
yum info squidGuard
This command will show you core information about the squidGuard package.
yum deplist squidGuard
This command will show you the dependencies for squidGuard. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update squidGuard
This command will check if there is an update waiting on squidGuard. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.