Squid is a capable proxy, and can be used to enforce security rules for small and medium sized organisations. It’s also a cost-effective solution, e.g. if you’re implementing AP17.
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Blocking malicious domains using Squid
Squid has to be my all-time favourite open source project. I’ve used it extensively in my own projects, and Squid formed a key part of my lecturing to finalists in my spell as an academic and consultant. Every student that finished my final year networks course would have encountered my Squid build worksheet!
One of the nice features of Squid is the extensibility of the platform, the quality of the product, and clarity of configuration files. Combining Squid with some scripts can lead to some interesting security solutions. In this blog post I’m going to talk about how Squid can be used to block malicious domains, using dynamic data downloaded from the Internet and some very simple scripting.