download restriction squid

[shyam singh bisht]

I have squid running on RedHat enterprise 3
I want to restrict the users from downloading files more than 2mb .
I have tried setting the
"maximum_object_size = 2mb" , but it don't worked

any kind of help will be appreciated

thanks

[Stuart Browne]

The 'maximum_object_size' will just restrict what is *cached*, not the size of the object.

What you probably want is 'reply_body_max_size'.

See http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ_long.html#ss4.21 for the explanation, and http://squid.visolve.com/squid/squid24s1/tuning.htm#reply_body_max_size for a more detailed explanation.

[Arunvijai_4]

set reply_body_max_size=2000 (KB) in your /etc/squid.conf

-Arun

[VEL_1]

See the syntax and give in squid.conf file & restart the squid:

reply_body_max_size 512000 allow USER1

Now the USER1 able to download files of a maximum size of 512000 bytes (500 KB).

Note:
allow the USER1 also in squid.conf

[Muthukumar_5 · Accepted solution]

You have to set reply_body_max_size header in squid.conf to achieve this.

reply_body_max_size bytes allow|deny acl acl

If you want to block specific users then,

# Please setup any of the authentication methods
acl USER2MB proxy_auth username username2
reply_body_max_size 2097152 allow USER2MB

Reconfigure your squid as,

./squid -k reconfigure.

Try it out.

hth.

[Karsten Breivik_1]

Have you concidered using Hierachical Token Bucket (HTB) based bandwidth trotteling with the tc command instead? This might be what you are looking for.

It is really ingenious - I put it in place when I had a few users hogging the line all the time. If you do, prepare for a bit of reading to understand the concepts, but it is well worth it. For instance, start with this:

http://luxik.cdi.cz/~devik/qos/htb/manual/userg.htm

[shyam singh bisht]

Thanks all for ur replies.

The problem has solved.

I have set the reply_body_max_size option

Thanks again .