How do I block outside users from accessing my CacheQube?
Here is one way of blocking outside users from accessing your CacheQube. The procedure is to edit the Squid configuration file /etc/squid/squid.conf . (Squid is the caching software used in the CacheQube.) There are two key commands to add to /etc/squid/squid.conf. Examples are below. It doesn’t matter where in the file you add these commands, but they most naturally go in the “ACCESS CONTROLS” section where you’ll see other (vaguely similar) commands. To block access from clients from given IP network, add two commands similar to the following. These examples use IP addresses of colleges: acl badbuys src 153.106.0.0/255.255.0.0 http_access deny badguys replace the above IP address/netmask with the IP address/netmask of the offending browsers’ network. In the “acl” command you can list multiple IP address/netmask pairs, e.g. acl badguys src 153.106.0.0/255.255.0.0 128.105.0.0/255.255.0.0 Users from “badguys” networks will get “Error Access Denied” messages when they try to use your Cac
