On 12/22/2010 11:28 AM mpnordland said...
ok, I'll give one more chance.
... which probably won't be enough -- this is potentially a huge question you're asking with lots of little bits to put together. I have an installation where I did somthing similar seven-ish years ago using squid, squidguard, blacklists from Université Toulouse in France, python, iptables, sql, php, zope, bash, and who knows what else. It authenticates, logs, tracks, blocks, unblocks, reports activity on an automated In and Out board by user, provides historical stats, automates new user setup and invalidation, and probably more. I put maybe a week or two into it initially, and about the same again over the years adding to it.
First, to pacify those who hate google groups: What is a good usenet client?
I use thunderbird to access gmane groups.
second, How should I set up this proxy so that when a connection is made, it request's authentication, and then log's the request, if authentication is not gotten, how do I have it block (or firewall) the request? Furthermore, I would like for the proxy to be squid. So all of the nitty gritty should have to do with squid.
... and that's where I'd start looking. Check out the current status of Squid to see how much of what you want can be done out of the box. When you hit the limits of what it'll do for you, start writing glue to fill in the puzzle.
HTH, Emile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
