Topic: Dansguardian bypass for unauthed users

[ivan]

Hi Mary

Thanks for the post.
I agree with all you say. This is an auth bypass issue not a dans issuse.
The proxy bypass will work only for IP address not DNS resolved URL's.
I looked at all the posts you pointed to but they are not really going to solve the issue.

I found that by disabling auth with the following:

config delprop squid RequireAuth
expand-template /etc/squid/squid.conf
sv t /service/squid

Dans still operates but no auth is required to squid

My approach to resolve this is will be to setup a cron job to disable auth after hours to allow updates and then redo the auth with the nessary commands  with a reboot before working hours. This will be acceptable in my environment. I hope there is a better solution as mine may have unforeseen consequences. Input here would be appreciated.

Just a note: this problem is not a short coming with SME by rather software that does not take into account that proxy auth might be required to get services or updates. 

Thanks to all for all the input.

Regards
Ivan