[Quick Tips]: Block downloading File Types .mp3 .exe .zip Squid

Block downloading File Types .mp3 .exe .zip Squid

Squid is a proxy server which has a wide variety of uses (one of them is to speed up the server).It is basically used for HTTP and FTP and it has a limited support for some other protocols like TLS, HTTPS etc.
Squid can run on different operating systems.

Here we will come to know how to block downloading File Types .mp3 .exe .zip Squid. First of all, we create all ACL file includes all the file types to block downloading them.We can block downloading of File Types such as mp3, exe, zip, etc In Squid using the following commands:

Add all the above required file extensions types and save the file.

Add the above three lines and save the squid.conf fileRestart or reload squid server

Now verify the downloading any files from the Internet.

For more information :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid

http://www.squid-cache.org/