squidGuard(1)

💅 squidGuard(1) — the manual, but make it make sense

okay bestie, gather round, because this page is literally from the SquidGuard documentation set and it's about to eat. no cap. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

squidGuard — the filter-and-redirector plugin for Squid and Squid3. yes, both. iconic behavior.

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

squidGuard [-u] [-C block]> [-b] [-t time] [-c file] [-d] [-P] [-v] [-h]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so, squidGuard is a flexible and ultra fast filter, redirector, and access controller plugin for squid. she's giving speed. she's giving control. she's giving main character energy on your proxy. 🌸

the whole vibe is this: you get to define multiple access rules with different restrictions for different user groups on a squid cache. so like, whoever you're letting through your proxy can have their own little curated experience, and you're the one holding the aux cord. 🎧

and how does she pull this off? squidGuard uses squid's standard redirector interface. that's the plug. that's the whole method. periodt. ✨

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -u — update the .db files from the .diff files. glow-up from diff to db, lowkey.
• -C file|all — create brand new .db files from the urls/domain files, and those files are the ones specified in file. so it's not just a refresh, it's a whole new build. 🔥 (and yeah, you can literally pass all.)
• -b — switch on the progress bar while updating the blacklists. because watching nothing happen is not the move. we need the little moving bar. we need the ✨visuals✨.
• -t time — specify the startup time, in this exact format: yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS. don't freestyle the format, bestie, she is picky. 🕰️
• -c file — load an alternate config file. your usual one isn't the only one invited to the party.
• -d — send all errors to stderr. all of them. no hiding. we're being honest in this house. 💀
• -P — do not go into emergency mode when an error with blacklists is encountered. like, do not do the dramatic thing when the blacklists act up.
• -v — show the version number. quick lil flex.
• -h — show the short help. your little cheat sheet. 🫶

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👑 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE 👑

Copyright (c) 1999 Tele Danmark InterNordia, Oslo, Norway

Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Shalla Secure Services, Gauting, Germany

Copyright (c) 2019-2024 Joachim Wiedorn, Germany

This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.

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🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

squidguard was written by Pål Baltzersen and Lars Erik Håland. legends, fr fr.

This manual page was written by Joachim Wiedorn <joodebian at joonet.de> for the Debian project (and may be used by others). 💜

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• update-squidguard(1)
• squid(8)
• sgclean(1)
• hostbyname(1)

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ok and that's the whole page bestie, no notes, read it again if you need to, i'll wait 💖

and that's a wrap — with all the love from Version 1.6, dated 2024-04-03. mwah. 🎀✨🫶