Re: [squid-users] SurfControl Web Filter and Squid incompatibility

On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 11:10, Tom.Williams@diversifiedsoftware.com wrote:
> Hi! One of your MIS guys tells me the "SurfControl" web content filtering
> software we won't work with Squid because Squid "encrypts" the packets that
> get sent from the proxy to the browser such that "SurfControl" can't "see"
> what URLs are being accessed in case they need to be blocked.
>
> Does Squid do some kind of packet "mangling" that would cause apps like
> "SurfControl" not to work correctly?

Definately not. Your MIS guys may be referring to SSL connections, but
that access SurfControl regardless of a proxy being there or not.

Rob