Chapter 11. Writing URL Redirectors and Rewriters
In the previous chapters, we have learned about installing and configuring the Squid proxy server for various scenarios. In this chapter, we'll learn about writing our own URL redirectors or rewriters to customize Squid's behavior. We'll also see a few examples that can be helpful in enhancing the caching performance of Squid or enforcing the access control.
In this chapter, we shall learn about:
- URL redirectors and rewriters
- Writing our own URL helper
- Configuring Squid
- A special URL redirector - deny_info
- Popular URL helpers
So let's get started….
URL redirectors and rewriters
URL redirectors are external helper processes that can redirect the HTTP clients to alternate URLs using HTTP redirect messages. ...
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