How to set squid proxy User download limit

  10:59 AM    Santosh


Add the following line in the squid.conf file


User based download limit is tested on squid-3.0.STABLE20-2 and older versions.


acl Group1 proxy_auth user01 user02
acl Group2 proxy_auth user03 user04
reply_body_max_size 20480 KB Group02
reply_body_max_size 10240 KB Group01
reply_body_max_size 5120 KB all


For version squid-3.1 and higher , you can use IP based download limit option,


acl Group1 src 10.10.0.1-10.10.0.10/32
acl Group2 src 10.10.2.1-10.10.2.10/32
reply_body_max_size 20480 KB Group02
reply_body_max_size 10240 KB Group01
reply_body_max_size 5120 KB all 


Time Based Download Limit,


acl WorkingHours time 09:00-18:00
reply_body_max_size 10240 KB WorkingHours