Configure SquidGuard On Pfsense

What is a squidGuard
SquidGuard is a URL redirector used to use blacklists with the proxy software Squid. There are two big advantages to squidguard: it is fast and it is free. SquidGuard is published under GNU Public License.

SquidGuard can be used to
limit the web access for some users to a list of accepted/well known web servers and/or URLs only.
block access to some listed or blacklisted web servers and/or URLs for some users.
block access to URLs matching a list of regular expressions or words for some users. enforce the use of domainnames/prohibit the use of IP address in URLs.
redirect blocked URLs to an info page.
redirect banners to an empty GIF.
have different access rules based on time of day, day of the week, date etc. 

Installation

    Open Packages list: click System > Packages
    Install the Squid package, if it is not installed.
    Configure Squid package.
    Install SquidGuard package.

Configure the SquidGuard Package
Blacklist
Blacklists are optional, but often useful for allowing access to certain types of sites.
SquidGuard comes with a small blacklist basically for testing purposes. In production you don't want to use them. A better way is to start with one of the blacklist collections listed (alphabetically) below.

    MESD blacklists - They are freely available.
    Shalla's Blacklists - Free for non commercial/privat use. (Recommended)
    more..  Configure a Professional firewall using pfSense

Downloading blacklist:

1. Open General Settings tab in SquidGuard package GUI, found at   Services > Proxy Filter.
2. Check Blacklist to enable the use of blacklists
3. Enter blacklist url in the field Blacklist URL.
4. If your firewall is itself behind a proxy, enter the proxy informaion in Blacklist proxy (this   step is not         necessary for most people)
5. Click Save
6. Navigate to the Blacklist tab inside of Squidguard
7. Click the Download button.
8. Wait, while blacklist will downloaded and prepared to use(10-35 min). Progress will be displayed on that page as the list is downloaded and processed.

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