[squid-users] [squid-announce] Squid version 7.4 is available

[Vacheslav]

we know what the nowohide laws are! in it worshiping Jesus is idol 
worship, they are blasphemy!

26.01.2026 00:46, NgTech LTD пишет:
> Hey Everyone,
>
> The rpm release work was automated for a very long time now.
> But now it's time to talk a bit more about nice things.
>
> In the past I was posting a response to the release email and I think 
> it's nice to tell stories or write about things from the desktop or 
> else...
> it would be a bit boring to do a release.
> So, in the past couple years I have been working on a couple nice 
> projects.
>
> Anyone heard about GuardiansNet.nz ?
> This is a very nice project of mine about a virtual company which uses 
> Squid-Cache and Linux.
>
> As we all know, the internet can be wild from time to time.
> These days it is much safer than a couple years ago.
> If anyone remembers, it was possible in the past to cache YouTube and 
> many other sites' content.
> Caching is good in some places while in others it's a bit messy.
> The actual structure of many websites doesn't allow Squid users to 
> enjoy some of the benefits it might have given in the past.
> However, there are still things which Squid-Cache excels in and has 
> better config language than many other solutions out there.
>
> The story I'm about to tell is about the GuardiansNet.nz concept.
> As we all know, snake importation isn't allowed into NZ since it's 
> been clean of these for many years.
> However, the Internet might be able to bring other "snake" like ideas 
> into NZ.
> For those who know a bit of the bible, the beginning of the world is 
> based on specific actions which have been done by the "snake".
> I am assuming we are all sharing the basic same ideas in life since we 
> are actually in the Squid-Cache users lists.
>
> The concept that websites' content can be malicious is not new.
> There are many uses of words to either be good or bad.
> For example, I had to work on some LoadBalancer couple years ago which 
> the sources for it are here:
> elico/mwan-nft-lb-example 
> <https://github.com/elico/mwan-nft-lb-example> (MIT)
>
> It's a simple idea but complex to deploy and maintain for some reason.
>
> So, what is GuardiansNet.nz?
> It's a network which the idea is like China's "Big Firewall", which 
> for me is kind of a myth, but, I try to understand others.
> However, what's the difference?
> It's a combination of DPI and proxy solution in scale of a country ISP.
> The idea behind this ISP is education in the new world.
> As humans we have the ability to learn from the one who built and 
> takes care of our world.
> We can choose to look at things and stay blind to what's in front of 
> us, but it's not a wise choice.
> What we teach kids is that there was a snake and it was given a 
> punishment.
>
> GuardiansNet.nz took the task to defend NZ from snakes.
>
> Why?
> The citizens of NZ and their kids need protection.
> So, Instead of every one of the homes in NZ to handle its own internet 
> defence mechanisms they offloaded the task to the GuardiansNet.nz company.
> They gathered a couple Security experts to handle the load of defence 
> in the IT area but also a couple others professionals.
> They could use FortiGate products, however, they are too generic.
> The requirements of GuardiansNet.nz is much closer to the bible nature 
> of things.
> These are based on the seven laws of Noah, since only jews need to 
> obey all the laws of the bible.
>
> And we need to understand these basic laws:
> The first one is to not work and worship anyone other than god.
> The second is to not curse god or say it's name without a very good 
> reason.
> The third is to preserve life and to not commit bloodshed and also 
> prevent it from happening.
> The fourth is to respect the parents and to not reveal their secrets 
> and to keep some distance from them.
> The fifth is to not steal.
> The sixth is that if we want to eat an animal, which is not the ideal 
> thing, we first need to kill them before feeding or doing anything 
> with them.
> The seventh is to build and operate civil law and order systems.
>
> These are just the basic definitions, these need to be expanded and 
> this is not the place.
>
> So, GuardianzNet.nz took on itself the task to filter content in the 
> internet but, with such granularity that will amaze anyone in the 
> field of security.
> This ISP actually is a teaching mechanism for the family which 
> delivers all the above laws in a smart and sometimes funny way.
>
> The block page would be a smart one compared to a static one.
> And to make it as friendly as possible, they would have a content 
> moderator representative available 24x7.
> There is a basic one which is based on AI and there is also a 
> possibility for a human representative via voip or other chats systems.
> And compared to the generic version of block pages, which are "not 
> allowed" the agent knows how to talk to the user professionaly.
> Why is it so important?
>
> We need to understand that if someone in the world wants to for 
> example watch pornography and he is under the age of 18 it's really 
> not allowed(by law).
> But it's known that no matter how much we will try to defend our kids, 
> they will see something somewhere, even if we don't want them to.
> So, the basic law can limit the age of 18 to specific content and in 
> this case the block page portal will be able to identify the user via 
> some face recognition or any other secure key.
> However, the kids are another story.
> So the basic way is to first block, but then what happens?
> There is interaction.
> And this is the big thing about it.
> The actual seventh law has a couple parts.
> The first thing is for punishment but the other one is education and 
> assistance.
> Our kids need both good friends and also need good guidance and community.
> And one of the things about respecting our parents is to not involve 
> them in specific subjects and actions even if we really want to.
> The main issue with education is trust.
> If we cannot trust our kids' educators, which happens in some cases, 
> we can't delegate to them specific permissions.
> The kids need to be safe and feel safe with both the parents and the ISP.
> In regular ISP's all over the world, as far as I can tell, the kids 
> are not protected enough.
> The ISP's are obeying the civil laws, but, these do not enforce kids 
> protection from malicious content and software not to speak about IPS/IDS.
> If and only if the kid surfing the internet wants to, he can get an 
> online internet safety course and education based on the site and 
> content he is trying to access.
>
> This is the revolutionary idea of this ISP.
> The parents do not need to handle some parts of the education, they 
> can trust the ISP systems to teach their kids specific internet safety 
> concepts and rules.
> This is real education.
> An ISP we can trust almost blindly!!!
>
> This way the kids can feel not invaded by their parents directly, but 
> they still get the feeling that their parents know everything and also 
> really care for them.
> Also, there are extreme cases in which kids might have already been 
> exposed to some content in other houses or places and they need to get 
> some answers.
>
> The GuardiansNet.nz company took on itself to give the kids every 
> available professional resource to teach them properly and to handle 
> every situation.
> This way when all the right laws are applied, the Internet would be a 
> much safer place than it is today.
>
> Their slogan is: "We are prepared for the snakes!!!"
>
> I hope this Squid-Cache release will benefit all Squid-Cache users 
> with a better user experience.
>
> * I hope that for the next release I will have some blueprint or 
> schema for a very simple ISP service.
>
> All The Bests,
>
> Eliezer Croitoru
> Mashiv Haruach Umorid Hageshem (Formary Ngtech LTD)
> Email: ngtech1ltd at gmail.com
> Mobile: +972-5-28704261
> Web: https://www.ngtech.co.il/
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 12:34 AM Francesco Chemolli 
> <kinkie at squid-cache.org> wrote:
>
>     The Squid HTTP Proxy team is very pleased to announce the availability
>     of the Squid-7.4 release!
>
>     This release is, we believe, stable enough for general production use.
>     We encourage all users of any previous version of Squid to upgrade
>     to it.
>
>     It can be downloaded from GitHub, at
>     https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/releases/tag/SQUID_7_4
>
>     The main changes since version 7.3 are small reliability and security
>     improvements in snmp, digest_edirectory_auth, pinger, system
>     installation,
>     and correct detection of Heimdal krb5.
>
>     Please remember to run "squid -k parse" when testing the upgrade
>     to a new
>     version of Squid. It will audit your configuration files and report
>     any identifiable issues the new release will have in your installation
>     before you "press go".
>
>     If you encounter any issues with this release please file a bug
>     report at
>     https://bugs.squid-cache.org/
>
>     -- 
>         Francesco Chemolli
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