I run a school network with a BYOD program in place. I have a linux proxy (squid) with content filtering by Mind (fork of dansguardian). Everything works fine over HTTP, the problem is of corse when kids start using HTTPS. My biggest issue is that Apple has switched to using HTTPS when doing a google search in safari. This allows kids to do searches without MinD forcing safe search. I would like to know what I could possibly do about this. Is there anyway to stop this? Thanks in advance for any help!
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Best Answer
It is now possible to ask google to redirect secure searches to http - https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/186669?hl=en is the google help page on the subject. They suggest using DNS trickery, this can be hard in Windows 2008r2 - I personally perefer a connect-header rewrite to achieve the same goal, which can be done in all good web filters (and some bad ones).
I work for Smoothwall who provide a filter with just such a capability, and the ability to do some other SSL filtering too. I'm biased, but I suggest you take a look. When it comes to the tough stuff, it's a lot easier than rolling your own. In the interests of impartiality, there are other web filters out there :)