[mdlug] I'net monitor & restrict w/o proxy?

[Dave Arbogast]

Dean, any luck with the boss and squid, or did you have to choose 
another route ?

-dave

Joe St.Clair wrote:

> I agree with others and would suggest you learn Squid. 
> It can be setup as a blind proxy, has caching ability, is fairly fast 
> and is not hard to learn.
> I have a script that updates several lists I use.  The update script 
> runs at night.  It updates "porn" and "ad servers" lists.
> I also use "Webalizer - Squid" and "Sarg" to automate the reports of 
> what Squid is doing.
> In the past 6-12 months I have only had to make a couple of minor 
> adjustments, everything else is handled by the automated scripts.
>
>
> Joe
>
> Dean Durant wrote:
>
>> Hello, does anyone know of software that monitors web sites visited, 
>> and restricts unwanted sites without beng an actual proxy?    
>> Presently we have squid.  It was a system we inherited.  But I don't 
>> understand exactly how everything works.  Neither does anyone else.   
>> The new boss says he doesn't like it.   My task is to find something 
>> simpler than squid.   The new boss says we don't use the proxy 
>> features of squid, and so don't need that.   He said, "find something 
>> else."   It doesn't have to be free.    Could be HW or SW.     I 
>> appreciate any help anyone can give.    Thanks, Dean
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