[mdlug] Web filtering software

[Robert Adkins]

Setup Squid.

Then seek out one of the numerous filtering elements that are out there for
Squid.

I used to use a really simple 'porn' and 'noporn' text file for filtering.
Every request was checked against the 'porn' file and if it failed, it was
checked against the 'noporn' file, if it past the noporn file, then it was
served to the user.

Yes, you can block out Myspace/Facebook/Youtube and a plethora of other
sites quite easily with that method.

In the porn file, you have a word like sex in the noporn file you have a
word like sussex, which contains sex, but shouldn't have anything to do with
sexual content. You could also put full URLs into the noporn file thus
allowing the "*.boyscouttrail.com" while disallowing something like
"manboylove.net"

-Rob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Ingles, Raymond
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:52 AM
> To: Mdlug (E-mail)
> Subject: [mdlug] Web filtering software
> 
> Our kids are getting good at operating a computer; our 
> 2.75-year-old can log into a guest account and fire up the 
> Scummvm games he likes to play. My wife wants me to set up 
> some web filtering proactively, before there's a problem.
> 
>  Does anyone have any suggestions? I've heard relatively good 
> things about "Dan's Guardian", and I'd prefer open-source 
> solutions where possible. I've got a PIII-450MHz w/512MB RAM 
> to devote to this, which should be adequate for a couple of 
> home computers.
> I may also put a mail proxy on there running Spamassassin to 
> try to limit the amount of spam my wife receives through our ISP.
> 
>  Sincerely,
> 
>  Ray Ingles                                        (313) 227-2317
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