Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-28 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: Have a look at the method used with NoCatAuth from http://nocat.net/ Might make a good starting point. Looked at it briefly, but it's not clear what's interesting in it. Is there something specific that nocat does really well?

Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-28 Thread Reuben K. Caron
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 16:34 -0400, Reuben K. Caron wrote: All of the documentation is contained within their download. It appears like a nice lightweight solution. It is basically a captive portal that requires

Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-27 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Henry Edward Hardy hhard...@gmail.com wrote: Does it allow access to The Catcher in the Rye (Use of fuck, blasphemy, drinking, smoking, lying, promiscuity, implied pederasty) Hi Henry. we are talking about 6 to 12 year olds in a wide range of cultures. Most

Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-27 Thread Reuben K. Caron
Anna wrote: On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Reuben K. Caron reu...@laptop.org wrote: As far as limiting the internet connection to authorized XOs, that's an issue we're probably going to run into at some point once we broaden the XS deployment. So far at the pilot school, the staff

Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-27 Thread John Watlington
On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Reuben K. Caron wrote: Anna wrote: On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Reuben K. Caron reu...@laptop.org wrote: As far as limiting the internet connection to authorized XOs, that's an issue we're probably going to run into at some point once we broaden

Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-27 Thread Reuben K. Caron
John Watlington wrote: On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Reuben K. Caron wrote: Anna wrote: On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Reuben K. Caron reu...@laptop.org wrote: As far as limiting the internet connection to authorized XOs, that's an issue we're probably going to run into at some point

Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-27 Thread Jerry Vonau
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 18:00 +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Reuben K. Caron reu...@laptop.org wrote: While more complex to implement, perhaps something like NetReg would be viable: http://netreg.sourceforge.net/ Exactly. What we've been discussing w

Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-26 Thread Reuben K. Caron
Martin Langhoff wrote: On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:15 PM, david da...@leeming-consulting.com wrote: maybe the connection with the public Internet can be pointed to an online proxy service so the filtering is done online That is my strong recommendation. There is little benefit in

[Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-25 Thread david
Can anyone refer me to how to set up content filtering on the XS 0.5, or maybe the connection with the public Internet can be pointed to an online proxy service so the filtering is done online. This is a temporary request from the Nauru OLPC committee. They will be using a Content Keeper to

Re: [Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

2009-04-25 Thread Daniel Drake
2009/4/25 david da...@leeming-consulting.com: Can anyone refer me to how to set up content filtering on the XS 0.5, or maybe the connection with the public Internet can be pointed to an online proxy service so the filtering is done online. This is a temporary request from the Nauru OLPC