Robert Citek wrote:
On Jul 31, 2006, at 3:58 PM, Gavin McCullagh wrote:The Squid web proxy has several content filters available including: http://dansguardian.org/ None of these are perfect, but they remove a fair bit of bad stuff. Perfect content filtering is nigh on impossible anyway,
I have installed and managed several community-based computer centres serving youth in a country which has very strict laws concerning pornography (which is usually defined as nudity). I've tested both DansGuardian and squidGuard, and have found that, of the two, squidGuard has no strings attached and is ultimately easier to manage, although DansGuardian is the prettier of the two. squidGuard also plays much nicer with the server software I run (not Ubuntu, I'm afraid to say).
While we're all clear that content-filtering is very limited in terms of effectiveness and often draconian in its implementation, there are a few things that are actually pretty effective.
Probably the second best thing you could do is establish a transparent proxy server and write a simple script to display the contents of the squid access log to the parent/guardian on demand. I can show you a sample, if you'd like. Just ping me off list.
The best thing, of course, is to find a balance between trust and watchfulness in the relationship between adult and child. 8^)
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