Hi Doug, it's good to see that you're trying to prevent your daughter from viewing sensitive material. I have a good bit of experience in the realm of web filtering. I've used two different solutions to accomplish my needs, both involving blacklisting techniques.
The first one I tried and was very satisfied with after I finally got it working properly was Squid, http://www.squid-cache.org/ , with Squidguard, http://www.squidguard.org/ . You can filter in any way you want to with this technique, even block all access except for X. Squid is also a caching proxy as I'm sure you know, so it will speed your network's web browsing. The second configuration that I used and was somewhat unsatisfied with was using junkbuster with and without Squid. The blacklist was buggy and didn't work half of the time. Junkbuster is very good for cookie filtering though. Good luck, email me if you need any tips on configuring squid/squidguard. Nelson LeBlanc MindFrame Technology Consulting http://www.mindframe.org ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Doug Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:49:24 -0800 (PST) >OK, new year, new project. > >I have a 10 year old evil genius (OK, she is cute, sweet, bright, and >loves Linux) that wants always on internet access. We have a LAN >with broadband access. Once upon a time I had very limited access >setup for her via a gateway. I was never very happy with it. > >I now have the additional PC needed to provide a gateway/router to >partition her off of the network. > >I have a new PC for her actually. She has been driving a P120-128MB >of RAM. I have a P2-400-128MB RAM machine for her. I want to take >her old PC and make it a file/print/gateway server. > >I only want her to be able to access a few URLs, such as PBS.org, >etc. > >My questions are: > >What approach should I take to restrict her access? >What should I log to be sure it is working? >What sites should I grant access to? >What apps should I not load? > >Notes: I do supervise her activity. I also trust her judgement. >However, she should not be allowed to play with rockets, explosives, >or fissionable material, even with adult supervision. (Trust me on >this one.) > >I am sending this to the local LUG, as well as my favorite Libranet >User group. The members of the LUG may know my little angel. They >may not trust her as far as I do. > >I have some ideas on this, but I know I am not an expert, so I wanted >to ask the community before I tried re-inventing the wheel. > > > > >===== >Warmest Regards, > >Doug Riddle >http://www.dougriddle.com >http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ >http://www.libranet.com >-- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the >Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
