Hi Balaviswanathan, You can use Dans Guardian or Squidguard for your purpose. Just google, you'll get complete documentation for the implementation.
Regards, Nishant On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send ilugc mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ilugc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. [JOB] Project on FOSS adoption in Indian education > (Bharathi Subramanian) > 2. Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (Nishant Prakash Kashyap) > 3. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (Karanbir Singh) > 4. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (Shakthi Kannan) > 5. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (varadarajan narayanan) > 6. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (satyaakam goswami) > 7. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (varadarajan narayanan) > 8. Configuring squid to block the systems on a network > (Balaviswa nathanv) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 03:57:16 +0530 (IST) > From: Bharathi Subramanian <[email protected]> > Subject: [Ilugc] [JOB] Project on FOSS adoption in Indian education > To: Indian Linux Users Group - Chennai <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > Mail from Dr Prabhu (Ex. Co-ordinator of ILUGC and Prof in IITB) > > Project positions are open at IIT Bombay for a new government funded > project on adoption of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in Indian > science and engineering education. Applicants may email their resumes > along with a one page writeup on why they think they are well suited > for the project to: admin.foss[at]iitb.ac.in > > News, announcements and details regarding the project are available > here: > http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu/Projects/FOSSEducation<http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/%7Eprabhu/Projects/FOSSEducation> > > Overview of the project > ----------------------- > > The eventual goal is to replace the use of commercial tools in Indian > science and engineering education at the college level. Towards this > we are working on the following broad themes: > > - Python for scientific computing. > - Scilab (http://www.scilab.org, http://www.scilab.in). > - Multimedia authoring tool suited for Indian languages with a LaTeX > backend. > - Other projects related to the above. > > I will be personally involved with the "Python for scientific > computing" component. This will broadly involve: > > - NumPy (http://numpy.scipy.org), > - SciPy (http://www.scipy.org), > - matplotlib (http://matplotlib.sf.net), > - Sage (http://www.sagemath.org), > - Mayavi (http://code.enthought.com/projects/mayavi), > - ETS (http://code.enthought.com/projects), > - SymPy (http://code.google.com/p/sympy), > > and various other packages of interest. > > As part of the project you will have opportunity to work with the core > developers of these major projects. > > Requirements > ------------ > > The positions are all for a maximum duration of 3 years. The initial > appointment will be for a period of 1 year which will be extended > based on performance. > > - Project manager: 1 position > - Technical writer: 1 position > - Software Developers/content generators: > - Python: 4 positions > - Scilab: 3 positions > - LaTeX: 2 positions > > You will need to stay on campus or commute to IITB. Accommodation > will be provided if available, otherwise HRA will be provided. > > Qualifications > --------------- > > Project manager: > - Good knowledge of programming and open source software community > - People management > - Communication > - Organizational skills > > Technical writer: > - Excellent language and communication skills (spoken and written) > - Familiarity with computers > - Willingness to learn > > Programmers/content generators: > - Willingness to learn > - Good programming skills > - Passion for FOSS > - Experience with FOSS > - Good math and science skills > > System administration and web development skills are also required so > strong applications with those skills would also be considered. > Experience with Python/Scilab/LaTeX is a plus. Experience with > working on a FOSS project is a big plus. > > Job description > --------------- > > As part of this project you will work towards creating material for > adoption of the various existing FOSS tools in the science and > engineering curriculum. This will involve generation of a significant > amount of documentation in the form of tutorials, audio/video > demonstrations, written material, and lectures. The material will > often go towards augmenting existing courses. The project will > involve working with several well known packages and improving them > both in terms of documentation and code to add features or fix bugs. > > We will be hosting several workshops, sprints and conferences where > you will get to meet the developers of many important packages. > > Remuneration > ------------- > > The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the > qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper > limit is flexible. Accommodation will be provided on campus if > available. > > Why you should apply > -------------------- > > - You get paid to improve and write FOSS. > - You get to do really meaningful work -- your work will influence > generations of future students all over India and potentially > elsewhere. > - You get to work on some of the most important projects that will > influence the future of science and engineering. > - You get to meet and work with the authors of various important > packages. > - You will be at IIT Bombay and will have best of both worlds -- > good pay and an academic environment. > > Thanks. > Prabhu Ramachandran > http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu <http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/%7Eprabhu> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 17:53:42 +0530 > From: Nishant Prakash Kashyap <[email protected]> > Subject: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Everyone, > > I am planning to setup a Infrastructure with 15-20 Computers, Router, > Internet and Complete Network. I wish to promote this Infrastructure to be > used by anyone from ILUGC to conduct Workshops at very reasonable fee > structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. Anyone > interested in conducting workshop can use this facility for the said price > and may be can charge extra from the participants for the workshop. The > said > charge would be all inclusive, including electricity, rent, use of > computers, internet, etc. > > I shall provide complete library of all flavours and versions of Linux that > can be used for the workshop. Apart from Linux, it will also have other > useful applications and OSS usually not found in Distros like Vyatta, > Asterisk, vTiger, SugarCRM, Tiny ERP, Bravo, Callweaver, Mono, etc. > Anything > named will be provided(downloaded) in the library. > > I conceived this Idea after going through the Digest that someone wanted to > conduct Workshop on LAMP but was not sure about the place to conduct it. > > Do you people think that this Idea will work out ????? > > > > -- > Warm Regards, > Nishant Prakash Kashyap > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 14:27:37 +0100 > From: Karanbir Singh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Nishant Prakash Kashyap wrote: > > I am planning to setup a Infrastructure with 15-20 Computers, Router, > > Internet and Complete Network. I wish to promote this Infrastructure to > be > > used by anyone from ILUGC to conduct Workshops at very reasonable fee > > structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. > > Some example use-cases would be good to see from your side, exactly what > problems are you going after > > -- > Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522...@icq > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 19:10:00 +0530 > From: Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, > > --- On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Nishant Prakash Kashyap > <[email protected]> wrote: > | structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. > \-- > > Is this minimum quote fixed or variable? > > SK > > -- > Shakthi Kannan > http://www.shakthimaan.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 09:43:38 -0400 > From: varadarajan narayanan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > > I am planning to setup a Infrastructure with 15-20 Computers, Router, > > Internet and Complete Network. I wish to promote this Infrastructure to > be > > used by anyone from ILUGC to conduct Workshops at very reasonable fee > > structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. Anyone > > interested in conducting workshop can use this facility for the said > price > > and may be can charge extra from the participants for the workshop. The > > said > > charge would be all inclusive, including electricity, rent, use of > > computers, internet, etc. > > > > I shall provide complete library of all flavours and versions of Linux > that > > can be used for the workshop. Apart from Linux, it will also have other > > useful applications and OSS usually not found in Distros like Vyatta, > > Asterisk, vTiger, SugarCRM, Tiny ERP, Bravo, Callweaver, Mono, etc. > > Anything > > named will be provided(downloaded) in the library. > > > > I conceived this Idea after going through the Digest that someone wanted > to > > conduct Workshop on LAMP but was not sure about the place to conduct it. > > > > Do you people think that this Idea will work out ????? > > > > Hi ! > > I would like to extend this idea to a virtualised setup where anyone can > log > in to their virtual linux boxes from anywhere. > I have a server and anyone can try out the virtual desktop. Few Ilugc > members have tried out the virtual desktop and found it very responsive and > usable even for reasonably low badwidths. If anyone wants a test run then I > can set up account for them. > > Cheers > > Varadarajan > > www.cloudversity.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 19:27:13 +0530 > From: satyaakam goswami <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Karanbir Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Nishant Prakash Kashyap wrote: > >> > >> I am planning to setup a Infrastructure with 15-20 Computers, Router, > >> Internet and Complete Network. I wish to promote this Infrastructure to > be > >> used by anyone from ILUGC to conduct Workshops at very reasonable fee > >> structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. > > > > Some example use-cases would be good to see from your side, exactly what > > problems are you going after > > i think he is trying to solve issue of administrative or logistical in > nature , what you encounter while getting access to a lab or > classroom in short term. > > it can also be used for Coworking http://wiki.coworking.info/FrontPage > > @Shakti asked in the mail about fixed as well as variable cost , i > think the models will evolve over time depending on the demand for > such a facility , like service offerings on A la carte basis. > > there must be lots of spaces for people who can afford but not many at > the rate which you mentioned we can call these spaces FOSSLand :-) > > > > -Satya > http://www.linkedin.com/in/satyaakam > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 10:01:46 -0400 > From: varadarajan narayanan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > > it can also be used for Coworking http://wiki.coworking.info/FrontPage > > > > there must be lots of spaces for people who can afford but not many at > > the rate which you mentioned we can call these spaces FOSSLand :-) > > > > > Hi ! > > I am talking about a free virtual desktops for members to play with or work > on a project. > > Cheers > > Varadarajan > > www.cloudversity.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 20:31:34 +0530 > From: Balaviswa nathanv <[email protected]> > Subject: [Ilugc] Configuring squid to block the systems on a network > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi All, > > Please help me configure squid in a way that all the systems on my > network should not access those websites which are in the block list. > How can I do it IP wise. Please guide me to do that task > > Thanks and Regards > > V.Balaviswanathan > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ilugc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > > > End of ilugc Digest, Vol 60, Issue 7 > ************************************ > -- Warm Regards, Nishant Prakash Kashyap _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
