> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin FItzgerald > Sent: Monday, 10 March 2003 2:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SLUG] Advice for a Web Cafe > > > Hi All > I am setting up an Internet cafe/Community access point at my > church. We have a room and 50 Machines all with Windows Lic's > for the desktops, and I want to run RH8 as the server and > Backend. I will probably set it up as an NIS Server for > ease of admin etc but that's not the question for this topic. > What I would like is recommendations of filtering software that > I can put on the RH8 server to block access to Porn etc (Being > a church this is very important). Can anyone suggest a Linux > Equivalent to products like Net Nanny etc? > > I look forward to hearing back on this one. > > Many Thanks > > Kev
Kevin, Have a look at a http proxy called "Squid". There are many plug-ins (aka, "redirectors") that will filter any undesirable content. To make the whole RH8 administration a little easier (squid/NIS/etc.), have a look at "webmin" too (www.webmin.com). Both these products are freeware and have active support communities. FWIW, Squid can be set up to authenticate to NIS/NIS+, LDAP or basically any other PAM module (google is your friend here) giving you the ability to restrict web access to specific users/groups whilst still allowing e-mail/usenet etc. Squid is very powerful and a little daunting, but tools like webmin can tame the invertebrate ;) --James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
