Yep. It does seem to raise some serious ire in some folks. It isn't perfect--and you've pointed out its flaws pretty clearly in your subsequent email on the subject. They will be addressed...I was aware of some, and unaware of others.
It should definitely still be considered beta software. I do not use it in a production environment...for that matter, I don't even use SquidGuard in a production environment--not because SquidGuard isn't production-ready, but because I have several products in development, and our content blocking system hasn't been getting my attention lately. The SquidGuard module hasn't been extensively tested by me, by any means...so much of the complaints folks have are news to me. Anyway, the problems will get worked out pretty soon, as I have been receiving some client interest in content blocking tools--my development time and funding is completely directed by what paying customers want and need from our servers and software. I very much appreciate your comments on the problems you ran into while playing with it, Rick. It will come in handy as a check-list for me, when I do begin work on the SquidGuard side of our content filtering package. Rick Matthews wrote: >>We hired Tim Niemueller to develop a SquidGuard >>module for us which can be found on his website here: >>http://www.niemueller.de >>There were a couple of users here who were deeply >>offended by it, and a few who found it useful. >> > > Joe, there were users here who were "deeply offended" by it? Wow, I > must've missed those posts! > > Are you using the squidGuard module in a production environment yet? Is > it still considered beta software? > > Thanks, > Rick Matthews > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joe Cooper > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 1:21 PM > To: Graham Pearson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: SquidGuard Inquiry > > > We hired Tim Niemueller to develop a SquidGuard module for us which can > be found on his website here: > > http://www.niemueller.de > > There were a couple of users here who were deeply offended by it, and a > few who found it useful. Regardless, it's freely licensed under the > GPL, and mostly complete at this point though certainly not perfect. It > will see a lot more development in the coming months, and testers and > submitters of patches are certainly welcome. > > The module will someday be part of a much larger Open Source framework > for content control, but it has been on the back-burner for a couple of > months. > > Graham Pearson wrote: > > >>SquidGuard List: >> >>I have been using squid/squidGuard here in the education K-12 arena >> > for > >>the past 8 months and use it on our 12 servers. I was wondering if >>anyone has looked to allow squidGuard to obtain the lists of sites via >> > SQL. > >>Any Pros/Cons on this? Or is their a Web Interface for squidGuard that >>someone is developing that I could help testing with. >> > > > -- > Joe Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.swelltech.com > Web Caching Appliances and Support -- Joe Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.swelltech.com Web Caching Appliances and Support
