My crusade for web content filtering

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There may be patches for junkbuster to do
this sort of thing.

I think in this type of situation, though,
it would probably be better to develop a
whitelist of acceptable URLs/IP ranges,
let those through, and block everything
else.

This should work until the child roots
your OpenBSD firewall, or he visits his
friend's house or public library with the
non-firewalled non-filtered connection.


ObJLF:  You know, you could combine my
        anonymous web proxy with the
        jarjargonizer to bypass a web
        content filter...


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* On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 04:24:50PM -0700, Kevin Saling wrote:
> Wow, I've been away from the PLUG list for a long time.  Good to be back.  I
> searched through the archives, but did not find any relevant threads...  so
> here goes.
> 
> I am trying to create a web content filter at the choke point of my network
> that will provide a safe web surfing environment for children downstream (on
> the internal LAN).  I can do this directly on the firewall (OpenBSD <shhh>)
> or on a separate Linux server (maybe a squid box).  Doesn't matter.
> 
> Basically, the hard part has been finding something that provides keyword
> searching of incoming html pages.  There are tons of URL filters out there,
> but that's _not_ what I'm looking for.  Squid apparently doesn't have an API
> that provides access to the actual data stream (just URL's) so a squid
> module doesn't seem likely.
> 
> So, in the end, my tireless searching (and my friend Stephen <wink>) has
> turned up ActiveGuardian and JunkEx as possible options.  Unfortunately,
> ActiveGuardian's web forum is not encouraging and JunkEx refuses to install
> for me.
> 
> References:
> ActiveGuardian www.activeguardian.com
> JunkEx www.inf.tu-dresden.de/~ob6/
> 
> Anyone been down this road already?  Care to share your experiences?
> 
> ...Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> 
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