Easy to use firewall and invisible proxy?

[Joey Prestia]

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Alan Dayley wrote:
> Recomendations sought: Easy to use firewall and invisible proxy.
> 
> I have friends and family that want a firewall and invisible proxy
> with content filtering as a gateway on their Internet connection.  I
> know some of the usual suspects like IPCop[1] with Copfilter[2].
> Dan's Guardian[3] is also nice for content filtering but does not
> always behave well with Copfilter.
> 
> So, rather than continue my late night search, I thought I'd ask here
> about possible solutions.  There must be some out there already, such
> as those used in schools and the like.  Does anyone have some
> recommendations?
> 

At the EMCC we are currently testing out Endian Firewall.
http://www.endian.com/en/  It's free to download.
It is a small linux install that installs on a box between
your network and the internet. It has excellent content filtering
capabilities. It can filter words images and even restrict the use of
certain browsers. It you can set passwords to restrict who can use
internet access so forth. And limit who has what access. It has a GUI
web interface used to set it up and can be used to filter almost
anything. Like I was saying we are still testing it out but I believe it
is a handy little tool especially for what you saying you want to do. We
are evaluating it for use as a squid proxy and its is exceptional in
aspects of filtering various content. Profanity, Images all can be
filtered. We are also evaluating it for putting in front of a mail server.

Best,

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Joey Prestia
L. G. Mirror Coordinator
http://linuxamd.com
Main Site http://linuxgazette.net


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