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Date:      Tue, 6 May 1997 15:52:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Filtering unwanted sites
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.93.970506154958.19106o-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
In-Reply-To: <199705061735.TAA00609@maciek.gv.edu.pl>

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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Andrzej Szydlo wrote:

> I need to block access to some (porno) sites in a school for small
> children.
> Moral question: should I?

Of course. Schools are responsible for supervising children in place of
the parents.

> Technical question - how to do this? 

Set up a FreeBSD web proxy server for them. Block all incoming port 80 
access at the router except for the proxy server and then use the proxy
server rules to block any sites that you need to. Squid will do this
http://www.nlanr.net/Squid


Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael@memra.com

The bottom line is track record.  Not track tearing.  Not track derailing.
But pounding the damn dirt around the track with the rest of us worms.
       -- Randy Bush





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