From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 28 23:14:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1146A16A469 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:14:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbigniew@szalbot.homeunix.com) Received: from szalbot.homedns.org (lists.lc-words.com [83.19.156.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7D9E13C480 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbigniew@szalbot.homeunix.com) Received: from localhost.homedns.org ([::1] helo=poczta.szalbot.homedns.org) by szalbot.homedns.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1I4378-0001oW-Kw for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:09:26 +0200 Received: from 192.168.11.1 (SquirrelMail authenticated user zbigniew@szalbot.homeunix.com) by https://poczta.szalbot.homedns.org with HTTP; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:09:26 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <7731.192.168.11.1.1183072166.squirrel@https://poczta.szalbot.homedns.org> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:09:26 +0200 (CEST) From: "zigniew szalbot" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.10a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal References: <5780.192.168.11.1.1183063250.squirrel@https://poczta.szalbot.homedns.org> <200706281850.41831.derrick@uniquestrength.net> In-Reply-To: <200706281850.41831.derrick@uniquestrength.net> Subject: Re: freebsd / gateway / parental control X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:14:12 -0000 Hello, Thank you all who have responded! >> > utility. I guess I can use pf. But would that be enough? I think it would >> > have to be something that would allow me to define keywords based on which >> > sites containing them would get automatically blocked on the fbsd gateway. >> > I'd rather use open source solutions. >> squid and squidguard seem like the obvious choices to me. >> -j > I use squid and dansguardian. Very easy to setup. > /usr/ports/www/dansguardian I have never tried squid but it seems quite a big package. I have also seen oops but not sure which to choose. Basically, will squid not be an overkill for a family network consisting of 3-4 machines? The box I want to devote for gateway/pc purposes is a Compaq PIII 866 Mhz with 512 MB RAM and 40GB HD. Thank you! Zbigniew Szalbot Zbigniew Szalbot