Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:05:09 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: Clayton Tycksen <clay@tycksen.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: freebsd box as a porn filter? Message-ID: <20010723185810.U57783-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> In-Reply-To: <3B5C9E17.78F9A2FF@tycksen.com>
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Install squid, it is an HTTP proxy/cache with filtering capabilities. It is in the ports (/usr/ports/www/squid2[234]). The ACL configuration is covered on section 10 of the squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ.html). Fer On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Clayton Tycksen wrote: > Dear FreeBSD, > > I'm relatively new to Unix. A good friend of mine has converted me to > FreeBSD, and I'm enjoying it. > I do have a question- as the administrator of a small network, I'm > wondering if it's possible to set up FreeBSD on a box and have it > perform filtering of pornography. I realise that I can set up a FreeBSD > box to perform packet filtering (although I still need to figure out how > to do that, exactly). But I'd like to prohibit nodes on our network > from viewing pornographic material, and a few other general websites. I > do not have an external 'router' per se - We have an ISDN connection to > our ISP (which does not provide filtering). > > I've looked at available hardware designed specifically for spam and > porn filtering for networks, but the price of the hardware is too high > for my small network of 15 nodes and 2 servers. > > Any suggestions? > > -- > Clayton Tycksen > Network Administrator > Zoll & Tycksen, LC > > tel (801) 685-7800 ext 15 > fax (801) 685-7808 > cell (801) 913-2208 > > text msg: help@ztlaw.com > > ******************************************************************* > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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