on Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:44:21PM -0700, Stephen A. Witt (sawitt@electra.rsc.raytheon.com) wrote: > I've been following the 'web blocker' thread with some interest and, > on a related note, was wondering what software is available for > limiting access to certain web sites for specific users. I've a couple > of elementary school age kids that are starting to become interested > in the web. I think I need to supervise their activities in this > regard for appropriate content but would like to experiment with some > sort of filter to help out. I'm currently running squid on a firewall > machine (Debian 'testing') at home behind which we have a few other > machines. I've just learned about squidguard, and will probably check > it out, but I was wondering about other software that some of you > might recommend. One of the advantages of Squid is that it logs all site accesses. You can also block sites on a per-domain basis, IIRC. I recently went through a year's worth of logs, mostly curious to see what my profile looked like. It's pretty straightforward to see what sites are being hit, the most popular of same, and/or increasing/decreasing trends. If necessary, such sites can be added to blocklists. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ Praying for the victims.
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