[KLUG Members] Smoothwall

[Tony Gettig]

For those of us in the public schools, I believe content filtering is mandated by law. The archive of the k12 Linux list has a few references to block lists for use with squid: http://email.riverdale.k12.or.us/mailarchives/k12linux/ I haven't been able to try any of them though.

That is a really cool idea though, Bruce. I'll bet it works pretty good, too. :)

For some reason, where I work, they insist on spending a LOT of money on Cyber Patrol. Don't get me wrong, it works. But the mentality I keep running into is the old "if it's free, it must not be very good". Little by little, we chip away at that falsehood make a little progress. (And progress *is* being made! Our helpdesk software is phphelpdesk, an open source project using php and mysql!)



Tony Gettig
Network Administrator
Kalamazoo Public Schools



>>> Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> 10/02/01 01:45PM >>>
> Can Smoothwall be used for Internet Filtering?
> Or is SQUID a better product for filtering.

You probably want to use squid for that.  But you're in luck:
Squid is an optional service that comes with SmoothWall.

Squid can be resource intensive, so you'll probably want a
bigger machine than the minimum requirements for SmoothWall.

If you're thinking of Internet Filtering in a work environment,
I personally think it's a bad idea.  You'll waste too much time
creating the filters, or modifying canned filters.  IMO a much
better option is to post a summary of your proxy log for EVERY
EMPLOYEE to view.  Pier pressure - use it to your advantage! :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com 
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/ 
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