[KLUG Members] Smoothwall

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>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. :)

FWIW,  we use Webmin to modify the Squid ACLs (on-the-fly).  Very simple,  and
someone can catch on with very little training.

Now if Squid could just read it's ACLs from LDAP one wouldn't need a seperate
tool and multiple servers would naturally be in sync,  hmmmm.....

>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!)

Very cool, except for the mysql part! :)

>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! :-)

We use the peer system,  so far no real problems.  The only sites I block are
aol and webshots.

Systems and Network Administrator
Morrison Industries
1825 Monroe Ave NW
Grand Rapids, MI. 49505