[Gllug] Proxy recommendation

[Richard Huxton]

Wiehe, Simon wrote:
> I have a network set up at home where my Linux box acts as a gateway 
> for all other machines. Eventually it will also act as a PDC for the 
> windows domain.
> 
> I want to restrict the sites that certain accounts can connect to. 
> I.e. I want to stop the children accidentally connecting to a site 
> that is inappropriate. They do not normally use the PC unattended 
> but just in case I want to direct all their http traffic through 
> a proxy server. Can anyone recommend a server application I can 
> use that is easy to install and configure and will give me the 
> functionality I require?
> 
> I know absolutely nothing about this type of thing so any pointers
> for background info would also be appreciated.

Squid + Squidguard is fairly straightforward to setup. Easy to add new 
hosts to white/black-lists if you're happy editing a textfile.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd
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