Re: [arturo@mezcal.dyndns.org: Re: [seul-edu] Filters for SQUID]

[Harry McGregor <micros@azstarnet.com>]

On Sun, 21 May 2000, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 00:14:04 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Arturo Espinosa Aldama <arturo@mezcal.dyndns.org>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Filters for SQUID
> 
> We at Red Escolar would like to write an ip-chains (or whatever comes
> next) setup applet for GNOME, so that the teachers can block the sites
> they don't want their students to use. Maybe add a profile mannager and
> support multiple configurations.

I would probably recomend using squid/squidGuard instead.  It will both
cache websites, reducing load on your datacom lines, and it alowes for th
blocking of sites easily.

We have a script setup, with ssh, that makes it easy for the computer
teacher at a local charter school to add sites to the allowed list (we are
doing a selective allow, all sites are blocked except for the ones we want
open).
 
> It is not too difficult a task, so maybe we'll see sth like this comming
> from us or from the community in the near future. GTK+ and GNOME projects
> are being born in an explosive rate!

I would like to see a GTK+ wraper for the script we have.

I will talk with our programer (Tom Rini) to see if he can post most of
our configs and scripts to the OSEF website (http://www.osef.org).

He went on a trip to northern mexico last week, and will not be back until
tuesday.

			Harry
 
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