[Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] CIPA and Linux (meeting compliancy w/ SQUID)]

[Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> From: Art Mason <amason@lpisd.net>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] CIPA and Linux (meeting compliancy w/ SQUID)
>
> Hello, this is my first posting to this list.  My school district currently
> is running iGear on top of MS Proxy on an NT 4.0 box, and the damn thing
> needs to be rebooted every 6 days or so.  In my frustration, I began looking
> into SQUID, because I hear the N2H2 Bess boxes aren't that much better.  I'm
> currently evaluating SQUID running on the new MandrakeSecurity distro w/
> squidGuard, and it seems to work well, at least as far as testing goes.  I've
> also received advice on properly importing squidGuard's blacklists into the
> denied domains database, so I think this will prove to be a very viable
> alternative to a piece of software or software/hardware solution that's way
> overpriced and requires too much maintenance anyway.  Just my thoughts on the
> matter...
>
> --
> Art Mason
> Technology Coordinator
> La Pryor Independent School District
> (830) 365-4016
>
> On Monday 14 May 2001 10:09, you wrote:
> > Jay Drew wrote:
> > > I am new to the Linux world and am looking into Squid (or a variant) to
> > > provide us with CIPA compliance. I've done some experimentation, but am
> > > hoping to have things ready for action at the end of this summer.
> >
> > I'm not familiar with CIPA, but take a look at WPM
> > <http://wpm.gwolf.cx/> and see if it would help.
> >
> > --
> > Doug Loss                 God is a comedian playing
> > Data Network Coordinator  to an audience too afraid
> > Bloomsburg University     to laugh.
> > dloss@bloomu.edu                Voltaire




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Doug Loss                 God is a comedian playing
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Bloomsburg University     to laugh.
dloss@bloomu.edu                Voltaire