Does anyone know how to stop porn sites from being accessed by users? I
need a Net Nanny sort of approach so my children don't click a link on
google etc.. and unwittingly end up staring a porn on the screen.
Many thanks for help.

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jafar enlightened us with:
> Does anyone know how to stop porn sites from being accessed by
> users?

Shut down the web server.

> I need a Net Nanny sort of approach so my children don't click a
> link on google etc.. and unwittingly end up staring a porn on the
> screen. Many thanks for help.

Check out http://squidguard.mesd.k12.or.us/, I think it's just the
thing you need.

Sybren
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 17:54:07 +0200, Sybren Stuvel wrote:

> jafar enlightened us with:
>> Does anyone know how to stop porn sites from being accessed by
>> users?
>
> Shut down the web server.

er.. hehe

>
>> I need a Net Nanny sort of approach so my children don't click a
>> link on google etc.. and unwittingly end up staring a porn on the
>> screen. Many thanks for help.
>
> Check out http://squidguard.mesd.k12.or.us/, I think it's just the
> thing you need.

Thanks for that. Exactly what I'm looking for I think. Does that mean the
users will need to set firefox to access through a proxy for it to work?

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jafar enlightened us with:
> Does that mean the users will need to set firefox to access through
> a proxy for it to work?

If you have a linux box as the default gateway in your network, you
could use iptables to transparently redirect all HTTP traffic through
squid:

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING \
-i eth1 -p tcp --dport 80 \
-j REDIRECT --to-port 3128

where eth1 is the NIC that's connected to your LAN.

Sybren
--
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 17:38:07 +0200, Sybren Stuvel wrote:

> jafar enlightened us with:
>> Does that mean the users will need to set firefox to access through a
>> proxy for it to work?
>
> If you have a linux box as the default gateway in your network, you could
> use iptables to transparently redirect all HTTP traffic through squid:
>
> iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING \
> -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 80 \
> -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128
>
> where eth1 is the NIC that's connected to your LAN.
>
> Sybren

(I'm someone else, I'm not jafar)

I just wanted to say thanx for posting this bit of iptables magic. I just
happened to be setting up something similar myself that this is the basic
answer for.

Thank you!

M.

Xanadu enlightened us with:
> I just wanted to say thanx for posting this bit of iptables magic.
> I just happened to be setting up something similar myself that this
> is the basic answer for.

You're welcome ;-)

Sybren
--
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

jafar wrote:
> Does anyone know how to stop porn sites from being accessed by users?
> I need a Net Nanny sort of approach so my children don't click a link
> on google etc.. and unwittingly end up staring a porn on the screen.

The best guardian is of course you being present with them

The best software aide seems to be dansguardian, in combination with
squid and a blacklist.

http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=dansguardian
http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=squid
http://urlblacklist.com/

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:37:58 +0200, jafar wrote:

> Does anyone know how to stop porn sites from being accessed by users? I
> need a Net Nanny sort of approach so my children don't click a link on
> google etc.. and unwittingly end up staring a porn on the screen.
> Many thanks for help.

Trust me - if you do a web search for 'linux content filter' you will get
several hits. I'll be doing this for a local library (they have a
requirement to filter for minors, but not for adults). I've not yet
checked which of them might be easy, effective, etc.

Paul Bredbury wrote:
> jafar wrote:
>
>>Does anyone know how to stop porn sites from being accessed by users?
>>I need a Net Nanny sort of approach so my children don't click a link
>>on google etc.. and unwittingly end up staring a porn on the screen.
>
>
> The best guardian is of course you being present with them
>
> The best software aide seems to be dansguardian, in combination with
> squid and a blacklist.
>
> http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=dansguardian
> http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=squid
> http://urlblacklist.com/

Thanks, but I think my poor suffering little server may have to wait for
an upgrade for all that. It's struggling as it is under the weight of
Amavisd at the moment
Cheers.

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Jafar Calley
Producer - http://moonlife-records.com
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