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2 Replies Last post: Apr 7, 2008 7:10 AM by Dr.Jones

Web Content Filtering

Apr 6, 2008 9:40 PM

Click to view JenniferDH's profile JenniferDH 2 posts since
Mar 30, 2008
Let me begin by saying I have no experience with any form of Linux. A few years ago I purchased a couple of cheap PCs with Linspire 4.5 preinstalled. I overwrote these with Windows XP and used them for a while, but because of some difficulties replcaed them with cheap PCs with XP preinstalled. I now intend to put the two older PCs in my kids rooms, and had intended to reinstall the original operating systems. After reinstalling Linspire, a read and listened to all the introductory material, much of which was on the bennifits of CNR, and I was delighted to see that CNR provided an optional Web Content Filtering service. Unfortunately, I found that Linspire 4.5 is no longer supported by CNR. Knowing nothing about Linux, and already frustrated by - well - everything, I hoped CNR would make things easier, so I installed the current version of Freespire instead. Now that I can access CNR, I am confused. Most of what I read now sounds like CNR is brand new, and some of the features promoted in the Linspire 4.5 documention do not seem to exist, including Web Content Filtering. Can anyone clear things up for me, and can anyone tell me how to filter web content on my children's Freespire PCs?
Click to view JDoyle's profile JDoyle 174 posts since
Nov 27, 2007
1. Re: Web Content Filtering Apr 6, 2008 10:26 PM
I think you mean 'Surf Safe', which was a subscription service. I don't know if it is still available.

If you are using a router (and I assume you are for sharing internet access for more that one computer), it can block websites by url or domain name. You need to login to your router look for URL Blocking, or something similar.


Attached is screen shot of mine for example reference, yours may be different, depending on the manufacturer.


JD

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Click to view Dr.Jones's profile Dr.Jones 237 posts since
Nov 15, 2007
2. Re: Web Content Filtering Apr 7, 2008 7:10 AM
Some options:
OpenDNS - Features - Content Filtering Not everything on the Internet is welcome on your network. Decide what to block on your networks with easy-to-use, powerful content filtering options. Choose from dozens of categories, ranging from social networking to gambling to webmail and more.
SquidGuard - SquidGuard is a URL redirector used to use blacklists with the proxysoftware Squid. There are two big advantages to squidguard: it is fast and it is free.
DansGuardian - DansGuardian is an award winning Open Source web content filter which currently runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, HP-UX, and Solaris. It filters the actual content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering. It does not purely filter based on a banned list of sites like lesser totally commercial filters.