[K12OSN] RE: Monitoring Internet Access

[Quigg, Dale]

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:k12osn-admin at redhat.com] On Behalf Of John Pace
> Sent: March 11, 2004 11:09 AM
> Subject: RE: [K12OSN] Monitoring Internet Access
> 
> 
> I just left the CensorNet website, the interface looks very
> well designed.
> 
> Question: Do I have to use their blacklist? Or can I use Squidguard's?

Hi John,

Censornet stores all the blacklist/whitelist/etc information in a Postgres
database.  My assumption is that they generate the blacklists/*/domains and
blacklists/*/url from the database.  So, you'd either need to import the
Squidguard lists into the database or prevent the overwriting of the
blacklists/* files by the system.

The blacklist update service they provide is pretty reasonable (~$60 for
porn only or ~$150 for all).  I didn't compare their lists with what Eric
provides to see which was "better".

Hope this helps.
Dale