[K12OSN] SquidGuard and Proxy Questions

[Timothy Legge]

 --- David Trask <dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us> wrote: 
> So your saying the K12LTSP box is also the gateway? 
> *me shivers* 
> Generally speaking (in my experience) if you're
> doing transparent proxying
> the proxy server needs to be at the "choke" point of
> the network....in
> other words right behind the router or acting as the
> router.

Yes, that was one of the options but I will probably
just use an IPCOP/SquidGuard combination if I can work
out how to block google's safe search off option.

One of my questions was how to force a browser to use
the proxy if I did not do transparent proxy in a way
that would prevent users from removing the proxy or
needing to configure each user individually.  This
would only be required if the squidGuard was on the
K12LTSP machine...

Tim
Tim

> "Support list for opensource software in schools."
> <k12osn at redhat.com> on
> Tue Jan  4 2005 at 00:00 +0000 wrote:
> >On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 20:30, David Trask wrote:
> >> tlegge at rogers.com on Monday, January 3, 2005 at
> 9:01 PM +0000 wrote:
> >> >1) It does not seem possible to use transparent
> proxying without using
> >a
> >> >second machine for the proxy server.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Not only possible...I'm doing it.  I run an SME
> server with proxy,
> >> transparent proxying....running DansGuardian. 
> Works fantastic!
> >
> >Errr, isn't that a 2nd machine?  I think the
> question was about
> >running it on the k12ltsp server which also happens
> to be where
> >the client browsers run.
> 
> 
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
> (207)923-3100
> 
>