[K12OSN] Filtering anyone?

[Jim Hays]

IPCop is a software firewall/proxy solution.  With "add ons" it can be used as a
filter (Dans Guardian) and more.  I believe it is a spin off from what used to
me Smoothwall.



Quoting Mark Sarria <marksarria at socal.rr.com>:

> I check the site out for IPCop, and it really does not say what it is. I see
> 
> you are using it with Dan's Guardian, but DG is a web filter, so what does 
> IPCop do?
> 
> --mark
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Hays" <haysja at sages.us>
> To: "Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 5:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Filtering anyone?
> 
> 
> >
> > I echo Joe's sentiments.  There are several schools here in Illinois that
> 
> > are
> > using IPCop with Cop+ (Dan's Guardian).  It works well and is easy to 
> > manage.  I
> > use it in 5 schools in our district.
> >
> > We used to use SME with squidguard and it worked well for us, but IPCop is
> 
> > much
> > better.
> >
> >
> > Quoting Joe Guenther <jguenther at chinooksedge.ab.ca>:
> >
> >> I use IPcop and DansGuardian.  It works very well for us. I use it in 3
> >> schools, there are a few others in our division that also use it. I
> >> tried it with SquidGuard, but prefer the Cop+ (DansGuardian) better.  It
> >> uses a bit more horsepower, but does a better job.  I run it on a
> >> PIII600/256MB RAM and serve a school of 350 students with about 1Gb of
> >> data/day.  With 128Mb it would run for a few weeks and then start using
> >> lots of swap.  With 256 it just runs and runs.
> >>
> >> I had also tried SME server with squid/squidGuard but never got that to
> >> work properly.
> >> We also tried OpenBsd with privoxy and that would crash under heavy
> >> load.  squid/DansGuardian works much better.
> >>
> >> my 2 bits worth
> >> Joe Guenther
> >>
> >> Jamie McParland wrote:
> >>
> >> >Summer is almost here and time for upgrades! Right now we are using 
> >> >squid
> >> >and squid guard for our porn filtering on our firewall.
> >> >
> >> >I would like to see what everyone else is using. I hear good things 
> >> >about
> >> >dans guardian. I've even seen a distro based on this. Is anyone using
> >> this?
> >> >
> >> >We need to be able to poke holes in our firewall for static maps to our
> >> >weather stations, webservers, etc.
> >> >
> >> >Thoughts? Comments?
> >> >
> >> >Jamie McParland
> >> >Newberg Public Schools.
> >> >
> >> >
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Jim Hays
Technology Director
Monticello CUSD#25
Monticello, IL  61856
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