[K12OSN] Filtering anyone?

[Joe Guenther]

IPCop is a linux firewall.  But it is also a web proxy (squid) - when 
coupled with SquidGuard or DansGuardian it is then also a content 
filter.  Besides that it is also a DHCP server, a caching DNS server, a 
time server, and can also be configured to connect VPN's.  It comes with 
a very nice graphical configuration interface, great system, network 
traffic & proxy graphs.

You install this as the router/firewall between the public internet and 
your internal network.  You need a computer with 2 NICs. It will support 
dial-up, ISDN and ethernet (DSL, leased lines, etc)

I can heartily recommend it.
Joe Guenther


Mark Sarria wrote:

> 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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