[K12OSN] Squid Question

[Lee Myrick]

I just set up Censornet on our network. Censornet basically IS Squid 
and Dansguardian. I do run it on a separate machine, but it's an old 
PIII right now. Works fine. Censornet's own documentation is quite good 
on how to install. I'd say the choice factor between Censornet and 
Squid/Dansguardian is how much you want to play with the system 
yourself. With Censornet, you mostly can't go into a file with Vim or 
Emacs and edit it, as it will be overwritten the next time you start 
Censornet. Censornet is also free, although you can purchase 
image-level filters and support (or donate to them once you're up and 
running successfully).

Lee Myrick
Information Technology Coordinator
Renaissance Arts Academy
lee at renarts.org
http://www.renarts.org


On Mar 24, 2005, at 9:47 AM, Ken Johnson wrote:

> I need to filter Internet access for a k12LTSP network in a church 
> youth center.
>
> I have a few questions. I am looking at Censornet, SquidGaurd and
> DansGuardian. I have never used any of these before.
>
> 1) Does the proxy run on a separate machine, or should it run on the
> k12LTSP server?
>
> 2) Can someone point me to some step by step installation instructions?
>
> 3) What are some pros and cons of each?
>
> 4) Are any of these filters really effective  (after all its a church).