[K12OSN] standalone spyware / content filter -- need suggestions

[Rob Owens]

Thanks.

Per your suggestion, I read up a bit on IPCop.  It
looks like it is a complete distribution, is that
right?  So it does not have to be installed "on top
of" Fedora, or Debian, or whatever?

My immediate need is for filtering spyware on a
network that already has a firewall (and some custom
configuration has already been done to allow certain
services).  IPCop says it's a firewall, so I guess
I'll have to choose to use one or the other.  Since
this is the case, would I be better off running a
plain linux install with no firewall and run
Dansguardian?

-Rob

--- Jim Hays <haysja at sages.us> wrote:
> My suggestion would be IPCop and add Cop+.  Several
> schools that I know 
> of are using this and are very happy with it.  The
> Cop+ addon will add 
> DansGuardian.
> 
> Easy to set up.  Easy to manage.  I rarely touch
> ours and it just plugs 
> away doing its job.
> 
> ClarkConnect is another alternative. 
> 
> 
> 
> Rob Owens wrote:
> 
> >I've heard a few package names mentioned, like
> >Dansguardian, but I was wondering if somebody could
> >suggest the easiest one to use.  The goal is mostly
> to
> >stop spyware.  It will be a standalone box that
> >doesn't need to run any other apps.  Perhaps
> there's
> >even a distro out there that is specifically
> designed
> >for this kind of thing, I don't know.  Any help
> would
> >be appreciated.  I've never set one of these things
> >up, so I'd prefer something that is 90% effective
> but
> >intuitive to set up, over something that is 95%
> >effective but difficult to configure.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >-Rob
> >
> >
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