[olug] Proxy / Filter server for family

[Curtis LaMasters]

I don't mean to keep recommending pfsense but for all the situations
lately it just seems to fit.  IMLogger is a package that you can add
onto pfsense to log all IM sessions. Plus it has squid and squidguard
available as packages as well.  +1 for OpenDNS,  I used it to bug my
brother in law who was staying with my wife and I while going through
a semester of college.  He HATED it :)

Curtis LaMasters
http://www.curtis-lamasters.com
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On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Chad Homan <choman at gmail.com> wrote:
> One thing I would suggest looking at is using openDNS.  Bypass COX/Qwest DNS
> altogether
> Register with openDNS (free), They have a really great adult filter to
> include blocking hate sites
> etc, very granular.  Still not 100% perfect (disclaimer) but far better than
> using COX and Qwest
> straight up
>
>
> Chad, CISSP
>
> Jean Anouilh  - "What you get free costs too much."
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <dundeemt at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Todd Christopher Hamilton
>> <netarttodd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I would like to utilize some proxy/filter/audit type software for to
>> > help my family more safely surf the net.  any suggestions?  I have a
>> > debian box with a couple of dozer boxes (my workstation and the family
>> > laptop.)  I use the debian box as a ssh server and an svn repo for
>> > some development work I do.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Todd Christopher Hamilton
>> > (402) 660-2787
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>> Good luck, I don't believe such a system, that you could rely on
>> exists.  The only solution I have found, is that children use the
>> computer in a public space where it can be seen by the parents and
>> siblings easily.  I don't allow the kids to use winboxen, only linux
>> in this house.  Getting a windows box p0wn3d is a sure way to get
>> popups that will make you blush.  It also allows me to make sure that
>> logging is enabled on pidgin and I have a script that reviews the logs
>> for address, phone #'s, vulgarities, etc.   It also reports on
>> frequent glyphs or phrases.  My oldest is out of the house, and the
>> two youngest don't know about im'ing yet. ;)
>>
>> Everyone has private passwords and I am root on every box.  Data
>> security is a way of life just like stranger danger.
>>
>> Best of luck!
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>> --
>> Jeff Hinrichs
>> Dundee Media & Technology, Inc
>> jeffh at dundeemt.com
>> 402.218.1473
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