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Hi there, |
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Anyone got any suggestions regarding web filtering for a small office |
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of a dozen employees? |
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I'd assume Squid + Google-it-you-lazy-git, but there are a couple of |
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requirements that make my request a little unusual. |
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Firstly, instead of simply blocking pr0n & allowing everything else, |
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the site primarily wants to block Hotmail & Facebook. |
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I assume that what this _really means_ is that they want to block |
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everything by default and add a whitelist of work-related sites (it's |
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an estate agent, so http://rightmove.co.uk would be on the whitelist, |
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for instance). |
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Secondly, they want to perform the blocking for most of the day, but |
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relax the restrictions between 11am - 11:15am & 1pm - 2pm. |
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And thirdly, the bosses want to be excluded from the filtering. One |
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obvious way to do this is filtering by their MAC or IP address - none |
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of the staff are geek enough to get around this but nevertheless it's |
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a bit clumsy & requires maintenance if the boss gets a new laptop. |
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So what I'd prefer is really some kind of system that pops up a |
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message "this site cannot be displayed because it is in the filter |
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category [pr0n|frivolous]; if you would like to see it anyway, please |
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enter your username & password". I used to work at a place that |
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displayed a similar message & allowed with a single click a user to |
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submit to the admin websites that had been blacklisted in error; so I |
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am sure something like this is possible, I just don't know if it's |
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available in open-source. |
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Thanks in advance, |
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Stroller. |