Re: [gentoo-user] Office web filtering

[Amar Cosic]

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>wrote:

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



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