Content Management: What do you reccomend?

Baker · 10th June 2002, 1:30 PM

Hi,

After giving up on my smoothwall content management excersise, I am in need of something that will take care of porn.

It needs to work in Windows 2000, off of a server.

I just need it to block sites that say porn sex etc, nothing fancy.

The systems will go: Workstation --> W2K Server (don't want to be running proxy or ISA) --> Smoothie box --> ADSL

Any ideas?

Edit: What about that windows version of Apache? Any good?

Cheers,

Kev

Geo · 10th June 2002, 3:33 PM

Im not sure what you want here. Are you after a content management system or a site blocker?

Apache is a webserver, it doesnt block sites.

Baker · 10th June 2002, 4:23 PM

I'm after anything that will effectively block porn.

Geo · 10th June 2002, 4:31 PM

Well a content management system is for managing the content of a website, like you could use it to update news on your page or something. It doesnt manage content that is coming to you from other webpages.

You could look into something like net nanny or maybe there is a plugin for squid (a proxy server) that blocks porn.

mpot · 10th June 2002, 7:15 PM

What about Smoothwall Corporate Server with SmoothGuard?

Cheers,
Martin.

Baker · 10th June 2002, 8:29 PM

I was thinking smoothwall corp w/ smoothguard, and I am waiting on prices from the .au distro.

Geo · 10th June 2002, 8:44 PM

Squid Guard: http://www.squidguard.org/intro/ is a filter plugin for squid that can be used to block sites.

Clark Connect uses privoxy which filters web content: http://www.clarkconnect.org/info/index.html

you might try Esmith aswell.

There are plenty of other Free alternatives aswell.

brembo · 10th June 2002, 8:56 PM

Astaro Security Linux has a plugin which enables web content filtering and alike, it's for corporations etc.

>> Link <<

pippin88 · 10th June 2002, 9:04 PM

If whoever you are blocking for has much knowledge they can probably get around it anyway.
But I believe the aforementioned are pretty much the best solutions. The best would be monitoring by you of computer usage.

JunFan · 10th June 2002, 9:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Baker
Hi,

After giving up on my smoothwall content management excersise, I am in need of something that will take care of porn.

It needs to work in Windows 2000, off of a server.

I just need it to block sites that say porn sex etc, nothing fancy.

The systems will go: Workstation --> W2K Server (don't want to be running proxy or ISA) --> Smoothie box --> ADSL

Any ideas?

Edit: What about that windows version of Apache? Any good?

Cheers,

Kev

Hi,

You may or may not be familiar with www.techrepublic.com They have some excellent articles and forum threads about content filtering in windows environment. It's actually the most informative and updated IT site i have found for IT professionals.

Regards,
Joshua Smith

mpot · 10th June 2002, 9:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Baker
I was thinking smoothwall corp w/ smoothguard, and I am waiting on prices from the .au distro.

From www.quarkav.com (one of the two Aussie distributors):

Smoothwall Corporate Server 2.0: $412.50
SmoothGuard: $247.50

Cheers,
Martin.

sciencewhiz · 10th June 2002, 10:40 PM

E-smith can be set up to work with squid guard quite easily.
The guys at tech-geeks.org even make a drop in package for it that goes and gets updates by itself.
You can set up transparent proxy on e-smith, so everything HAS to go through it to the net.
Step by step instructions are available at both http://www.e-smith.org and http://www.tech-geeks.org

Gandalf · 10th June 2002, 10:57 PM

Try IP Cop (www.ipcop.org) with dansguardian (http://www.ipcop.org/cgi-bin/twiki/v...p/IPCopDGHowto)

elvis · 12th June 2002, 11:11 AM

Gandalf beat me to it. I'll also recommend dansguardian for the fact that it (a) is GPL and (b) works terrifically.

You can hack up smoothwall/ipcop to run it, or run it on a machine behind your firewall.

http://www.dansguardian.org/

10th June 2002, 1:30 PM	#1
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Geo Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Adelaide Posts: 2,377	Im not sure what you want here. Are you after a content management system or a site blocker? Apache is a webserver, it doesnt block sites. __________________ "That's the way good software gets designed. So if you pull out a piece it won't run" - Steve Ballmer

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10th June 2002, 4:31 PM	#4
Geo Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Adelaide Posts: 2,377	Well a content management system is for managing the content of a website, like you could use it to update news on your page or something. It doesnt manage content that is coming to you from other webpages. You could look into something like net nanny or maybe there is a plugin for squid (a proxy server) that blocks porn. __________________ "That's the way good software gets designed. So if you pull out a piece it won't run" - Steve Ballmer

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10th June 2002, 8:44 PM	#7
Geo Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Adelaide Posts: 2,377	Squid Guard: http://www.squidguard.org/intro/ is a filter plugin for squid that can be used to block sites. Clark Connect uses privoxy which filters web content: http://www.clarkconnect.org/info/index.html you might try Esmith aswell. There are plenty of other Free alternatives aswell. __________________ "That's the way good software gets designed. So if you pull out a piece it won't run" - Steve Ballmer

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12th June 2002, 11:11 AM	#14
elvis Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane Posts: 19,937	Gandalf beat me to it. I'll also recommend dansguardian for the fact that it (a) is GPL and (b) works terrifically. You can hack up smoothwall/ipcop to run it, or run it on a machine behind your firewall. http://www.dansguardian.org/ __________________ Child's Play Charity