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162754	2003-07-25 10:59:00	I have a LAN at work 5 PC's all up. 3 running Windows 2000, 1 running Windows XP Home and 1 ( a laptop) running Windows XP Pro. Internet access is gained on Jetstream via a Nokia M1122 ADSL router/hub. All the PC's are connected to a 100Mbps switch which is obviously connected via a crossover cable to the Router. I would like to set up another machine to act as an Internet server which filters content such as pornography etc. I have seen a program or something of the sort... called WEB MARSHALL. From what I have been told and it was not an expert opinion.... you are able to actually program into the WEB MARSHALL certain criteria for content allowed or disallowed. Can I actually buy this program or whatever it is in a store? Alternatively can anyone suggest some other program or other remedy I can use, to filter the content. I am aware that I will have to set up this new machine as the gateway for the other PC's so that's not a problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thank You	chiefnz (545)
162755	2003-07-25 11:16:00	Cyber Patrol or Norton Internet Security	Greg S (201)
162756	2003-07-25 12:26:00	It would probably be easier to go with an ISP like Watchdog (www.watchdog.net.nz) or Maxnet (http:) who offer blocking at their servers, as this means that a lot of content is already filtered and you don't need to worry about having to add new sites and everything to your list...	cyberchuck (173)
162757	2003-07-26 01:19:00	If you are looking for an easy to install and free solution We Blocker (http://www.we-blocker.com) is very good. However you need to run it on each machine and obviously doing that means there is the potential for people to work a way around it. The safest solution would be to do what CyberChuck has suggested and use filtering provided from the ISP end. That way your filters are always up to date and it becomes considerably harder to work around (still not impossible though) The only downside would be it is possible you would find sites filtered that you don't mind your users seeing. Censorship can be a very subjective topic. But of course it is always better to be safe than sorry :) If you really want a local solution running on a separate and local server you could consider something like IPcop (http://www.ipcop.org) It does not support content filtering as downloaded but it can be added easily enough and will happily run on older hardware. Good luck!	cyberian_wolf (4301)
162758	2003-07-26 02:52:00	If your confident with linux, or know someone who is that can help, you can use a combo of squid for proxying and squidguard for content filtering . Various blacklists for this are available (see http://www . squidguard . org/ for more info) . None I've tried are foolproof, but then I used to work for a company using web marshall and was able to get around it's blocks on web mail pretty easily as well . Content filtering is always hit and miss I guess . My favorite gotcha is the keywork "tit" - so many sites use it as an abbreviation for title that blocking images with tit in the filename quickly fills up the logs :) I beleive Mandrake comes with rpm's for squid and the squidguard addon if you are following Geoff Palmers tutorial .	patgade (4216)
162759	2003-07-26 02:59:00	ChiefNZ Webmarshall is made by the Marshall Software, who are the same people that make the Mail Marshall software. It's a New Zealand company that supplies its software all over the world. Try either of these links: MarshallSoftware www.mailmarshall.com Marshall[/url] HTH Mike.	Mike (15)
162760	2003-07-26 03:38:00	go with web marshal we have it at school and it works alright but the thing is that it blocks sites that u do need other wise it is good	Patrick 2003 (277)
162761	2003-07-26 03:54:00	> go with web marshal > we have it at school and it works alright but the > thing is that it blocks sites that u do need other > wise it is good We've got it at work too - it seems to be very configurable, like whenever it blocks a site we need access to all we need to do is call our system admin people and they change a setting to allow that site. Usually happens within a minute or two, so it can't be that hard :) :p Mike.	Mike (15)
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