[GLLUG] content filtering

[Michael George]

I'll have to check into openwrt modules and see if I can get one squeezed
into my router.  I'm somewhat addicted to my dd-wrt, so I don't want to
give it up lightly.

I'll check out packet protector, too.

Thanks!

On Mon, March 31, 2008 6:04 pm, Karl Schuttler wrote:
> Dansguardian isn't completely out of the way; there is a build for
> openwrt that will do it. (Openwrt is another distribution for the
> linksys routers which is a bit more powerful than ddwrt. Lacking a web
> interface, it saves a lot of memory by not having an http server).
> http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=48720
>
> You might be interested in Packet Protector (packetprotector.org),
> which is a openwrt-based firmware with security features in mind, with
> dansguardian built in.
>
> OpenDNS does a decent job. Usually there are workarounds for
> filtering, anyway (ie, a proxy server).
>
>
> Karl
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Michael George <george at idealso.com>
> wrote:
>> It's time I get more serious about content filtering at home, now that
>> my
>>  kids are able to get online.
>>
>>  I know there is the dansguardian/squid proxy filter, but I don't want
>> to
>>  jump immediately to an approach that requires another computer.  I use
>>  LTSP for myself and for the kids, so we're all on the same system
>>  (therefore I can't just use mine as the proxy server).
>>
>>  I've heard of OpenDNS for DNS-level filtering, but I'm not sure if that
>>  will have some loopholes that I hadn't though of...
>>
>>  I should have thought ahead more when I got my router.  I put in a
>> Linksys
>>  WRT54GL running dd-wrt just recently.  I'm happy with it so far, and it
>>  will facilitate a transparent proxy, but it doesn't implement one.
>> Since
>>  I only use it for basic router and firewall tasks, it would be nice to
>>  have a content filtering proxy built into it.
>>
>>  Anyone here have opinions/advice?  Thanks!
>>
>>  -Michael George
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-Michael George