Sekoyen’s

If you already have a linux system as the web proxy server, you could also configure it up to act as the web filter. Or, if you did not have it yet, you may consider to make your old Pentium 200MHz system as the web filter.

What is the web filter and why you want it? A Web filter is a software that can filter some type of content a Web browser displays or block some web site it is trying to access. The filter checks the content of a Web page or a web address against a set of rules and replaces any unwanted content with an alternative Web page, usually an “Access Denied” page.

Systems administrator or parent is the person who usually responsible to control and to configure the type of content to be filtered. Web filters are used in schools, libraries, internet cafes, public kiosks and even homes to safeguard children from obscene content on the Internet.

Some favourites free web filters are SquirdGuard and DansGuardian. Both of them have to be used with Squid Web Proxy Cache server. But you have to use only one of them. Between the two web filter software, personally I think, Dansguardian is easier to configure, but SquidGuard is more powerful.

One of the place where you can learn on how to setup a web filter is Linux.com. They have a very complete guide on the subject.

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