[Lias] Re: dans guardian

[Stephen Noble]

> http://www.dungog.net/sme/howto/dansguardian.html
> i'd like to give more advice but i'm just off for a weeks holiday

>comparison to squidguard

squidguard for now has better acl control
ie per user or per time period
dansguadian is better at everything else
for censoring childrens viewing the ability to block on actual content is a
must


>OK... I haven't reviewed for some time so I am quite interested as I am
>setting up a new server these hols:  how capable is DansGuardian at
>removing banner ads?

i don't think it tries
unless the add provider is from a banned url

i'm not a squid expert but i don't think dansguardian would stop you
adding in the adzap program

i may just add that to my package

[root at sme5 SOURCES]# cat /etc/squid/squid.conf
#------------------------------------------------------------
# DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It is updated automatically by the
# Mitel Networks server software. Instead, modify the source
# template in the /etc/e-smith/templates directory. For more
# information, see http://www.e-smith.org/.
#
# copyright (C) 2001 Mitel Networks Corporation
#------------------------------------------------------------


acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
acl manager proto cache_object
acl localsrc src 127.0.0.1
acl localdst dst 127.0.0.1
acl SSL_ports port 443 563
acl Safe_ports port 80 21 443 563 70 210 1025-65535 980
acl CONNECT method CONNECT
acl webdav method PROPFIND TRACE PURGE PROPPATCH MKCOL COPY MOVE LOCK UNLOCK
cache_mgr admin at dungog.net
ftp_user nobody at dungog.net
http_access allow manager localsrc
http_access deny manager
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
http_access allow localsrc
http_access deny all
# These squid settings set up [dg]transparent proxying
httpd_accel_host virtual
httpd_accel_with_proxy on
httpd_accel_uses_host_header on


icp_access allow all
miss_access allow all

store_avg_object_size 3 KB
always_direct allow webdav
always_direct allow all
*********************************

>Please note also that you can get google to perform a "safe" search

yes, i followed your advice before
i use it on my home page dungog.net :-)

regards
stephen noble
dungog.net