On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi there, > > Anyone got any suggestions regarding web filtering for a small office of a > dozen employees? > > I'd assume Squid + Google-it-you-lazy-git, but there are a couple of > requirements that make my request a little unusual. > > Firstly, instead of simply blocking pr0n & allowing everything else, the > site primarily wants to block Hotmail & Facebook. > > I assume that what this _really means_ is that they want to block > everything by default and add a whitelist of work-related sites (it's an > estate agent, so http://rightmove.co.uk would be on the whitelist, for > instance). > > Secondly, they want to perform the blocking for most of the day, but relax > the restrictions between 11am - 11:15am & 1pm - 2pm. > > And thirdly, the bosses want to be excluded from the filtering. One obvious > way to do this is filtering by their MAC or IP address - none of the staff > are geek enough to get around this but nevertheless it's a bit clumsy & > requires maintenance if the boss gets a new laptop. > > So what I'd prefer is really some kind of system that pops up a message > "this site cannot be displayed because it is in the filter category > [pr0n|frivolous]; if you would like to see it anyway, please enter your > username & password". I used to work at a place that displayed a similar > message & allowed with a single click a user to submit to the admin websites > that had been blacklisted in error; so I am sure something like this is > possible, I just don't know if it's available in open-source. > > Thanks in advance, > > Stroller. > > > I use opendns.com at work. HTH
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