Re: [K12OSN] Squid and SquidGuard help

[Lessard Guy <glessard coll-outao qc ca>]

I hope this will help, webmin has a module for manipulating Squid. It 
helps to have a gui to hold our hands to start off with.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk Rheinlander <kirk kpj2 com>
To: "David Trask" <dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us>, K12OSN redhat com
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:04:57 -0700
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Squid and SquidGuard help

> Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition -A Hands on Guide
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition
> -v1.3/chap28sec227.html
> 
> Kirk
> 
> At 07:36 PM 3/26/2002, David Trask wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Been awhile, but I'm at it again.  Many of you may have heard that the
> >State of Maine is giving laptops to every single 7th and 8th grader
> >statewide beginning this fall.  That means a whole lotta' computers
> are
> >dropping in on my network in a hurry.  I need a proxy server...and
> bad!  I
> >also currently run a redirected filtering service from N2H2 (Bess).  I
> >unfortunately didn't take the added computers into account when I
> budgeted
> >for the Bess filtering service (simply a proxy server offsite that
> >provides our filtering).
> >
> >Today I used my K12lLTSP 2.0 discs to install (custom) RH 7.2 and
> Squid
> >w/SquidGuard on a PIII 667mhz with 128mb RAM and a 10gb HDD   (one
> >NIC...do I need two?...I just want it to sit somehwere on my
> network...not
> >like a gateway).  After a lot of friggin' around I finally got Squid
> to
> >work (I think...I set my browser to proxy to the IP of the machine and
> >port 3128...and it went out OK), but not SquidGuard.  I followed
> Eric's
> >directions to no avail.  I think I'm not getting Squid right....I'm
> trying
> >to basically do a simple stock install with no major modifications at
> this
> >point....I simply want to see it work and then I'll worry about
> tweaking
> >it.  Can any provide me with or direct me to a simple easy to follow
> >How-To for Squid.  I tried the Linux Doc Project and it was not very
> >helpful....I want easy to follow steps to get Squid up and running and
> >then maybe I can get Eric's directions for SquidGuard to work.
> >
> >Would I be better off using a RH 7.2 disc and installing from there as
> >opposed to using the K12LTSP disc?  Maybe I was too tired, but it
> seemed
> >as if some stuff didn't end up in the directories it was supposed to. 
> I'd
> >appreciate any help ya'll can give me.  Thanks!
> >
> >PS....it looks like our budget will probably pass and I'll be able to
> get
> >my BEAST (server) for my K12LTSP for this fall.  :-)
> >
> >David N. Trask
> >Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> >Vassalboro Community School
> >dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us
> >(207)923-3100
> >
> >
> >
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