Re: [K12OSN] Dan's Guardian

[Tim Litwiller <tim litwiller net>]

you want to see a really nice setup of Dans Guardian?  download and play 
with censornet http://www.censornet.com/?sc=5



> > Just curious, does anyone here on the list use Dan's Guardian for 
> > filtering?  If you do, or have in the past, I'm interested in
> >
> > -how big is your pipe is to the internet?
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a cable modem   small catholic parochial school
b t1 local school district
c t1 another school district that we help setup

> > -how many clients you have going through the filter?
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a 20 - 45
b 300 - 600
c 50 - 150

> > -are you using DG to just block url's or are you using the content 
> > filtering of DG?
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Both

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> > -what is your DG server spec's for your setup?
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a pentium 120, 128 meg ram,  4 gig drive  SME with dungog.net web filter
b pIII 900,  512 meg ram,  40 gig drive   redhat 8 with customized setup
c pIII 900, 256 meg ram, 40 gig drive      SME with dungog.net web filter

> > -what's your general opinion of DG?
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The schools either didn't have any filter before or had a very expensive 
filter and we saved them thousands in license fees already by changing 
them out.

They love it - They can track everything - they can inform the parents 
of persistent offenders.