[K12OSN] Setting up Squid and Dansguardian

John Pace jpace at webstercounty.lib.mo.us
Fri Mar 5 15:02:03 UTC 2004


I am in the process of setting up a "test" computer to test content
filtering using squid and dansguardian. Someone suggested that I give
K12LTSP Linux a try since it came with Squid as a default install. We are a
public library.

The setup so far: (1) Compaq P800 with 2 NICs (2) Installed K12LTSP (3)
Checked services to see if Squid / SquidGuard is running and they are, (4)
Installed Dansguardian RPM, (5) Installed Webmin (6) Updated Webmin with the
dansguardian module. (7) Started the Dansguardian service.

Questions:

1. If I use Squid / Dansguardian, do I need Squidguard also? I think not,
but I want to be sure.

2. We are behind a Linux firewall (IPCop). Do I point Squid to the firewall
box and then point the clients to the Squid box?

3. Do I have to tell Squid that Dansguardian is installed?

4. Do I have to tell Dansguardian that Squid is installed?

5. Lastly, and probably most important: Can I temporarily turn off filtering
to one computer? Can this be done by IP or network name? I have been looking
at the Webmin dansguardian module and I can't see a way to do that.

I am pretty new to Linux, setting up the mentioned firewall was my first
dive into Linux, this is the second.

Any advice on how to proceed will be welcome!

John Pace
Webster County Library
(417) 468-3335
jpace at webstercounty.lib.mo.us





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