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Internet filtering software

Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:01 am
by m3mn0n
I'm searching for a good reliable software solution that will allow only a predetermined list of domains to be visited in any port 80 traffic, regardless of the browser.

My question is, do you know of any open source projects or freeware programs that do this? If so, can you give me a reference link?

Any help is much appreciated. :)

Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:27 am
by JAM
Didn't you use a hardware firewall/router?

If not, ignore that comment.
But yes, once I owned a software that was really a script/popup/banner/cracking-blocker, but the company was sold to Symantec. Today I see the same thing in various Norton solutions.

However, did you think about using the httpd.conf?
Here is a more complicated example where selected other computers/domains are given access in addition to Fermilab on-site computers.

order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 131.225 .stanford.edu .uchicago.edu 171.64 128.59.35.56

This denies access to everyone except people using browsers on:

* any computer whose IP address starts with 131.225 (i.e. anybody at Fermilab)
* .stanford.edu computers
* .uchicago.edu computers
* the single computer whose IP address is 128.59.35.56 (i.e. a particular computer at Columbia)
http://computing.fnal.gov/cd/web/apache ... pache.html (2 pages down or so)

Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 5:32 pm
by m3mn0n
Oops, after I reread my post, it does seem as if I want this for my personal web server. =P

But I was looking for something that will run on my computer, untouchable by any computer user besides the administrator, and monitor outgoing web traffic requests.

It's main purpose will be to keep my younger siblings off those flash game sites and into more educational sites. Such as http://www.brainpop.com, and etc.

I have reviewed a lot of netnanny programs out there via google, but I always trust other peoples experiences with a program before i commit myself to one.

Anyone have one of these inplace, if so, how are you enjoying it?