Karl, I actually did not set this one up. It was in place when I was hired. However, I do run one at home as well.
The school's runs on an old nameless box running a PII with Gentoo Linux on it. That is all that box does, and it handles it just fine. So, it does not take much to make it work. We do not use any of the caching capabilities, just the filtering. At home I run it on a PIII box with 512MB of ram running OpenSuse, but I am in the process of moving it to a virtualized server again running OpenSuse on a much bigger, faster box for the simple reason that it is my web and mail server as well. Before moving it though there were no troubles, but not much traffic either. I know it is also available for Windows NT/XP/2003. I have never played with that, but Jason said he has. Chad Frerichs Network Administrator Okoboji Community Schools Milford, IA 51351 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Hehr Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:30 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: [info-tech] MYSPACE and FACEBOOK On Apr 25, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Frerichs, Chad wrote: > Tony, > > We have a Watchguard Firebox firewall that does content filtering > including much of the proxy stuff, and we use that in conjunction > with a Squid proxy server. Squid allows me to filter urls based on > keywords. This seems to do a pretty good job of blocking most > unwanted content (and once in a while some wanted content in which > case I can add specific sites to a safe list). However, I think the > most effective deterrent is the fact that 'misuse of school > technology' gets the students' technology privileges taken away for > 30 days. To increase this effectiveness the students have been made > fully aware that ALL internet traffic is logged and monitored. It > only took a few students getting 'caught' for word to spread. I am > not saying I do not still get a few students trying their luck that > I will miss something, but I think the fact they know I'm watching > and there are definite consequences deters many. > I am looking to add a Squid Proxy Cache here, and I know there are lots of folks out there that already use it. What are some best practices for installing and managing it? What OS did you install it on? What size machine? Did you use a binary or an already compiled installer? I have been scanning the squid website, and I just want to see what other school's did in practice. Karl Hehr District Technology Coordinator South Hamilton CSD Jewell, IA --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ --------------------------------------------------------- --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ ---------------------------------------------------------
