I use squid and squidguard on a separate machine.  Squidguard is nice
because it updates nightly with a new "bad" list.  I'm pretty sure you
can run squid on your Dachstein box, but you'll need a HD to store the
cached pages and logs and probably more memory (32MB-64MB?).  With squid
in place you can probably add squidguard.  There are also rules you can
add so the web proxy is transparent, meaning the users PC just uses the
Dachstein box as the gateway and the rules pump anything destined for
port 80 thru squid.

I put this in the category of "can be done" if your pretty familiar with
Dachstein, Linux and firewalls, but I doubt you'll find a drop in
package.

If you can scrape up another PC then this should be a piece of cake
since squid is a standard package in RedHat and all you'd need to do it
is to add squidguard (pretty easy).  If you get it to work on Dachstein
please write it up.  I would like to have squid and squidguard running
on the firewall, but I love having no HD in the firewall, so I'm
sticking with my current solution. 

I run e-smith as a server and Dachstein as firewall.  If you used
e-smith as both you just add squidguard and be done.  Personally I like
the firewall as skinny as possible and separate from the server.

Enough rambling, good luck.

- Todd

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> John Mullan
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 10:11 PM
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> Subject: [Leaf-user] Junk Busting???
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> 
> I am now in need of blocking certain web content from my 8-year-old
> grandson.
> 
> Since my only gateway to the internet is through the 
> Dachstein box, I am
> wondering what (if anything) can be run on the box to block 
> various web
> content.
> 
> So is there anything??  I'm kinda hoping NOT to add in another
> computer.......
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