On 8/25/07, Peter McNabb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been talking to a few people about a possible project that we > could do in the UUG, and I'm really excited about the idea we have. > Now all I need to do is convince you that it's a good idea. > > In short, the project is to create a super-easy-to-use web content > filter on a live CD. The target audience would be people who have no > experience with linux. I'm sure there are many people, particularly > here in Utah, who would like the idea of taking an old computer, > plugging in the network cable, and booting off a CD to have an > instant filter. No monitor or keyboard required... Our CD would > autodetect interfaces and be up and running right away. If > something's not configured correctly, you could go to a website > (uug.byu.edu/webfilter for example) and whitelist a site or whatever. > There's obviously a lot of opinions about how to implement something > like this, so I'd like to get together with anyone who's interested > in helping to get it figured out. > > If you'd like to help out, come to the foyer by TMCB 1170 this coming > Tuesday at 5:00 pm (we'll move to a lab so we can actually work on > the project). We'd like to have some discussion there and have a > simple live CD working before we leave. > > While throwing around the idea, we thought of using Fedora, > dansguardian, and tinyproxy. We're bound to have discussion about > this right here on the list, but please don't just say "Ubuntu is > more l33t than Fedora--you are lame" if you don't plan to > contribute :) . These aren't final decisions. Come to the meeting and > help us see your point of view. > > This project would be a great way to make use of and improve the > talent in the UUG. At the same time we might learn a little more > about topics we probably don't deal with too often. > > Peter
I've toyed with this and instead of having another "appliance" for the web filter, I worked on getting an installable solution using dansguardian/squid (or tinyproxy) under Windows using coLinux. It's actually quite doable and I think would be more usable than having an extra appliance. You can setup the networking to force connections through the virtual machine allowing for use of iptables under the virtual machine. I had it working but never had the time to setup an easy install method of doing it. Doing it this way also alleviates problems with detecting hardware since that will be "static" because of it being under a virtual machine. Jared P.S. I actually did it first using VMware but decided to move to using coLinux so that I didn't have to worry about distributing it. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
