Need: Proxy Server that can Filter out porn, Hate sites, etc......

[lucas.clemente]

I'm in the process of upgrading some servers for a Catholic Elementary school. They currently user a Freeproxy/Cybersitter combination to get to the internet. It works PERFECTLY, except for being a tad slow.

SO, being an Ubuntu fan, I want to try using Linux for the proxy server. (It has 2 gigs of RAM, and a decent CPU).

I just have no idea how one would do that with Ubuntu.

Any ideas?

[networkr]

Dan's Guardian is a good proxy server.

http://dansguardian.org/

[KCPokes]

I agree, Dansguardian, for an immediate solution.

There are some "out of the box" solutions out there, as well, that include different options for proxy modifications. I hate to mention it again, but I run Smoothwall (smoothwall.org), which has a large user base and a core group of developers building add-ons. If you go with SWE 2.0, there is an add-on call "URL Filter" (you can find it in the forums) that allow you to block different site categories, subscribe to blacklists, etc... It is pretty flexible and extremely powerful.

[Brazen]

Ubuntu CE can be used as a proxy server and filters out exactly what you want.

Here is the subforum for Ubuntu CE: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=168