Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:12:06 +0000 (GMT) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Clayton Tycksen <clay@tycksen.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: freebsd box as a porn filter? Message-ID: <20010724090818.I16237-100000@localhost.de> In-Reply-To: <000501c113fe$2fef08e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > VGA16?!??! What about the Hercules Graphics Adapter? There's a > xserver for that! ;-) > > (they can dither down the hicolor images to 16 colors if they are really > desperate) > > Or maybe you could designate a certain time period during the day > as "free porno time" and let them go to town then. :-) Three or four years ago I'd made fun of this, too. But if you care to have a look at my typical users on www.2000d.de you will see one sometimes has to respect other people's sentiments. :-) Uli. > > > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of P. U. (Uli) > >Kruppa > >Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:17 PM > >To: Clayton Tycksen > >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Re: freebsd box as a porn filter? > > > > > > > >The best porn-filter is a good old vga16 video-card. > >You simply will not be able to see anything. > >Perhaps you can tune down XF86 ? > > > >If you whish to block a particular address you can just add > >it to your /etc/hosts . Any request for it will be sent to > >your own machine - and there is nothing undesireable. > > > >Place the workstations in a way that your users can't be > >sure not to be watched. > > > >Uli. > > > > > > > >On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Clayton Tycksen wrote: > > > >> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:58:47 -0600 > >> From: Clayton Tycksen <clay@tycksen.com> > >> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Subject: freebsd box as a porn filter? > >> > >> Dear FreeBSD, > >> > >> I'm relatively new to Unix. A good friend of mine has converted me to > >> FreeBSD, and I'm enjoying it. > >> I do have a question- as the administrator of a small network, I'm > >> wondering if it's possible to set up FreeBSD on a box and have it > >> perform filtering of pornography. I realise that I can set up a FreeBSD > >> box to perform packet filtering (although I still need to figure out how > >> to do that, exactly). But I'd like to prohibit nodes on our network > >> from viewing pornographic material, and a few other general websites. I > >> do not have an external 'router' per se - We have an ISDN connection to > >> our ISP (which does not provide filtering). > >> > >> I've looked at available hardware designed specifically for spam and > >> porn filtering for networks, but the price of the hardware is too high > >> for my small network of 15 nodes and 2 servers. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> > >> -- > >> Clayton Tycksen > >> Network Administrator > >> Zoll & Tycksen, LC > >> > >> tel (801) 685-7800 ext 15 > >> fax (801) 685-7808 > >> cell (801) 913-2208 > >> > >> text msg: help@ztlaw.com > >> > >> ******************************************************************* > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > > >*--------------------------------------* > >| www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | > >| Wuppertal - Germany | > >*--------------------------------------* > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > *--------------------------------------* | www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | | Wuppertal - Germany | *--------------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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