Apache as Proxy question

[Charles A. Summerhill]

I recently needed to setup a simple website block for our machines and
didn't need a full proxy server, when I happened to find a program called
"RoadBlock" by Sandhill Software [http://www.sandsol.com/]. The price is
$19.00 shareware and runs as a DNS pass-thru. You change the DNS server
entry in your TCP/IP setup to point to the IP address of the computer
running "RoadBlock" and it will block whatever sites as defined in a simple
text file -- works great.

It does not do what you want -- that is only allow access to certain sites.
But I asked the programmer about adding that functionality and he replied
that it would be no problem and expects to have an updated version out very
soon! If interested, e-mail the author directly for more information.

And in case your wondering, "RoadBlock" runs under Windows95 or WindowsNT.
However, it will act as a filter to any computer where you can change the
DNS server entry (Macs and Win95 machines in my case).

--Charles A. Summerhill
  LibraryLRC Network Guy
  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences


-----Original Message-----
From: Shaken Angel <jbfink at ogre.lib.muohio.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at library.berkeley.edu>
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 2:51 PM
Subject: Apache as Proxy question


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>Hey all,
>
>I'm involved with setting up an Apache server on a Linux box as a proxy
>web server for a local school.  However, this being a *school*, meaning a
>high school setup, the folks in charge don't want kids going to any of the
>Internet's plethora of goat porn sites.  I see in the documentation for
>Apache's proxy module that there's a ProxyBlock directive for blocking out
>sites, but I don't see the logical "ProxyAllow" directive for *allowing*
>sites.  See, what I/the school want to do is *block* every site on the
>Internet *except* for a few, like library databases and the like, and I
>don't especially relish the thought of having a ProxyBlock directive with
>a billion-million URLs in it.  I'm not CyberSitter.
>
>Is there any way to do this with Apache's Proxy module?  Any help would be
>greatly appreciated!  Thankee.
>
>-- john f., miami u library systems
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