Apache as Proxy question

[Brian Stone]

I think this will work. Block "." - i.e. block all sites with periods in
thename or ip address. Add the sites you dont want to block to your "hosts"
file (on unix, /etc/hosts).

Brian

> >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
> >
> >
> >