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Slightly off topic, but have you considered http://www.censornet.com/ I believe It's free open-source. -Don On Apr 9, 2005 12:21 PM, Brandon Kahler <bkahler at techline dot com> wrote: > Searching the mailing list archive turned up no results for Websense or > N2H2. The only relevant topics to URL filtering involved proxies such as > Squid. > > In the FAQ the author makes note of wanting to replicate commercial SOHO > device functionality. > http://m0n0.ch/wall/docbook/faq-goals.html > I think this is wonderful. I work in K-12 education in Washington State > supporting mostly rural school districts. M0n0wall has proved to be a > wonderful alternative for quite a few small to medium districts looking to > reducing costs. > > A feature that I would love to see incorporated into m0n0wall is > Websense/N2H2 integration. I'm not sure if there are licensing issues with > implementing/developing such support. > > Here is the Websense link for configuring integration on a PIX: > http://ww2.websense.com/global/en/SupportAndKB/SearchKB/Display.php?faq=336& > plat=all&key=&lang=English > > Here is the list of companies that provide integration on their devices: > http://ww2.websense.com/global/en/ProductsServices/PartnerIntegrations/Firew > allSolutions.php > > The functionality works something like this: > > The client requests a website on port 80 > The firewall takes this request, forwards the URL to the specified content > filter server (Websense, N2H2, etc.) > The server compares the URL with its database and rule set (time based > rules, authentication, etc.) > The server then sends back to the firewall instructions to either allow or > deny the requested page. > > Unfortunately I don't much about the inner workings of the exchange between > the firewall and the content filter. > Websense works very well in schools and having transparent integration with > the firewall/boarder device makes it easy to deploy. > > Thank you, > Brandon Kahler > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > |