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DansGuardian

DansGuardian - 1.0

Web content filter using Squid proxies

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All Time: (5.0)
This Version: (5.0)
Current Version: 1.0
Release Date: 2003-08-02
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 7,505
Downloads (all versions): 7,505
Price: Free

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Product Description:

DansGuardian is a web content filter which currently runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris. It filters the actual content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering. It does not purely filter based on a banned list of sites like lesser totally commercial filters.

What's new in this version:

The Meta Package Includes:
  • Squid proxy Server
  • Dans Duardian Filtering Proxy
  • OS X Startup scripts and squid configuration for stand alone use.
Proxy setup instructions are at OSXGNU.org.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
  • Developer Tools installed
  • Internet connection
  • Administrative privileges for installation

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Overall Rating: (5.0) Features: (5.0) Support: (2.5)
Ease of Use: (3.0) Quality / Stability: (5.0) Price: (5.0)
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DansGuardian Troubleshooting Reportsoftware update - Version: 1.0, 3/31/2005 06:05PM PST

rboyts
when activated will not allow software update to install. also will not let you perform transactions on some ecommerce sites like trying to buy a book with iPhoto. any workarounds besides deactivating?
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DansGuardian Troubleshooting ReportOne Small Problem... - Version: 1.0, 1/29/2005 05:17PM PST

WiFiRules
There seems to be one small problem with using a web proxy server like this... since it's hitting your router or DNS server directly, unless the machine you're looking to for DNS is Rendezvous-enabled, Rendezvous no longer works for web connections.

For example, I have a machine on my network called FileServer. Its Rendezvous name is fileserver.local, and until I installed Dansguardian, I could use fileserver.local as its domain name in Safari. Now I need to use its' IP.

Does anyone know a workaround for this?
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DansGuardian ReviewGood Port - Version: 1.0, 11/13/2004 04:54PM PST

WiFiRules
Very good and intelligent port of Squid and Dansguardian to Mac OS X without sacrificing 3rd-party compaitibility. Basically this is a cute GUI installer for the Squid proxy server and Dansguardian. It even works well in Panther.

All you need to do to have the filtering working is to install it, configure your proxy settings (System Preferences / Network / Proxies) to use 127.0.0.1 as your web proxy on Port 8080.

Want to tinker with the filtering? Go into the terminal and cd to /usr/local/etc/dansguardian and pico any of the text files in the directory. Most configuration is in dansguardian.conf, but some other handy files include the self-explanatory bannedsitelist, bannedurllist, exceptionphraselist, exceptionurllist.
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