squidGuard

SquidGuard is a URL redirector software, which can be used for content control of websites users can access. It is written as a plug-in for Squid and uses blacklists to define sites for which access is redirected. SquidGuard must be installed on a Unix or Linux computer such as a server computer. The software's filtering extends to all computers in an organization, including Windows and Macintosh computers.

SquidGuard
Stable release
1.4 / January 3, 2009 (2009-01-03)
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeContent-control software
LicenseGPLv2
Websitesquidguard.org

It was originally developed by Pål Baltzersen and Lars Erik Håland, and was implemented and extended by Lars Erik Håland in the 1990s at Tele Danmark InterNordia.[1] Version 1.4, the current stable version, was released in 2009,[2] and version 1.5 was in development as of 2010.[2] New features in version 1.4 included optional authentication via a MySQL database.[3]

SquidGuard is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. It is included in many Linux distributions including Debian,[4] openSUSE[5][6] and Ubuntu.[7]

Blacklist Sources

The url filtering capabilities of SquidGuard depend largely on the quality of the Blacklists used with it. Several options are available. Free lists can be found at Shallalist.de [8] or at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole [9] and commercial lists can be found at Squidblacklist.org.[10]

gollark: Funlolz?
gollark: The new one is much better - it contains less code (if you ignore the giant cryptography libraries someone else wrote), can do partial updates, and can even cryptographically verify the updates to prevent tampering (probably).
gollark: The old updater thing actually used to just download files directly from pastebin every time it detected a change in one of them, but pastebin started being annoying and I decided I wanted stuff like version control.
gollark: Technically yes, but why?
gollark: Sadly, no, only OpenComputers can.

See also

References
  1. "SquidGuard". SquidGuard. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  2. http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/CHANGELOG
  3. "SquidGuard". SquidGuard. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  4. "Debian - Details of package squidguard in squeeze". Packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  5. "SquidGuard - openSUSE". En.opensuse.org. 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  6. Roger Whittaker, Justin Davies. OpenSUSE 11.0 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Bible, Volume 1. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-0470275870.
  7. "SquidGuard - Community Ubuntu Documentation". Help.ubuntu.com. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
  8. Shallalist website
  9. Université Toulouse 1 Capitole website
  10. Squidblacklist.org website


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