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Quoting Rhia Knowles <rhiadratech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
My comment: Severely restrictive, overzealous filtering, usually. If they want a open source filter, there is Dansguardian. or for a filter/firewall combo, what about Smoothwall. Im sure it could save them a ton of cash. All they need is a spare PC with a pair of network cards for Smoothwall. And its Linux based, of course, or I wouldnt be mentioning it here. Of course, as a school they wouldnt be able to use Smoothwall Express (the Free version) but Smoothwall itself looks easier to set up anyway, for non-linux Geeks.
As a school they could well be eligible for some sort of educational discount. Other than that there is always IPCop with SquidGuard.
I was looking into SquidGuard recently and found a couple of scripts which could keep it updated with the latest filters, filters which are available free (as in beer) for personal non-commercial use.
Problem is though getting someone to support it. I guess some schools just want to pay a flat fee and have done with it.
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