DNS or LMHOST ?

[Didier Ribbens]

Hi,

We made some network in a school (children 6 - 13 years), this work perfect
but......
we would like to filter out ONLY the CLEAN sites.
Do one of you know if it exist a DNS server address with ONLY CLEAN sites ?

The way I did it was to disable the DNS on all computers and put a list of
allowed sites in the LMHOST file :
ex:

62.212.82.133 nuspelen #PRE
192.130.131.39 telenet #PRE

etc.

If one of you have a good and not too expensive idea , you are welcome

Best Regards,
Didier.

 

[Didier Ribbens]

Thank you for the INFO

 

[Herb Martin]

As they have told you the right way to do this with a tool like a
Proxy server that can control access through DNS names and/or
IP address.

Kevin gave you some names -- ISA, Microsoft's add-on proxy
server is excellent for this but a bit tricky (read: irritating) to
configure
and costs extra.

Another good choice, with or without ISA, is Privoxy. It's free and
can offer a variety of controls targeted at the idea of preventing ALL
or just some types of material from a site. For instance you can have
it only load text from a suspicious site but avoid graphics or avoid
scripting or other odd combinations.

Privoxy is available on SourceForge.com I believe -- otherwise just
search for the name. Privoxy.org or .net I think.

 

[Jeff]

Try using a access control which is ten times cheaper than
ISA which is called SURF CONTROL

 

[Deji Akomolafe]

ISA and SurfControl do not entirely compare. So, if we are comparing prices,
it'd be prudent to note that ISA does MORE than SurfControl.

--
Sincerely,

Dèjì Akómöláfé, MCSE MCSA MCP+I
www.akomolafe.com
www.iyaburo.com
Do you now realize that Today is the Tomorrow you were worried about
Yesterday? -anon

 

[Herb Martin]

Try using a access control which is ten times cheaper than
ISA which is called SURF CONTROL

If you have read my message to which you would respond, I
discussed largely Privoxy which is FREE and so infinitely cheaper
than any purchased price but even that may not make it the best
choice in a particular situation.