Using a proxy to help screen what the kids do on the computer

Paula and I were discussing how best to keep junk off the computers. By junk, I not only mean malware, but more importantly, ethylmethylbadshit. There is so much imformation on the web that the kids just shouldn’t be exposed to yet. However, In my line of work I have to visit some… not so nice websites. How to compromise….

That’s where Squid comes in. Well… Squid, Dansguardian and a few other choice packages from some very smart people. One of the concerns was that the kids should be blocked, mom and dad notified and the option to bypass with credentials.

Let’s start with setting up Squid.