Transcript Setting Up DansGuardian with Squid

Setting Up DansGuardian with Squid
PRESENTED BY CHRIS ANDERSON
MAY 12, 2008
What is DansGuardian
 Free open source content filter
 Blocks unwanted content and congestion on the
network
 Runs on Linux, OS X, and Solaris
 Used with
 Squid
 Phroggy
 Sarg
 Others
What Can You Block
 Websites
 IP addresses
 MIME types
 File extensions
 POST limiting
 Users
How Does it Work?
How Does it Work?
How Does it Work?
Benefits of DansGuardian
 Inexpensive
 Not based purely on block lists
 Uses weighted system to improve accuracy
 Good performance
 Stealth mode
 Works with Squid, Phroggy, and Sarg
 Can be configured for individual clients
Installation
 Ubuntu Server
 Configure eth0 adapter
 Squid
 Allow connections from within the network
 Sarg
 Configure appearance of the report
 DansGuardian
 Configure blocked material
 Configure proxy server in browser
Results
 Blocked the sites:
 Facebook.com
 Myspace.com
 Ebay.com
 Amzon.com
 …
 Blocked file extensions
 .msi
 .jpg
 .gif
Results
Results
Results
Results - Sarg
Results - Sarg
Conclusion
 DansGuardian is flexible, easy to setup, and fast
 Out of box configuration is a good starting point
 Questions?
 Thanks for listening