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Setting Up DansGuardian with Squid

• Presented by Chris Anderson
• May 12, 2008

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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

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What Can You Block

• Websites
• IP addresses
• MIME types
• File extensions
• POST limiting
• Users

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How Does it Work?
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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

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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

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Results

• Blocked the sites
• Facebook.com
• Myspace.com
• Ebay.com
• Amzon.com
• Blocked file extensions
• .msi
• .jpg
• .gif

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Results - Sarg
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Conclusion

• DansGuardian is flexible, easy to setup, and fast
• Out of box configuration is a good starting point
• Questions?
• Thanks for listening