[luau] Reccomendations for proxy based content filter

[MonMotha]

I know a little PHP and will be learning more PHP (and possibly some 
SQL) over the summer in preparation for a WebDev class.  I can see what 
I can do in terms of helping.

I will check out squidblock in the meantime.

--MonMotha

Warren Togami wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MonMotha" <monmotha at indy.rr.com>
> To: "LUAU Mailing List" <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 1:55 PM
> Subject: [luau] Reccomendations for proxy based content filter
> 
> 
> 
>>I need to implement a proxy based content filter in my home (so nothing
>>expensive, umkay?), preferably using SQUID or a similar opensource proxy
>>that will run on Linux.
>>
>>
> 
> As a tempoary solution Squidblock may suit your needs.  It has problems but
> works fairly well.
> http://www.squidblock.com/
> 
> 
>>I'm looking for suggestions on what content filter (and possibly proxy
>>server) to use.  Ideally, the filter would have a web-based admin
>>console for easy control of override (block/allow) lists as well as
>>adjusting ratings levels and predefined lists (ala CyberPatrol's
>>CyberYES and CyberNOT list, but that actually work).
>>
>>--MonMotha
>>
> 
> This summer for my ICS499 project I am writing a PHP + PostgreSQL
> application that will serve as a community built content filter list.  This
> idea came to me because of the unconstitutional requirement of schools and
> libraries that receive Federal money must use content filtering, and the
> past abuses of content filtering companies.  Read the news archives at
> http://censorware.net/ for more information.
> 
> Site visitors would login and contribute domains & URL's to be added to the
> list.  They would anonymously vote against each other on randomly generated
> lists of URL's for auditing, and there would be another randomly generated
> Slashdot-like meta-moderation voting where people can vote if a certain
> moderation on a URL was fair or not.  There will be list categories,
> threshold levels and personal exemptions that individual users can set when
> they download the block lists.
> 
> This system that I will call "OpenContentFilter" is an experiment in
> creating a "fair" system were abuse is self contained by community voting.
> Abusive voters are flagged by meta-moderation.  If an obvious abusive voting
> account is identified, all of their votes within the last 30 days can be
> rolled back when their account is locked.  All voting records are purged
> after 30 days, in an effort to keep a balance between abuse control and
> anonymity.
> 
> HELP NEEDED!
> I am looking for programmers who know PHP and/or PostgreSQL to help in this
> project.  Later on when the site is launched I will need a large number of
> volunteers to help build the initial database of URL's from scratch.  Both
> the site code and database itself will be published under some type of OSI
> approved license, but I haven't decided on which yet.
> 
> Warren Togami
> warren at togami.com
> 
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