RE: ANNOUNCE: IPCop 1.4.0 Final Release!

Item 1 can defiantly be done with ipcop.  Just turn transparent proxy on and
your kids wont have a choice.

Item 2 I'm pretty sure can be done with Dans Guardian...but I've never used
it.

Item 3 is much harder.  I don't know if IPCop has an add on that will do
this.  In fact, I don't know if ANYBODY has something that will do this!

I suspect you are way out of the realm of your Gigafast router.

Did you know you can buy a brand spanking new PC WITH a 17" monitor for $400
from Dell?  See 

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/desktops?c=us&cs=19&l=
en&s=dhs

Might go a long way with solving a lot of your issues.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Dan Bale
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:30 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] ANNOUNCE: IPCop 1.4.0 Final Release!
> 
> The biggest thing I am trying to accomplish is to monitor & police all of
> the internet traffic that comes through my house:
> 
>  1) I want to know all the web sites being accessed
>  2) I want to be able to restrict access to certain
>      named web sites
>  3) I want to be able to restrict access to other web
>      sites based on content (but with the ability to
>      override, as necessary, by my or my wife's
>      permission)
> 
> With the Gigafast router, I am extremely limited on the first two, and
> have
> no capability on the last one.  I am guessing that IPCop handles the first
> two, and that a plug-in (Dan's Guardian???) handles the third.
> 
> The only problem with using ZoneAlarm is that it noticeably sucks up
> resources on my vastly underpowered PC.  Also, it caused my Win95 setup to
> freeze when I tried it a few years ago; since then, I upgraded to Win98SE
> and increased RAM to 128MB (from 64MB) on a 233MHz box.  So, maybe I'll
> give
> it another go.
> 
> With all the problems associated with wireless, and the expert attention
> required to secure it and make it workable, I'll try the powerline network
> before I bother with wireless.  We don't have laptops and, if that day
> comes, we have plenty of outlets in our house.
> 
> Thanks again for your responses, Bob!
> 
> db
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Bob Crothers
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:31 AM
> >
> > Dan,
> >
> > 1) Yes.  Firewall software and your "firmware" are the same thing in
> this
> > case.  If your only need is NAT (Network Address Translation or
> > what you are
> > calling IP address translation) then perhaps you don't need IP Cop.
> >
> > I use IP Cop at home because I like it.  And I use it at work
> > because it is
> > very effective.  So my home environment was "free".  A
> > router/firewall would have cost me money.
> >
> > IP Cop is also only concerned with inbound traffic.  If this is a
> > concern of
> > yours, then use something like Zone Alarm on the PC's and keep them
> behind
> > your firewall of choice (Eg: IPCop or your router/firewall).
> >
> > 2) Just upgraded to Win98?  I'd still bet there is a wireless network in
> > your future...but probably a more distant future than many! <g>
> >
> > 3) re the "router part of the hardware".  Actually, IP Cop performs that
> > also.  But as I said above, perhaps IP Cop is an added layer of
> complexity
> > you don't really need.
> >
> > Bob
> 
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