(sorry about poor thread title, just not really sure how to express what I need...and in fact the title makes very little sense )

Hi,

I was looking at censornet as a web filtering solution for home, and it is exactly what I need (blacklisting, internet access limiting, website logging, actually most of the features). However, I don't really have a spare computer to install it onto. So, does anyone know the programs (squid?, dansguardian?, iptables?) which censornet uses, so that I could install and configure them on my current server?

Thanks

However, I don't really have a spare computer to install it onto.
How about virtualization?


So, does anyone know the programs (squid?, dansguardian?, iptables?) which censornet uses, so that I could install and configure them on my current server?
I don't. If no one else has an exact answer just use your imagination: search LQ for threads on CensorNet (and ask one of those users), or D/L the iso (less than 200 megs) and mount it/run it in Xen/Qemu/VMWare/whatever else, or ask in the CensorNet fora or ask CensorNet for a .deb package list. Most likely you will want the iso because I think it's not the packages that are interesting but what changes CensorNet made and how they configured it.


and in fact the title makes very little sense
At least it makes *much* more sense compared to those that read "help" or "I NEEED TEH HELP" or "HELP MEH PLEEZE".

thanks for the reply - I've gave VMWare a go before and got a "Cannot find IDE drive" sort of error, so I'll give Xen a go.

Thanks

As you need to fully emulate a PC for installing Censornet with a boot CD.
I would go with VMWare. But Censornet (mainly due to Dansguardian) is very resource
intensive, so be aware of the slow performance.