<div dir="ltr">Still dansguardian here. Although it's forked and now called e2guardian. Free and open source. It uses a combination of lists and individual page rankings (among other methods). ALL http traffic flows through it via redirection at the firewall. Doesn't matter if public WiFi, staff, patron computers. Doesn't matter what proxy/config the individual computers might have.<div><br></div><div>Individual page rankings have been a particularly nice feature (and unique amongst content filters) over the years. However, the page rankings have been slowly disabled as websites switch from http to https. (Without using what's essentially a man-in-the-middle attack, dg/e2g can't read https pages. It's quite doable, but I don't endorse public libraries doing that. Private companies are one thing, but I think a MITM probably exposes a public library to legal risk.)<div><br></div></div><div>If not dg/e2g, I'd probably switch over to the OPLIN-funded OpenDNS. Although I'm definitely not a fan of a DNS-based filter, it's already funded and easy to use and configure for individual libraries. dg/e2g is "free", but definitely <u>not</u> for the faint at heart without using someone's well-designed GUI front-end. No filter is perfect. (And I still don't know of a filter that truly achieves the goal behind CIPA: to accurately filter the <i><u>pictures</u></i>.)</div><div><br></div><div>2 cents.</div><div>Chad</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</i></font><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Chris Krumnow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ckrumnow@defiancelibrary.org" target="_blank">ckrumnow@defiancelibrary.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>It's that time of year again. We are re-evaluating our content filter subscription. I have a question. </div><div><br></div><div>What are you using to filter internet?</div><div><br></div><div>What is your opinion of the application so far. </div><div><br></div><div>We are currently using Websense. We filter for 3 different rules (Teens, Children, and Adults) with the ability to bypass. It works really well but takes up a lot of IT resources and special network configurations are necessary. </div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr">Chris Krumnow<div>IT Specialist</div><div>Defiance Public Library System</div><div>Work:<a href="tel:419-782-1456" value="+14197821456" target="_blank">419-782-1456</a></div><div>Cell: <a href="tel:419-956-2767" value="+14199562767" target="_blank">419-956-2767</a></div><div><a href="http://defiancelibrary.org" target="_blank">defiancelibrary.org</a></div><div><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B0FBLSJNTfwucS1PeXNvYmlqREU&revid=0B0FBLSJNTfwucCtWZnNVODNwWXorRVVKTGtLdEFMRDJwZGlVPQ" width="96" height="61"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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