[aklug] Re: Content filtering for smaller sites?

I was going to pipe up about Untangle or pfSense, but both require some technical know-how and would be tough to hand off to Library staff.

Untangle may be GUI-ey enough to teach someone how to use it, depending on their willingness to learn.

What about a Barracuda? Then they can call their support people when you aren't wanting to be involved anymore?

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From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org <aklug-bounce@aklug.org> on behalf of Craig M. <aklug@mollerstuen.com>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2016 9:07 PM
To: Christopher Howard
Cc: Alaska Linux Users
Subject: [aklug] Re: Content filtering for smaller sites?

Christopher,

Forgive me if I chuckle... [Full disclosure, I work(ed) for the GCI group that provides service for (schools and) libraries.]

Maybe you can "sell Sat Internet to libraries out in the villages, for a lot cheaper than they are getting it from GCI or whomever." because "the libraries are required to have content filtering as part of some Federal funding or regulation requirement." and if this

"* They need to be able to switch content filtering off and on for particular computers, on demand... some federal requirement.
* After installation, we don't want to be point-of-contact for any of their content filtering questions or administration... so having a large company behind the product would be a plus."

were cheap and trivial lots more providers would be offering.

:-)

That said... I really like my Skydog (www.skydog.com<http://www.skydog.com>) router. It would probably be a great solution for your customers... Sadly it has been acquired by Comcast. :-/
[http://skydog.com/images/home/time_management.jpg]<http://www.skydog.com/>

Skydog<http://www.skydog.com/>
www.skydog.com
Skydog(tm) is a first-of-its-kind home networking solution that allows you to powerfully, yet simply, manage your family's unique digital lifestyle.

The Skydog router has configuration from the cloud, allows multiple managed LANs on the inside, filtering and prioritization on a per LAN, per device, and per group of devices basis. It has time of day limits, configurable filtering and usage reporting (in the cloud).

It has a tremendous amount of enterprise type management and reporting with a fairly simple cloud interface.

Sigh.

If anyone knows of a replacement... (my service runs out in less than a year.)

Cisco owns Meraki too.

Cheers!
-Craig-

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Christopher Howard <christopher@alaskasi.com<mailto:christopher@alaskasi.com>> wrote:
We've got this business situation which comes up from time to time, where we can sell Sat Internet to libraries out in the villages, for a lot cheaper than they are getting it from GCI or whomever. The catch is the Sat Internet plans we resell do not have options for content filtering services, and the libraries are required to have content filtering as part of some Federal funding or regulation requirement. So our thought was to find a drop-in content filtering solution that we could recommend or resell. There's a million options on the Internet, so I was hoping someone the list could narrow down my search a bit by providing some good suggestions. These are some parameters:

* It can't be terribly expensive... or we lose our price advantage over the other telcoms.
* They need to be able to switch content filtering off and on for particular computers, on demand... some federal requirement.
* After installation, we don't want to be point-of-contact for any of their content filtering questions or administration... so having a large company behind the product would be a plus.

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