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slackware:parentalcontrol [2008/02/21 21:55] – Change EXEMPTUSERS to PRIVUSERS (bugfix); use gpasswd instead of usermod. alienslackware:parentalcontrol [2008/05/18 13:25] – Switch to stable release, mention new development activities. alien
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   * Yet allow unlimited Internet access for the parents' login account, and for //root//.   * Yet allow unlimited Internet access for the parents' login account, and for //root//.
 The sections on compiling and installing tinyproxy and dansguardian are taken from that other article, to make //this// article self-contained. I still encourage you to read the [[:slackware:proxy|transparent proxy]] article if you want to know a little more on the background of (transparent) proxying and content filtering. The sections on compiling and installing tinyproxy and dansguardian are taken from that other article, to make //this// article self-contained. I still encourage you to read the [[:slackware:proxy|transparent proxy]] article if you want to know a little more on the background of (transparent) proxying and content filtering.
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 ===== Proxy installation ===== ===== Proxy installation =====
  
-The [[http://tinyproxy.sf.net/|homepage for tinyproxy]] has download links for "stable" and "devel" versions. I decided to just use the "devel" release since it looks like the current maintainer is looking for someone to take over the project and the software has not had an update for a long time. The "devel" program however is actually quite stable. \\ +The [[http://tinyproxy.sf.net/|homepage for tinyproxy]] has download links for "stable" and "devel" versions. I have used the "devel" version in the past, but I decided to switch to the "stable" release since that was actually released many months after the latest development release. Although this software has not had an update for a long time, the tinyproxy web site shows new activities, so I expect new releases to appear anytime soon. The "devel" program however is actually quite stable. \\ 
 Tinyproxy must explicitly be build for transparent proxy support. If you want to compile and install the software manually, this is what you would do: <code> Tinyproxy must explicitly be build for transparent proxy support. If you want to compile and install the software manually, this is what you would do: <code>
-tar -zxvf tinyproxy-1.7.0.tar.gz +tar -zxvf tinyproxy-1.6.3.tar.gz 
-cd tinyproxy-1.7.0+cd tinyproxy-1.6.3
 ./configure --prefix=/usr \ ./configure --prefix=/usr \
             --localstatedir=/var \             --localstatedir=/var \

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