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Encyclopedia > DansGuardian
DansGuardian
Image:Dansguardian.png
Developer: Daniel Barron
Latest release: 2.9.8.2 / January 22, 2007
OS: Unix-like
Genre: Content-control software
License: GPL
Website: dansguardian.org
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An example of the default DansGuardian blocking message.

DansGuardian is a content control system, primarily authored by Daniel Barron, the technical director of SmoothWall Ltd. It is distributed under the GPL, and written in C++. It primarily runs in Linux and other Unixes. It is entirely command line and web-based, and meant to be used in conjunction with a web proxy such as Squid. In the United States, DansGuardian satisfies the requirements of Children's Internet Protection Act. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “Software development” redirects here. ... Code complete redirects here. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer. ... Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. ... DansGuardian blocking whitehouse. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Image File history File links Free_Software_Portal_Logo. ... Download high resolution version (754x751, 50 KB)whitehouse. ... Download high resolution version (754x751, 50 KB)whitehouse. ... DansGuardian blocking whitehouse. ... Daniel Barron is the author of DansGuardian and is the technical director of SmoothWall Ltd. ... SmoothWall is a firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... C++ (pronounced see plus plus, IPA: ) is a general-purpose programming language with high-level and low-level capabilities. ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... UNIX® (or Unix) is a portable, multi-task and multi-user computer operating system originally developed by a group of AT&T Bell Labs employees including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ... Squid is a proxy server and web cache daemon. ... The Childrens Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is one of a number of bills that the United States Congress has proposed in an attempt to limit childrens exposure to pornography and other controversial material online. ...


DansGuardian has multiple configurable methods of deciding whether or not to show a specific web page. It can use an advanced phrase weighting system to reduce over or under blocking, block based on URL blacklists, and block content based on the PICS code in the document. The program can use phrase lists (keywords) and URL block lists provided in plain text format, such as the one provided by a URLBlacklist.com which provides, on subscription basis, URL lists for DansGuardian and SquidGuard. DansGuardian also ships with a workable phrase list. See the introduction page on the official web site for more information about filtering methods used. A screenshot of a web page. ... The Platform for Internet Content Selection is a specification created by W3C that uses metadata to label webpages so that parents and teachers to help control what children and students could access on the Internet. ...


DansGuardian is one of the few widely used filtering/content control systems that makes its source code available, thus avoiding some of the criticisms associated with content control system proxies being "black box" systems. Source code (commonly just source or code) is any series of statements written in some human-readable computer programming language. ... Black box is technical jargon for a device or system or object when it is viewed primarily in terms of its input and output characteristics. ...


Two closed-source versions of DansGuardian exist; SmoothGuardian is a plug-in for SmoothWall Corporate Server Firewall, and Corporate Guardian is a stand-alone product. The text below is generated by a template, which has been proposed for deletion. ... A plugin (or plug-in) is a computer program that can, or must, interact with another program to provide a certain, usually very specific, function. ... SmoothWall is a firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system. ...


See also

Internet censorship is control or suppression of the publishing or accessing of information on the Internet. ... DansGuardian blocking whitehouse. ...

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Debian -- dansguardian (179 words)
DansGuardian filters the content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering.
DansGuardian is designed to be completely flexible and allows you to tailor the filtering to your exact needs.
DansGuardian requires squid or another similar caching proxy server on your local network.
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