Active Guardian Filter software

[Barb Engvall <engvallb@wolfenet.com>]

With the recent discussion about filters, I have done some investigation
on the product our district uses. It is called ACTIVE GUARDIAN and it is
wonderful! With it you have the capability of allowing or denying sites
as YOU decide. Each campus can have their own set of approved/denied
sites. You can approve a site temporarily or for a short amount of time
OR you can add sites to the denied list as you want. I did this
immediately after receiving Gail Szeliga's message about prank software
today, and advised the other librarians and tech folks in the district
to do the same.

This was developed by InCommand, a local ISP here in Yakima, WA. The
best thing about it now is that it has been released on Open Source as a
free download! It is a Linux based caching proxy filter. From what I
understand the software is free, but you may need to pay for technical
support. I have no idea about the installation either. However, if you
have a good tech it probably won't be much trouble.

For more info and/or to download go to
http://www.activeguardian.com/

Good luck with it! I hope it meets your needs in the world of filtering.

--
Barb Engvall
Library Media Specialist
John Campbell Elementary School
Selah, WA   98941
engvallb@wolfenet.com

Check out the Washington Library Media Association web site:
http://www.wlma.org
Or the Selah School District web site: http://www.selah.wednet.edu

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