[Server-devel] Filtering and authentication

[Martin Langhoff]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:15 PM, david <david at leeming-consulting.com> wrote:
> maybe the connection with the public Internet can be pointed to an online proxy service so the filtering is done online

That is my strong recommendation. There is little benefit in having
the filtering happening locally, and lots of downsides.  Search the
list archive for 'dansguardian' or 'squidgard' for earlier discussions
on this topic.

> Secondly, can we add password authentication to XOs logging on to the XS? The issue is again unauthorised access to the Internet through the XS.

Automagic authentication (no password required, the XO magically
authenticates against the XS) is coming soon in 0.6. It won't prevent
access to the internet, but there are some hopes that I'll be able to
work on that after 0.6.

cheers,



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