Network migration starting with squid.. help
Hi, We currently run a proprietary only network consisting of 5 servers with 2 acting as files servers and dc's, 1 a antivirus server and successmaker server, 1 running sql and pass and the last running ISA with surfcontrol. I would like to move over to Linux for the most of my network, but due to the existing constraints of Successmaker and PASS, I cant do a lot, unless you have any suggestions. I do know Pearson are investigating cross platform capabilities. Anyway, my licensing is up for surfcontrol soon and I want to try if squid or similar can do the job. I know of dansguardian and squidguard, but don't know if there any good. My main question is what Linux distro shall I go for and what caching and filtering solution will do what isa and surfcontrol do? I have a hardware firewall, so the firewall features in isa are not needed. I do require ad compatibility with transparent authentication. Real time monitoring/monitoring would be good too. I've looked at censornet, but was not impressed because of i.e. always asking for authentication. Also, if I decide to move to Linux, how can you customise and lock down the desktop environment. We have decent pc's here, so a way to do this without ltsp would be handy. Thank you for your time Alan -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 09/05/2005
Are you wanting to put Linux on the desktops as well??
If not I have a group policy and some lockdown notes that will work with
2000/XP.
Though I know you don't want to go straight over and I understand that,
maybe when you are ready you could take a look at my project karoshi (
www.karoshi.org.uk http://www.karoshi.org.uk), we use a combination of
dansguardian and squid on our proxy server.
Are you secondary or primary? I assume your sec because of the amount of
servers....
Jo
On 5/10/05, Alan Loughlin
Hi,
We currently run a proprietary only network consisting of 5 servers with 2 acting as files servers and dc's, 1 a antivirus server and successmaker server, 1 running sql and pass and the last running ISA with surfcontrol.
I would like to move over to Linux for the most of my network, but due to the existing constraints of Successmaker and PASS, I cant do a lot, unless you have any suggestions. I do know Pearson are investigating cross platform capabilities.
Anyway, my licensing is up for surfcontrol soon and I want to try if squid or similar can do the job. I know of dansguardian and squidguard, but don't know if there any good. My main question is what Linux distro shall I go for and what caching and filtering solution will do what isa and surfcontrol do?
I have a hardware firewall, so the firewall features in isa are not needed. I do require ad compatibility with transparent authentication. Real time monitoring/monitoring would be good too.
I've looked at censornet, but was not impressed because of i.e. always asking for authentication.
Also, if I decide to move to Linux, how can you customise and lock down the desktop environment. We have decent pc's here, so a way to do this without ltsp would be handy.
Thank you for your time
Alan
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I already use group policy on this network, the question was based on if
there is anything like this for Linux.
Were a residential special school, we only have that many servers because I
don't like installing everything on one server:
1- dc with files for education block
2- dc with files for admin and care
3- avgadmin, IIS intranet and Successmaker
4- Pass and sql Server
Is dansguardian any good?
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From: linuxgirlie [mailto:linuxgirlie@gmail.com]
Sent: 10 May 2005 15:44
To: loughlina@swalcliffepark.co.uk
Cc: suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com
Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Network migration starting with squid..
help
Are you wanting to put Linux on the desktops as well??
If not I have a group policy and some lockdown notes that will work with
2000/XP.
Though I know you don't want to go straight over and I understand that,
maybe when you are ready you could take a look at my project karoshi
(www.karoshi.org.uk), we use a combination of dansguardian and squid on our
proxy server.
Are you secondary or primary? I assume your sec because of the amount of
servers....
Jo
On 5/10/05, Alan Loughlin
On Tuesday 10 May 2005 15:06, Alan Loughlin wrote:
Also, if I decide to move to Linux, how can you customise and lock down the desktop environment. We have decent pc's here, so a way to do this without ltsp would be handy.
For KDE you Kiosk framework for lockdown. See http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/ -- Phil Driscoll
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