Layer 6-7 Internet URL Filtering
by des_a from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5SD3C)
I found a program for Windows, Kurupira. I'd love to find an equivalent for older Linuxes, but that's besides the point. When I install it on a Windows machine, it does exactly what I want for the price I want, free.
"However", it only does so on one machine at a time. I want to be able to do this to my whole network! I don't want to buy a sonic wall firewall, because it's too much, even though it does so at layer 3 of the OSI model.
Whatever I get, I would prefer no monthly subscriptions and would strongly prefer free and open source. I would not like easy work arounds to disable it.
I want filtering of URLs, both http and https, so I can block a specific google search or something similar when needed. I would like so in ALL browsers, both open source and not. When I'm using Windows 10, I typically use a combination of Edge, Chrome, and Firefox, while when using Linux, I use Firefox exclusively.
I would like to try and take that program, and install it on a "server" Windows XP or 10 machine (because Windows is what the filtering programs will probably run on), then I want to mess with my gateways or something, until I route all Internet traffic through it, to stop in at that box, then go back to the router and through it to the Internet.
By stopping at that box, I want it to filter out EVERYTHING in my network. Will this program do that if I do as described, or do I need another program? If I should or need to use another program, I need suggestions on which. The logging is optional for now. The filtering is not. I'm preparing for a nephew who isn't born yet.
"However", it only does so on one machine at a time. I want to be able to do this to my whole network! I don't want to buy a sonic wall firewall, because it's too much, even though it does so at layer 3 of the OSI model.
Whatever I get, I would prefer no monthly subscriptions and would strongly prefer free and open source. I would not like easy work arounds to disable it.
I want filtering of URLs, both http and https, so I can block a specific google search or something similar when needed. I would like so in ALL browsers, both open source and not. When I'm using Windows 10, I typically use a combination of Edge, Chrome, and Firefox, while when using Linux, I use Firefox exclusively.
I would like to try and take that program, and install it on a "server" Windows XP or 10 machine (because Windows is what the filtering programs will probably run on), then I want to mess with my gateways or something, until I route all Internet traffic through it, to stop in at that box, then go back to the router and through it to the Internet.
By stopping at that box, I want it to filter out EVERYTHING in my network. Will this program do that if I do as described, or do I need another program? If I should or need to use another program, I need suggestions on which. The logging is optional for now. The filtering is not. I'm preparing for a nephew who isn't born yet.