[lug] Filtering Proxies

[Evelyn Mitchell]

On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 03:32:29PM -0700, Michael J. Pedersen wrote:
> I have an idea for this group to consider fairly seriously. We have hit the
> age of proxies, and we aren't going to get rid of them. We also have
> legislation that requires any place receiving federal funds put them in place.
> My solution? An open source proxy.

Great idea!
> 
> Consider this: With it being open source, we could make the blacklist not
> quite so dark. In fact, we could provide some truly useful categories which
> could be used. Make the list public, too, so that users can see what is in
> what category, and even provide a challenge mechanism for a mis-filed website.

Ratings would be done on a consensus basis.. a la advogato?

> 1) Categorizing the web would be incredibly difficult, to say the least. We'd
> need to enlist the help of as many people as possible, and make it a painless
> process as well.

Trusted moderators look at the work of other moderators, and up or
down rate their recommendations.

> 
> 2) Bandwidth, especially for the blacklist. I can't host it. Especially once
> /. gets information about it. Can anybody here even suggest a site which could
> host it?

Sourceforge

> 3) Actual coding. Heck, by comparison to the others, this is small change. But
> it would still take some time, probably a good two months, to get a beta out
> the door for people.

Use Zope!

> Customizations could go hog wild, complete with a decent tool to administer
> the whole shebang. What does everybody think? Should we try and write it, or
> should we just wait for somebody else?

Use Zope!

efm