Filtering Based on TLD? 14
nelomolen asks: "The school year is upon us, and I'm sure there's more than one school network administrator out there who is facing the same problem I am... web filtering (loud hissing ensues). Most administrators are stuck without a solution, with administration breathing down the back of their neck for a workable one. Put aside for a second that almost everyone hates the idea, we need something to tide us over until these laws are overturned (optimism). Does anyone know of any filtering solutions (client or server-side) that will strictly allow access based on TLD *then* domain name? For the sake of weathering out these laws, the easiest solution is to give unlimited access to .gov, .int, .us, .edu, .mil, etc, and explicit access to the handful of useful .com, .net, and .org domains that are out there. Has this option been explored by anyone? It seems to be a reasonable temporary fix. Is there currently any open-source software that can do this?"