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  From: mark dickeson <markd@sa.apana.org.au>
  To  : Sam Silvester <silvest@capri.net.au>
  Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 16:36:51 +0930 (CST)

Re: Australian Censorship.. the whole world is talking about usnow..

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Sam Silvester wrote:

> Hang on a second, are there any net nanny type of programs in existence for
> linux? If not, what happens to all of us who use linux for internet and
> email? we wouldn't be able to guarantee that we censor content on the
> client side. this could be a problem.
> Sam Silvester.

You could use junkbuster:
'The Internet Junkbuster (TM) blocks unwanted banner ads and protects
your privacy from cookies and other threats.'
I'm not running it at the moment, so I can't look at the conf files, but I
would imagine that it wouldn't be too hard in modifying it to act as a
'net nanny' type program.
Mark
 -- 
"Windows was designed to keep the idiots away from Unix so we could
hack in peace. Let's not break that." --Tom Christiansen


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