SquidGuard is a

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software, which can be used for content control of websites users can access. It is written as a plug-in for

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and uses blacklists to define sites for which access is redirected. SquidGuard must be installed on a

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computer such as a server computer. The software's filtering extends to all computers in an organization, including

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and

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computers. It was originally developed by Pål Baltzersen and Lars Erik Håland, and was implemented and extended by Lars Erik Håland in the 1990s at Tele Danmark InterNordia. Version 1.4, the current stable version, was released in 2009,http://www.squidguard.org/Downloads/CHANGELOG and version 1.5 was in development as of 2010. New features in version 1.4 included optional authentication via a

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database. SquidGuard is

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licensed under the

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(GPL) version 2. It is included in many

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s including

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, openSUSE and

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Blacklist Sources

The url filtering capabilities of SquidGuard depend largely on the quality of the Blacklists used with it. Several options are available. Free lists can be found at Shallalist.de or at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole.Université Toulouse 1 Capitole website
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