[TriLUG] HTTP proxy/filter

[Brian Henning]

Hi Crew,
   Another troll for comments (TFC?...), this time about http filtering. 
  The features I'd love to see are:

- List of allowed / denied sites easily adiminstered.
- Proxy-style; one server handles everyone's access, looks like a proxy 
to a browser for ease of installation.
- It'd be nice if allow/deny were segregated by the originator's IP
- It'd have to be smart about things like Yahoo redirects, which appear 
to fool IE's Content Advisor.

The /really/ cool feature I'd love to see is:
- If a user attempts to view a site that isn't on the allow-list, he is 
presented with a basic page that says "Sorry, that domain / site isn't 
on the list of authorized sites.  Please click here to submit a request 
to have it authorized."  Clicking said widget (be it a link or a 
button...trifle) would fire off an e-mail to the administrator 
containing a link into the admin interface which would present a list of 
pending auth requests.  Allowing or denying each one would possibly send 
an e-mail back to the originator of the request alerting him to the 
decision.

These can't be innovative ideas.  Anybody got some suggestions along 
those lines?  Building my own would be neat, but probably too 
time-consuming.

Thanks!

~Brian