[squid-users] open webpage category database proposal

 Hi !

I'm thinking about an open db and the squid list seems to be a good
starting point.
My plan: create a reverse DNS based web page category database. It would
be similar to the *RBL systems. The db is a pseudo reverse DNS server. By
querying the db you get back a 32 bit info which contains information
about category, sub category, rating and category specific custom flags.

Something like:

www.something.com gives you a.b.c.d pseudo IP number where:

'a' is the category ID
'b' is the sub category ID
'c' is the rating
'd' is the custom flag

The db would be user managed: everyone could add (with proper checking of
course) new sites. After a while this might grow into an uptodate db.

With a couple of mirrors worldwide this could be achieved with volunteers
and would give a powerful free/open solution to filter unwanted content.

I'm looking forwar for your opinion.

Bye
Bgs
Received on Sat Jul 26 2003 - 06:28:18 MDT