ufdbGuard

ufdbGuard is an extremely fast and free URL filter. ufdbGuard is designed for use with the popular web proxy Squid.
The advantages of ufdbGuard are:
  • Squid and ufdbGuard can be installed on a single server only. There’s no need for installing additional software on workstations.
  • ufdbGuard is copyright-protected, but free for use. Also in commercial environments.
  • ufdbGuard can be used with a licensed URL database from URLfilterDB or any free text-based URL database.
  • ufdbGuard uses a blacklist filter method as the most efficient way to block undesired websites.
  • ufdbGuard is the fastest URL filter with an amazing 50,000 URL verifications/sec on a single processor (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2) running Linux.
  • ufdbGuard guards against security risks incurred by proxy tunnels. It automatically detects any active proxy tunnels and blocks any unauthorized data transfer on these tunnels.
ufdbGuard can be used by setting the redirect_program parameter in Squid configuration file of Squid. Detailed information comes with the distribution of ufdbGuard. For more information on how ufdbGuard works together with URLfilterDB, please refer to our "How it works" page in this section.
 

 

ufdbGuard and its reference manual can also be downloaded from Get ufdbGuard .