On Sunday 08 January 2006 22:25, Randy Grimshaw wrote:
Gaack! Composition man, where are the sentences and paragraph breaks
normally used to make something like this readable?
There are options: I use dansguardian for the blacklist feature which
is useful for the high school age kids. My configuration is this:
Mostly I have used a Dlink D604 as my firewall configured with the 10
available access rules, one of which creates a default deny
situation. another rule permits only my systems to use port 80.
Another good router for this is the Zonet ZSR0104UP (with one usb and
one parallel print server). But I have now learned netfilter well
enough that I am building something based on openWRT. (I will let
everyone know when this is done). The advantage of dansguardian is it
can be cron'd so that it turns off. This keeps the kids out of the
multiplayer games and other generally permitted things when they
should be sleeping. (the Dlink clock is broken due to an NTP bug).
Please note: You must keep your permitted systems under good physical
and authentication security for this to be effective. You also have
to warn the piano teacher and other homes where com puter access may
seem innocent enough. (I have kids from 5 to 19). Currently, my
dansguardian is configured with a large blacklist but I am adding
items so frequently that I will also build it whitelist style for the
WRT version (Kids get into trouble in lots of places like shady chat
rooms that are not in the normal filters - for this reason the
subscription proxies ala Linksys are not on my short list but you may
find one valuable). Whitelists will be as much work, but I will be
more confident in what is being allowed. I struggle with the broken
system problem still. For now the systems used for CD's where the
kids must have install priviledges - are kept off the net, and the
systems on the net are tightly locked or easily reinstalled. Also
note: you get more mileage from a number of cheap PC's and appliances
than a single big gaming system - especially if it means you have to
share a computer - don't!. I happen to have a talent for building
systems from scraps or $30 rout ers and configuring firewalls, but I
can see where it can be a neccessary skill for any parent of many /
or challenging children. As a computer professional I love the
internet. As a parent, the internet really has a lot of concealed
dangers that require a REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF DILIGENCE. It is here and
part of the culture... but the kids don't understand that they are
targets or at lease a vector to their parents data, or their parents
employers data. And your heart screams each time .... good luck.
<><Randy
<><Randall Grimshaw
Room 203 Machinery Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
315-443-5779
rgrimsha(a)syr.edu
>>> wipe_out(a)users.sourceforge.net 01/08/06 2:49 PM >>>
Hi,
Is there anything for parental control that works on Linux??
I have a friend who has a son that enjoys the internet, he had windows
on his PC but in less than a week completely destroyed the install
because of all the stuff he installed..
So we moved him onto a Linux system and so far its working great..
The problem now is that he is getting far to wrapped up in looking at
porn and not the innocent kind..
Is there any parental control software for Linux available??
Thanks..
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