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@xxxxxxx > >>>> wipe_out@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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.. > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
