I have been using openDNS for the last 6 months or so, and I love it. I found the Charter DNS servers to be flaky at best, and my experience has been much better since switching over to openDNS. I also use gmail, google documents, calendar, and maps all on a regular basis and have not experienced any problems with any of them.
<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 9, 2007 7:33 AM, Benjamin Flanders <<a href="mailto:flanderb@gmail.com">flanderb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have nothing but trouble with openDNS. I tried it for about two<br>weeks when comcast DNS servers were flaky a while back.<br><br>The issues I had were, I had to (I forget the wording for this)<br>reregister google with the service at least twice a day. This is
<br>where I would get the message saying that OpenDNS didn't think<br><a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">www.google.com</a> was a valid domain name and it went to an openDNS<br>webpage where I had to type in a captcha and click a link so I could
<br>go to Google. This was a big issue because I use gmail and google<br>calendar.<br><br>Also, I would get google maps with part of the map not showing up.<br>Nothing I did would fix the issue. It wasn't consistent as to which
<br>parts of the map would be greyed out but there was usually 3-4 squares<br>gone.<br><br>The reregister thing happened to a lot of other sites as well, but not<br>as consistently as google.<br><br>Am I the only one that has the issue? I remember googling it but not
<br>finding any remedy.<br><br><br>On Nov 8, 2007 8:53 PM, Carlus Henry <<a href="mailto:carlushenry@sagetech-llc.com">carlushenry@sagetech-llc.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Finally, a discussion that I feel that I can contribute to.....hehehe
<br>><br>> I have been using <a href-"<a href="http://www.opendns.com" target="_blank">www.opendns.com</a>">Open DNS</a> for the past<br>> 6 months. I absolutely love it. I love it so much that I sent emails
<br>> out to all of my friends, family members, local churches and schools<br>> as a means to filter out unwanted content.<br>><br>> It took minutes to set up, and did not require any kind of install.<br>> Also it is absolutely free to use. Another benefit is that you can
<br>> control it remotely. It already has categorized many websites into<br>> adult themed, and gore to name a few. You can choose to block these<br>> sites, as well as maintain your own black and white lists. I have
<br>> joked with my wife, that if she buys one more thing from ebay, that I<br>> am going to start blocking it from coming to our house.<br>><br>> So if you are looking for a good solution that requires little
<br>> maintenance, I would definitely recommend giving Open DNS a look.<br>><br>> Carlus<br>><br>> On Nov 8, 2007 2:23 PM, <<a href="mailto:grlug-request@grlug.org">grlug-request@grlug.org</a>> wrote:
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<br>> ><br>> > 1. Re: Web filter for kids? (Ben Rousch)<br>> > 2. Re: Web filter for kids? (Collin Kidder)<br>> > 3. Re: Web filter for kids? (Ben Rousch)<br>> > 4. Re: Web filter for kids? (Justin Popa)
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<a href="mailto:brousch@gmail.com">brousch@gmail.com</a>><br>> > Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Web filter for kids?<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org</a><br>> > Message-ID:<br>> > <
<a href="mailto:d92a2d930711081050g529a02c4y67019d8a0c1227c8@mail.gmail.com">d92a2d930711081050g529a02c4y67019d8a0c1227c8@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br>> >
<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Yeah, I know of an excellent one. It's foolproof even. It's called<br>> > > parents. ;-) Seriously... Content filtering is a losing game. It never<br>
> > > seems to work right. Things always slip through the cracks. On top of<br>> > > that, you either trust your kids on the net (which I wouldn't... I was a<br>> > > teenager once) or you supervise. I suppose you might want some sort of
<br>> > > content filtering in case they accidentally get to somewhere bad.<br>> > > Still, this is a losing game. I don't care how good you think your kids<br>> > > are kids will try to get to places they shouldn't and content filters
<br>> > > tend to work worth dog crap. Just my incredibly sunshiny opinion. ;-)<br>> > > _______________________________________________<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > Your opinion is spot-on when applied to adults (in the workplace) and
<br>> > teenagers, who will actively attempt to defeat filters. But I think a<br>> > content filter for a young child is a good thing until he can understand the<br>> > difference between places he is allowed to go and places he should not be
<br>> > going. The age when that happens will be different for each child. I think a<br>> > whitelist is good for very small children, a strict porn/gore filter is<br>> > appropriate for pre-teens, and hopefully he will have a sense of right and
<br>> > wrong by the time he is a teenager and able to hack around whatever you put<br>> > in front of him.<br>> ><br>> > I have been thinking a lot about this subject because my first child is<br>
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<br>> > From: Collin Kidder <<a href="mailto:adderd@kkmfg.com">adderd@kkmfg.com</a>><br>> > Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Web filter for kids?<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org</a>
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<br>> > > Your opinion is spot-on when applied to adults (in the workplace) and<br>> > > teenagers, who will actively attempt to defeat filters. But I think a<br>> > > content filter for a young child is a good thing until he can
<br>> > > understand the difference between places he is allowed to go and<br>> > > places he should not be going. The age when that happens will be<br>> > > different for each child. I think a whitelist is good for very small
<br>> > > children, a strict porn/gore filter is appropriate for pre-teens, and<br>> > > hopefully he will have a sense of right and wrong by the time he is a<br>> > > teenager and able to hack around whatever you put in front of him.
<br>> > ><br>> > > I have been thinking a lot about this subject because my first child<br>> > > is currently overdue by five days.<br>> > ><br>> > Yes, sorry... It does really depend on the age of the child. For any kid
<br>> > over 12 I'd say filters are worthless. For younger kids it could be a<br>> > decent idea but I wouldn't let a 7 year old surf the net by themselves<br>> > anyway.<br>> ><br>> >
<br>> > ------------------------------<br>> ><br>> > Message: 3<br>> > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 14:10:55 -0500<br>> > From: "Ben Rousch" <<a href="mailto:brousch@gmail.com">brousch@gmail.com
</a>><br>> > Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Web filter for kids?<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org</a><br>> > Message-ID:<br>> > <<a href="mailto:d92a2d930711081110s4cfd986fi7f32fb2560da4204@mail.gmail.com">
d92a2d930711081110s4cfd986fi7f32fb2560da4204@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br>> ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Yes, sorry... It does really depend on the age of the child. For any kid
<br>> > > over 12 I'd say filters are worthless. For younger kids it could be a<br>> > > decent idea but I wouldn't let a 7 year old surf the net by themselves<br>> > > anyway.<br>> > > _______________________________________________
<br>> > > <<a href="http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug" target="_blank">http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug</a>><br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > Maybe I'm naive and overly optimistic, but I hope that by age 7 my child
<br>> > will have the moral fiber and tech skills to surf the (porn/gore filtered)<br>> > web without my constant supervision. Personally, I think IM will be a bigger<br>> > problem than web surfing.<br>
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<br>> > From: "Justin Popa" <<a href="mailto:tehpopa@gmail.com">tehpopa@gmail.com</a>><br>> > Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Web filter for kids?<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org
</a><br>> > Message-ID:<br>> > <<a href="mailto:ca1715f80711081126y504a393dr6ad5b33258a1c911@mail.gmail.com">ca1715f80711081126y504a393dr6ad5b33258a1c911@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
<br>> ><br>> > I know everyone here is talking about why content filtering shouldn't be<br>> > needed, but I have a tip on what you can look into. It's called squid, and<br>> > it's mainly used as a proxy. You could even set up a different ruleset per
<br>> > user as to what's granted. Setup is a bit tricky, but once it's set up it's<br>> > good to go. The upside is too that you can use it on other PC's in the<br>> > house. What's even more is that there are some freeware apps to check the
<br>> > logs as well. We use a shareware app at our office called iam that gives us<br>> > a 1000 foot view of all traffic use.<br>> ><br>> > On Nov 8, 2007 2:10 PM, Ben Rousch <<a href="mailto:brousch@gmail.com">
brousch@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > ><br>> > > > Yes, sorry... It does really depend on the age of the child. For any kid<br>> > > ><br>> > > > over 12 I'd say filters are worthless. For younger kids it could be a
<br>> > > > decent idea but I wouldn't let a 7 year old surf the net by themselves<br>> > > > anyway.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > _______________________________________________
<br>> > > > <<a href="http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug" target="_blank">http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug</a>><br>> > > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Maybe I'm naive and overly optimistic, but I hope that by age 7 my child
<br>> > > will have the moral fiber and tech skills to surf the (porn/gore filtered)<br>> > > web without my constant supervision. Personally, I think IM will be a bigger<br>> > > problem than web surfing.
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