[GRLUG] Web filter for kids?

[Justin Popa]

I know everyone here is talking about why content filtering shouldn't be
needed, but I have a tip on what you can look into. It's called squid, and
it's mainly used as a proxy. You could even set up a different ruleset per
user as to what's granted. Setup is a bit tricky, but once it's set up it's
good to go. The upside is too that you can use it on other PC's in the
house. What's even more is that there are some freeware apps to check the
logs as well. We use a shareware app at our office called iam that gives us
a 1000 foot view of all traffic use.

On Nov 8, 2007 2:10 PM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > Yes, sorry... It does really depend on the age of the child. For any kid
> >
> > over 12 I'd say filters are worthless. For younger kids it could be a
> > decent idea but I wouldn't let a 7 year old surf the net by themselves
> > anyway.
> >
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> Maybe I'm naive and overly optimistic, but I hope that by age 7 my child
> will have the moral fiber and tech skills to surf the (porn/gore filtered)
> web without my constant supervision. Personally, I think IM will be a bigger
> problem than web surfing.
>
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