[GRLUG] Web filter for kids?

[Chris Lamrock]

Thanks also Ray - I might explore this idea as well... I do like the idea of 
whitelisting.....


----- Original Mess age ----- 
From: "Raymond McLaughlin" <driveray at ameritech.net>
To: <grlug at grlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Web filter for kids?


> Chris Lamrock wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>
> SNIP
>
>> I'm also not opposed to blocking everything for the kids and only
>> allowing a list of sites that I list...
>
> At the risk of actually answering the question you asked, this last is
> not hard to do. Disable DNS for the little ones and put your "whitelist"
> of allowed sites, with their IP addresses in /etc/hosts. Maybe you could
> teach them to add the inaccessible sites that they want to visit onto a
> "wish list" that you can review, perhaps while you sit down with them.
> It might take a while to build up a workable set, and it's likely to
> need some maintenance, but this plan seems like a start.
>
> Oh, it seems to me that the easiest way to disable DNS only for *some*
> users is to make the file /etc/resolv.conf readable to one group and
> putting the kids in a group without such permissions.
>
>
>> Does anyone have any experience with a good content filter for kids and
>> linux?
>
> Experience? No, I'm just putting this forward a a plausible idea.
> Ray
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
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