Parental controls in Linux

[Gene Heskett]

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
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><><Randall Grimshaw
>Room 203 Machinery Hall
>Syracuse University
>Syracuse, NY   13244
>315-443-5779
>rgrimsha at syr.edu
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>>>> wipe_out at 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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