This reminds me of the one about the new dad worrying about his young kids finding his nudie mags hidden in the sock drawer. You can't hide anything from the kids. They will pilfer, investigate, and explore every place you can imagine hiding stuff -- they WILL find it. I guess the 21st Century version of this is the Internet. The kids will get around every filter or block you put up, either on their own computer, your computer, their friend's computer, or even the public library computer. Hell, I just discovered I've got hotel room porn on my Comcast. All I can do is yell at them AFTER they've viewed it some time when I'm away.
-Mike __________________ Michel David Lowe Purcellville, VA > -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of b_s-wilk > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 12:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] controlling IP address access > > What's the point? > > There's nothing you can block your kids from seeing that they can't see > somewhere else. Guaranteed that they have at least one friend, most > likely many, whose computer isn't blocked. Set your default search > engines to filter "offensive" sites. > > The kids will see anything they want. Talk to them. Don't block them. > They'll be fine. > > What are you afraid of? > > > >> >How smart are the kids? Putting the address in the hosts file like > >> >127.0.0.1 www.lots-o-porn.com would deny access to the web site, but > >> >not if the kid new the actual ip address > > > > Kids typically set up proxy servers to get around blocks. > > > > It is probably more effective to explain to the kids that both your > > firewall router and the ISP keeps a log of all the sites they visit and > > that you can easily check what they have been doing on the Internet. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
