On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:22 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael [19.Nov.2008 16:07]: > >> On 10:05 Wed 19 Nov , Qian Qiao wrote: >> ... >>> >>> In that case, isn't putting >>> >>> 127.0.0.1 ADDRESSES_TO_BE_BLOCKED >>> >>> into /etc/hosts easier? >>> >>> Or just set up a proxy. >> >> No, perhaps not, considering the fact that there are so many sites with >> pron. Maintaining such a massive hosts file is a disaster and worse still >> the solution is not fullproof. But then, FWIW such problems seldom have >> foolproof solutions. > > Well, at least there is "mvps" [1] with a nice host-file, blocking > mostly ads, banners etc., which I use myself without much trouble. > While searching for a list of porn-sites to add to that list, I stumbled > upon BadHosts [2], which includes several hosts-files, one of them > entirely for porn-sites. > > The sites listed there might get you started, but as noted by Qian Qiao > before, that list will never be complete or up-to-date. Besides, using > an anonymizer to reach one of those sites will get you there anyway. You > would have to block those, too. > > My opinion: If children are to be "protected" from that kind of content, > seting up a public computer in a livingroom might be a better way (in > conjunction with a host-file maybe for those nasty ads). But as soon as > one starts blocking sites, the question will be where to stop. > > > JP
Thanks to all that have answered. I appreciate the responses greatly. Indeed the question was based around what to do with a kid that's not using his computer time appropriately. It has nothing to do with 'protecting' him via censoring or anything like that. It was more a matter of should he be playing Flash games or playing online videos of Star Craft games when he has homework to be doing. After thinking about it the decision in the end was to do nothing technical. Nothing technical is going to fix this problem other than him growing up a bit. Thanks again, Mark
