Hehe, not MY kid; my friend's kid. He's watching YT while doing school Zooms
(apparently) so she was just asking and I had some ideas, but I was basically
looking for the simplest way to do it since she's not very techy...
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Christopher Fisk
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 6:44 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] Blocking YouTube?
Can I ask WHY you're looking to do this? Is the kid just not following the
rules? Taking away the device they're using to circumvent the rules seems like
the right thing to do to me.
This isn't a simple problem. Removing just access to youtube for someone with
computer skills and determination to get it will be almost impossible without
really tightening down things.
1. Remove admin rights from the teenager's PC for their user account
2. Remove the ability to boot from anything except the installed HDD (to
prevent creation of admin account through tools or running linux from
livecd)
1. Set a BIOS password after configuring the boot sequence
2. Teen might be able to reset password, so seal the computer case so
jumpers can't be touched
3. Setup Chrome and all other browsers in locked down mode using
either kiosk mode for the browser, or GPO
1. the GPO should set a web proxy server to a machine running squid
or other proxy software so you can block youtube there, as well as track
what they're doing to circumvent the block
4. Setup the PC so they can't run anything that isn't on the whitelist
of applications (so they don't download a standalone version of
firefox/chrome and get around your lockdowns)
1. (This is insanely time consuming and will run into issues when
you're trying to update the computer)
In a business environment you can do the majority of this and centrally
maintain things and it's a full time job. Doing it at home? That seems insane.
Non-admin rights, locked down profile, not being able to install software and
not being able to change the browser settings will get the majority.
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:18 AM Bino Gopal <[email protected]> wrote:
> So what’s the simplest/most elegant way to block YouTube on a PC when
> you’ve got a resourceful teenager who can Google and attempt to
> circumvent any methods you use?
>
> Is it on the PC or on the network first off?
>
> On the PC would UAC and an admin account and editing the hosts file be
> enough? Or fwd proxy software for all browsers preventing new browser
> install?
>
> Or just do it with filtering on the router outbound?
>
> How complicated do you need to get exactly?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> BINO
>
>
