Can't you just tweak your hosts file to supplement OpenDNS? #whitelist 72.21.194.1 .amazon.com 66.211.160.88 .ebay.com 64.12.89.186 .huffingtonpost.com
#blacklist 0.0.0.0 .sex 0.0.0.0 .nra.com 0.0.0.0 .foxnews.com /Casper On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:56:55 PM UTC+1, rcasto wrote: > > Do you find OpenDNS too restrictive or not configurable enough? Stuff I > want to block the kids from also blocked me, like Amazon.com, Ebay.com, > some news sites, and similar places. I need those sites for my job and had > to add them to the white list. Problem was, you could only put 25 sites in > the white list. Does anyone know of a similar service that is more > configurable? > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Steven Huwig <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I use OpenDNS as the DNS for my router: >> >> http://www.opendns.com/home-solutions/ >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 4, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Rakesh <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi guys, >> >> I know some of you have kids and was wondering what you do to keep them >> safe online? >> >> I've found that its a bit hit and miss myself: >> >> 1. iPads not too bad as the Restrictions settings (password enabled) is >> good enough to block Safari and Youtube. The main issue is remembering to >> turn it on again after I've disabled it. >> >> 2. Phones - I've had to get really strict and just ban my son (who's >> five) from using my phone at all. Annoyingly, my daughter (who is 18 >> months) like to press the Emergency Call option which doesn't need >> unlocking on my Android phone. >> >> 3. Windows XP - this is my wife's old work laptop that is now my son's to >> use for some websites. I have disabled youtube by manipulating the hosts >> file. For other sites I have to rely on the content advisor inside the >> Windows settings. Not sure how good that is since my son still manages to >> find flash-based websites to play games. Restricting to a specific site is >> not always easy. I found an article detailing how to use the proxy settings >> set to an invalid value (to completely disable all sites) then selectively >> provide exceptions. Thing is, the site I gave him access to makes calls to >> toher domains for images and CSS which then have to be added to the >> exception list. Pain!!! >> >> Any thoughts guys? >> >> Rakesh >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Robert Casto > www.robertcasto.com > www.sellerstoolbox.com > www.lakotaeastbands.org > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
