I just change the DNS server on my personal computer/phone when I need to access blocked sites. 8.8.8.8 works fine.
On Feb 5, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Robert Casto <[email protected]> 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]> 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]> 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]. >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
