On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Joel Finlinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Joe C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since the clients are all Windows (or Macs), you can use a free filtering > client from www.getk9.com (by BlueCoat Systems) on each machine. > > We also have a device similar to Bob, but we only use it on the TV. It's > called TV Allowance. ( http://www.tvallowance.com/ ) > > It's pricey at $99/unit so I've never put one on a computer. > > I'm thinking if it was put on a monitor, a kid would easily just get a > different monitor.....or for that matter, a kid could easily boot up any > CDROM based Linux version and bypass getk9 (or any other client-based > filtering product too. I've also used DansGuardian in the past which > worked > pretty well. > I have to ask. I used a popular filter a few years ago and it 'felt' like a rootkit when it started acting strangely. I went to remove it and try something else and it was IMPOSSIBLE to remove. I think I ended up just reloading XP on that machine after reformatting. Is this sort of trouble I had a few years ago behind us? Do these programs necessarily require such entanglement in my XP installation to work effectively? I know my boys are inventive and when motivated they'll dig and hack to great lengths. Scott /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
