RE: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user?
Hi Mark, With www.opendns.com, you create an account, and choose your own rules. I think they have around 50 categories to start with. You can then extend it with your own personal white/black lists. You can't block the flash technology, but you can have a lot of success blocking unwanted website types. Kind regards Brett Freer -Original Message- From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 23 November 2008 12:31 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user? Hey Brett, I already point my router at these guys. Is there something more I could be doing? I've decided that for the most part this is probably a futile undertaking. It turns out some of his online classes are using Flash and certainly a lot of video media as port of how they teach. With that in mind it's pretty difficult for me to block the technologies themselves as a 'policy' decision. That leaves me with trying to block web sites which turns me real-time policeman which I'm unwilling to do so I've let him know that I'm watching how he uses the machines. It hasn't worked in the past though... Cheers, Mark On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Brett Freer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Why don't you try www.opendns.com? > > Kind regards > > Brett > > -Original Message- > From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 22 November 2008 3:35 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user? > > 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 > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] QT4 monolithic vs split ebuilds
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Graham Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Andrés Becerra Sandoval" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I have the same problem, and I can't find the folder >> /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0. Maybe this is the >> cause of the problem, rsync deleted it, can you confirm? > > No. The directory is there, but the only files in it and the desktop > sub-directory are 'parent'. > > I synced today and the problem is gone! -- Andrés
Re: [gentoo-user] --depclean won't work anymore.
Chris Thomas wrote: > I had the same thing happen tonight. I just emerged: > > perl-Module-Build > perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder > perl-Archive-Tar > virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS > virtual/perl-IO-Zlib > > and then emerge --depclean worked. > > -Chris > > After hitting the send button, I thought about the with-bdeps y option. I tried that and it gave me this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # emerge -uvDNp --with-bdeps y world These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.26-r3 [2.6.23-r8, 2.6.25-r9] USE="-build -symlink" 48,452 kB [ebuild N] virtual/perl-Module-Build-0.28.08 0 kB [ebuild N] virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.23 0 kB [ebuild N] virtual/perl-Archive-Tar-1.40 0 kB [ebuild N] virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.19 0 kB [ebuild N] virtual/perl-IO-Zlib-1.09 0 kB [ebuild U ] app-text/rarian-0.8.1 [0.8.0-r1] USE="-debug" 317 kB [ebuild U ] media-gfx/imagemagick-6.4.4.6 [6.4.0.6] USE="X bzip2 corefonts%* jbig jpeg jpeg2k openmp%* perl png svg tiff truetype wmf xml zlib -djvu -doc -fontconfig -fpx -graphviz -gs -hdri -lcms -nocxx -openexr -q32 -q8 -raw%" 8,650 kB [ebuild U ] www-client/seamonkey-1.1.13 [1.1.12] USE="crypt ipv6 java ldap xprint -debug -gnome -mozdevelop -moznocompose -moznoirc -moznomail -moznopango -moznoroaming -postgres -xforms -xinerama" 37,166 kB Total: 9 packages (3 upgrades, 5 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 94,583 kB [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # I guess we need to add that option to make sure we are REALLY up to date. Isn't there a way to tell a command to add options without typing it in each time? Not just portage but any command. It may work well for this. Than again, that may mess up a -C command. o_O Here goes about 10 or 11 hours of download. < sighs > Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] --depclean won't work anymore.
I had the same thing happen tonight. I just emerged: perl-Module-Build perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder perl-Archive-Tar virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS virtual/perl-IO-Zlib and then emerge --depclean worked. -Chris On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I did my weekly sync tonight and ran emerge -uvDN world afterwards. It > updated portage and a few other programs. I then wanted to check to see > if anything was no longer needed by using --depclean -p. Well, I got > this back: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # emerge -p --depclean >> >> * Always study the list of packages to be cleaned for any obvious >> * mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set will always >> * be kept. They can be manually added to this set with >> * `emerge --noreplace `. Packages that are listed in >> * package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by >> * depclean, even if they are part of the world set. >> * >> * As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages >> * unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved. As a >> * consequence, it is often necessary to run `emerge --update >> * --newuse --deep @system @world` prior to depclean. >> >> Calculating dependencies... done! >> * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to >> * the following required packages not being installed: >> * >> * virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder pulled in by: >> * perl-core/File-Spec-3.27.01 >> * >> * Have you forgotten to run `emerge --update --newuse --deep world` >> prior to >> * depclean? It may be necessary to manually uninstall packages that >> no longer >> * exist in the portage tree since it may not be possible to satisfy their >> * dependencies. Also, be aware of the --with-bdeps option that is >> documented >> * in `man emerge`. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # > > Since I just updated everything I thought I would try the new set > thingy, not into that set thing much but just in case. I get this: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # emerge -u --newuse --deep @system @world >> Calculating dependencies... done! >> >>> Auto-cleaning packages... >> >> >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # > > What gives here? Everything is up to date yet it then tells me > something is not. Since portage updated itself and I saw this little > info scroll by: > >> * If you're upgrading from a pre-2.2 version of portage you might >> * want to remerge world (emerge -e world) to take full advantage >> * of some of the new features in 2.2. >> * This is not required however for portage to function properly. > > Does this mean I need to do a emerge -e world for --depclean to work? > Seems a little extreme to me. This from a emerge -evp world: > >> Total: 888 packages (3 upgrades, 5 new, 1 in new slot, 879 >> reinstalls), Size of downloads: 94,583 kB >> Fetch Restriction: 1 package > > Then again, emerge -evp does show 5 new packages. I'm like that little > puppet of Jeff Dunham's, 'what the he**'? Maybe I need to go back a > version of portage. LOL > > Thoughts? I say thoughts cause I'm not sure there is a answer to this > one. o_O > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > Oh, the new/upgrade/slot list: > >> [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.26-r3 [2.6.23-r8, >> 2.6.25-r9] USE="-build -symlink" 48,452 kB >> [ebuild N] virtual/perl-Module-Build-0.28.08 0 kB >> [ebuild N] virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.23 0 kB >> [ebuild N] virtual/perl-Archive-Tar-1.40 0 kB >> [ebuild N] virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.19 0 kB >> [ebuild N] virtual/perl-IO-Zlib-1.09 0 kB >> [ebuild U ] app-text/rarian-0.8.1 [0.8.0-r1] USE="-debug" 317 kB >> [ebuild U ] www-client/seamonkey-1.1.13 [1.1.12] USE="crypt ipv6 >> java ldap xprint -debug -gnome -mozdevelop -moznocompose -moznoirc >> -moznomail -moznopango -moznoroaming -postgres -xforms -xinerama" >> 37,166 kB >> [ebuild U ] media-gfx/imagemagick-6.4.4.6 [6.4.0.6] USE="X bzip2 >> corefonts%* jbig jpeg jpeg2k openmp%* perl png svg tiff truetype wmf >> xml zlib -djvu -doc -fontconfig -fpx -graphviz -gs -hdri -lcms -nocxx >> -openexr -q32 -q8 -raw%" 8,650 kB > > I knew someone would ask for that. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > >
[gentoo-user] --depclean won't work anymore.
Hi, I did my weekly sync tonight and ran emerge -uvDN world afterwards. It updated portage and a few other programs. I then wanted to check to see if anything was no longer needed by using --depclean -p. Well, I got this back: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # emerge -p --depclean > > * Always study the list of packages to be cleaned for any obvious > * mistakes. Packages that are part of the world set will always > * be kept. They can be manually added to this set with > * `emerge --noreplace `. Packages that are listed in > * package.provided (see portage(5)) will be removed by > * depclean, even if they are part of the world set. > * > * As a safety measure, depclean will not remove any packages > * unless *all* required dependencies have been resolved. As a > * consequence, it is often necessary to run `emerge --update > * --newuse --deep @system @world` prior to depclean. > > Calculating dependencies... done! > * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to > * the following required packages not being installed: > * > * virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder pulled in by: > * perl-core/File-Spec-3.27.01 > * > * Have you forgotten to run `emerge --update --newuse --deep world` > prior to > * depclean? It may be necessary to manually uninstall packages that > no longer > * exist in the portage tree since it may not be possible to satisfy their > * dependencies. Also, be aware of the --with-bdeps option that is > documented > * in `man emerge`. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # Since I just updated everything I thought I would try the new set thingy, not into that set thing much but just in case. I get this: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # emerge -u --newuse --deep @system @world > Calculating dependencies... done! > >>> Auto-cleaning packages... > > >>> No outdated packages were found on your system. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # What gives here? Everything is up to date yet it then tells me something is not. Since portage updated itself and I saw this little info scroll by: > * If you're upgrading from a pre-2.2 version of portage you might > * want to remerge world (emerge -e world) to take full advantage > * of some of the new features in 2.2. > * This is not required however for portage to function properly. Does this mean I need to do a emerge -e world for --depclean to work? Seems a little extreme to me. This from a emerge -evp world: > Total: 888 packages (3 upgrades, 5 new, 1 in new slot, 879 > reinstalls), Size of downloads: 94,583 kB > Fetch Restriction: 1 package Then again, emerge -evp does show 5 new packages. I'm like that little puppet of Jeff Dunham's, 'what the he**'? Maybe I need to go back a version of portage. LOL Thoughts? I say thoughts cause I'm not sure there is a answer to this one. o_O Dale :-) :-) Oh, the new/upgrade/slot list: > [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.26-r3 [2.6.23-r8, > 2.6.25-r9] USE="-build -symlink" 48,452 kB > [ebuild N] virtual/perl-Module-Build-0.28.08 0 kB > [ebuild N] virtual/perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.23 0 kB > [ebuild N] virtual/perl-Archive-Tar-1.40 0 kB > [ebuild N] virtual/perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.19 0 kB > [ebuild N] virtual/perl-IO-Zlib-1.09 0 kB > [ebuild U ] app-text/rarian-0.8.1 [0.8.0-r1] USE="-debug" 317 kB > [ebuild U ] www-client/seamonkey-1.1.13 [1.1.12] USE="crypt ipv6 > java ldap xprint -debug -gnome -mozdevelop -moznocompose -moznoirc > -moznomail -moznopango -moznoroaming -postgres -xforms -xinerama" > 37,166 kB > [ebuild U ] media-gfx/imagemagick-6.4.4.6 [6.4.0.6] USE="X bzip2 > corefonts%* jbig jpeg jpeg2k openmp%* perl png svg tiff truetype wmf > xml zlib -djvu -doc -fontconfig -fpx -graphviz -gs -hdri -lcms -nocxx > -openexr -q32 -q8 -raw%" 8,650 kB I knew someone would ask for that. ;-)
Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and at&t 2wire gateway
On Sunday 23 November 2008 11:05:40 Markos Chandras wrote:
> On Sunday 23 November 2008 01:14:41 John Blinka wrote:
> > I've recently subscribed to AT&T's u-verse which came with a
> > 2wire 3800hgv-b wireless gateway. On the windows side, my
> > dual-booting Dell laptop picked up the signal and connected
> > trivially. I've had no such success on the linux side.
> >
> > The gateway claims to use WPA-PSK authentication and TKIP
> > encryption. My supplicant.conf file looks like:
> >
> > ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> >
> > network={
> > ssid="my_ssid"
> > psk="my_password"
> > key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> > proto=WPA
> > pairwise=TKIP
> > }
> >
> > wpa_gui provides the following information for a few seconds:
> >
> > adapter: ath0
> > network: 0: my_ssid
> > status: SCANNING
> > last message: Disconnect event - remove keys
> > authentication:
> > encryption:
> > ssid:
> > bssid:
> > ip address:
> >
> > then displays:
> >
> > adapter: ath0
> > network: 0: my_ssid
> > status: 4WAY_HANDSHAKE
> > last message: ASSOCIATED WITH 00:22:a4:0d:23:89
> > authentication: WPA-PSK
> > encryption: TKIP
> > ssid: my_ssid
> > bssid: 00:22:a4:0d:23:89
> > ip address:
> >
> > and then cycles between these two sets of information.
> >
> > I can't pretend that I understand what's going on, and I haven't
> > found any enlightenment in web searches. Does anyone know
> > what this means, where I'm stuck, and how to go forward?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > John Blinka
>
> I would suggest before trying the "hard way", to use Networkmanager and
> knetworkmanaget. If you have success with that, then you can try the other
> way
>
> Other wifi guis are wlassistant or wifiradar. Give them a try
Perhps you are authenticating but then not getting a dhcp address.
Try adding
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dmadwifi"
config_ath0=( "dhcp" )
to your /etc/conf.d/net file.
- noven
Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and at&t 2wire gateway
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Cristian Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> you can try to use "wpa_passphrase" command , that generate the network
> profile for you Acces Point, copy into wpa_supplicant.conf and reboot the
> device. works for me, when a trie to connect a AP with WPA encryption .
>
> ej:
>
> wpa_passphrase AP_id password :
>
> that generate -->
>
> network={
> ssid="AP_id"
> #psk="password"
> psk=993142399374b6d582da81a6d4887ef7a9283a0e00dd4678681aac5e0a2478e9
> }
>
> copy into wpa_supplicant.conf.
>
Thanks, but tried that without success.
John
Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and at&t 2wire gateway
On Sunday 23 November 2008 01:14:41 John Blinka wrote:
> I've recently subscribed to AT&T's u-verse which came with a
> 2wire 3800hgv-b wireless gateway. On the windows side, my
> dual-booting Dell laptop picked up the signal and connected
> trivially. I've had no such success on the linux side.
>
> The gateway claims to use WPA-PSK authentication and TKIP
> encryption. My supplicant.conf file looks like:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>
> network={
> ssid="my_ssid"
> psk="my_password"
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> proto=WPA
> pairwise=TKIP
> }
>
> wpa_gui provides the following information for a few seconds:
>
> adapter: ath0
> network: 0: my_ssid
> status: SCANNING
> last message: Disconnect event - remove keys
> authentication:
> encryption:
> ssid:
> bssid:
> ip address:
>
> then displays:
>
> adapter: ath0
> network: 0: my_ssid
> status: 4WAY_HANDSHAKE
> last message: ASSOCIATED WITH 00:22:a4:0d:23:89
> authentication: WPA-PSK
> encryption: TKIP
> ssid: my_ssid
> bssid: 00:22:a4:0d:23:89
> ip address:
>
> and then cycles between these two sets of information.
>
> I can't pretend that I understand what's going on, and I haven't
> found any enlightenment in web searches. Does anyone know
> what this means, where I'm stuck, and how to go forward?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> John Blinka
I would suggest before trying the "hard way", to use Networkmanager and
knetworkmanaget. If you have success with that, then you can try the other
way
Other wifi guis are wlassistant or wifiradar. Give them a try
--
Markos Chandras
Re: [gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and at&t 2wire gateway
you can try to use "wpa_passphrase" command , that generate the network
profile for you Acces Point, copy into wpa_supplicant.conf and reboot the
device. works for me, when a trie to connect a AP with WPA encryption .
ej:
wpa_passphrase AP_id password :
that generate -->
network={
ssid="AP_id"
#psk="password"
psk=993142399374b6d582da81a6d4887ef7a9283a0e00dd4678681aac5e0a2478e9
}
copy into wpa_supplicant.conf.
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 8:14 PM, John Blinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've recently subscribed to AT&T's u-verse which came with a
> 2wire 3800hgv-b wireless gateway. On the windows side, my
> dual-booting Dell laptop picked up the signal and connected
> trivially. I've had no such success on the linux side.
>
> The gateway claims to use WPA-PSK authentication and TKIP
> encryption. My supplicant.conf file looks like:
>
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
>
> network={
> ssid="my_ssid"
> psk="my_password"
> key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
> proto=WPA
> pairwise=TKIP
> }
>
> wpa_gui provides the following information for a few seconds:
>
> adapter: ath0
> network: 0: my_ssid
> status: SCANNING
> last message: Disconnect event - remove keys
> authentication:
> encryption:
> ssid:
> bssid:
> ip address:
>
> then displays:
>
> adapter: ath0
> network: 0: my_ssid
> status: 4WAY_HANDSHAKE
> last message: ASSOCIATED WITH 00:22:a4:0d:23:89
> authentication: WPA-PSK
> encryption: TKIP
> ssid: my_ssid
> bssid: 00:22:a4:0d:23:89
> ip address:
>
> and then cycles between these two sets of information.
>
> I can't pretend that I understand what's going on, and I haven't
> found any enlightenment in web searches. Does anyone know
> what this means, where I'm stuck, and how to go forward?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> John Blinka
>
>
--
Cristian Gonzalo Gary Bufadel
[gentoo-user] wpa_supplicant and at&t 2wire gateway
I've recently subscribed to AT&T's u-verse which came with a
2wire 3800hgv-b wireless gateway. On the windows side, my
dual-booting Dell laptop picked up the signal and connected
trivially. I've had no such success on the linux side.
The gateway claims to use WPA-PSK authentication and TKIP
encryption. My supplicant.conf file looks like:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="my_ssid"
psk="my_password"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
}
wpa_gui provides the following information for a few seconds:
adapter: ath0
network: 0: my_ssid
status: SCANNING
last message: Disconnect event - remove keys
authentication:
encryption:
ssid:
bssid:
ip address:
then displays:
adapter: ath0
network: 0: my_ssid
status: 4WAY_HANDSHAKE
last message: ASSOCIATED WITH 00:22:a4:0d:23:89
authentication: WPA-PSK
encryption: TKIP
ssid: my_ssid
bssid: 00:22:a4:0d:23:89
ip address:
and then cycles between these two sets of information.
I can't pretend that I understand what's going on, and I haven't
found any enlightenment in web searches. Does anyone know
what this means, where I'm stuck, and how to go forward?
Thanks for any help,
John Blinka
Re: [gentoo-user] Flash Busted
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Beau Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As of late ( past couple of weeks ), I've been having trouble with flash. > Nothing seems to work. Youtube, google video, lastfm doesn't have the little > What version of flash are you using? Here net-www/netscape-flash-10.0.12.36-r1 (in Opera and SeaMonkey) black-outs everything. Didn't yet do so, but I'd suggest downgrading to 9.0.151.0. I'm currently on Gnash, but it is still well alpha. Liviu -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
[gentoo-user] Re: KDE build problem (shifted)
Am Samstag 22 November 2008 08:29:48 schrieb Dirk Uys: > I posted yesterday about a problem with building kdelibs. I did an > emerge --sync and tried again. This is the error I get: > > [ 51%] Building CXX object kio/CMakeFiles/kio.dir/kio/kdirlister.o > /var/tmp/portage/kde-base/kdelibs-4.1.3-r1/work/kdelibs-4.1.3/kio/kio >/kdirlister.h: In member function 'void > KDirListerCache::DirectoryData::moveListersWithoutCachedItemsJob()': > /var/tmp/portage/kde-base/kdelibs-4.1.3-r1/work/kdelibs-4.1.3/kio/kio >/kdirlister.h:636: error: 'KDirLister::Private* const KDirLister::d' > is private > /var/tmp/portage/kde-base/kdelibs-4.1.3-r1/work/kdelibs-4.1.3/kio/kio >/kdirlister.cpp:2527: error: within this context > [ 51%] Building CXX object kio/CMakeFiles/kio.dir/kio/kdirmodel.o > > Where to go from here? > > Regards > Dirk Look at bug #246568. There you will find a patch which worked for me. Someone has also posted an ebuild integrating that patch. But it does not work for everybody and the bug was closed as a problem with upstream. But perhaps the patch works for you. Good luck Christian
Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user?
Hey Brett, I already point my router at these guys. Is there something more I could be doing? I've decided that for the most part this is probably a futile undertaking. It turns out some of his online classes are using Flash and certainly a lot of video media as port of how they teach. With that in mind it's pretty difficult for me to block the technologies themselves as a 'policy' decision. That leaves me with trying to block web sites which turns me real-time policeman which I'm unwilling to do so I've let him know that I'm watching how he uses the machines. It hasn't worked in the past though... Cheers, Mark On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Brett Freer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Why don't you try www.opendns.com? > > Kind regards > > Brett > > -Original Message- > From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 22 November 2008 3:35 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user? > > 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 > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Flash Busted
Beau Henderson schrieb: > G'day, > > Sorry in advance if I'm posting this to the wrong list. > > As of late ( past couple of weeks ), I've been having trouble with flash. > Nothing seems to work. Youtube, google video, lastfm doesn't have the little > player and worst of all I'm missing out on shiny advertisements that go > DING. > > All I get is a gray box. I've made no major changes to my system, just the > regular update. > > I've tried removing and re-installing netscape flash to no avail. > > I'm using the latest Firefox 3 binary available in portage ( r.0.4 ) and I'm > on x86. > > Would anyone happen to have any ideas on what I might need to check or how I > might enable further debugging to get to the bottom of this ? > Have you tried a different browser, Epiphany, Opera or Konqueror maybe? Maybe you should try to disable all addons for Firefox. Some combinations can have funny side effects. Another thing you can try is to move your ~/.mozilla directory to, say, ~/.mozilla_bak and restart Firefox so you get a fresh profile. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RE: [gentoo-user] Office web filtering
Hi Stroller, I have found www.opendns.com to be a really good solution. However, it will be blanket cover for the whole lan and you won't be able to implement the time-based, or the user-based exceptions. Kind regards Brett Freer -Original Message- From: Stroller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 9 November 2008 4:37 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Office web filtering Hi there, Anyone got any suggestions regarding web filtering for a small office of a dozen employees? I'd assume Squid + Google-it-you-lazy-git, but there are a couple of requirements that make my request a little unusual. Firstly, instead of simply blocking pr0n & allowing everything else, the site primarily wants to block Hotmail & Facebook. I assume that what this _really means_ is that they want to block everything by default and add a whitelist of work-related sites (it's an estate agent, so http://rightmove.co.uk would be on the whitelist, for instance). Secondly, they want to perform the blocking for most of the day, but relax the restrictions between 11am - 11:15am & 1pm - 2pm. And thirdly, the bosses want to be excluded from the filtering. One obvious way to do this is filtering by their MAC or IP address - none of the staff are geek enough to get around this but nevertheless it's a bit clumsy & requires maintenance if the boss gets a new laptop. So what I'd prefer is really some kind of system that pops up a message "this site cannot be displayed because it is in the filter category [pr0n|frivolous]; if you would like to see it anyway, please enter your username & password". I used to work at a place that displayed a similar message & allowed with a single click a user to submit to the admin websites that had been blacklisted in error; so I am sure something like this is possible, I just don't know if it's available in open-source. Thanks in advance, Stroller.
RE: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user?
Hi Mark, Why don't you try www.opendns.com? Kind regards Brett -Original Message- From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 22 November 2008 3:35 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user? 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
