Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware
These solutions end up being a complete mess a bunch of the time. Kids are much smarter than humans and will find a way to bypass your lock downs. They hack it or find some other way to get what they want. Then the adults will want to access sites that are not "appropriate" according to the nanny ware. So you get lots of requests for exceptions or ranting about how stupid this whole interweb thing is. The most solid way to lock it down is hardware/firewall. You have to explicitly delineate the only accepted sites that can be visited. Then you will need to lock the hardware in an unaccessible closet, so critters can not get at it to fiddle with it. clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Mar 5, 2015, at 2:06 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > On 05/03/2015 3:49 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: >> I'm looking for advice on parental control hardware (router or inline box) >> for Wi-Fi at out church. . Our church decided to install >> internet service at the church, including Wi-Fi. There are several benefits >> to this but I'm concerned about inappropriate use, particularly by the young >> folks. >> Scott >> >> __ > > H ...how about inappropriate use by the priest??? > > RB > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware
March 6-7 - National Day of Unplugging Just pretend that it is National Day of Unplugging when youngsters are there. There is no way to accomplish blocking without some serious flaws. Responsibility is the need. Cultivate that and be happy. Things happen. Don't try to play fedgov in control. There are always hacks and hackers. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware
On Mar 5, 2015 4:49 PM, "Scott Ritchey via Mercedes" wrote: > > to this but I'm concerned about inappropriate use, particularly by the young > folks. A little Google searching turned up SkyDog (no longer available), > BUC Tools box or router (looks promising), iBoss router, and several > Linksys routers that have parental controls. I wouldn't use the embedded "parental controls" on a consumer router. Just bias. For your situation I'd suggest something like openDNS for content filtering, but it is really easy to bypass when used alone. If you set up your router to filter all other DNS requests, though, you're getting into real geek territory to bypass. A quick search found someone using DD-WRT to do this. Can't vouch for the source but it looks about right: http://www.4thinker.com/parental-control.html DD-WRT also has the advantage of being able to configure a captive portal and welcome page, so you can easily block abusive users and make your use expectations clear. (That said I use a chromecast in my Sunday School class and that wouldn't work on a captive portal, though it would work fine on a separate secure SSID.) Lastly, I'd be remiss if I didn't remind you to come up with a plan for staff to exempt them from the blocks. Some day it will happen that the association of evangelicals, or something important anyway, will be blocked at 9pm Saturday, and you don't want to be the one man with the key. If you're using DD-WRT throughout that could be as simple as a second SSID, or if you only have one at the head you could probably configure a captive portal login for important users. Feel free to contact off list if you have specific questions, or I'm not answering on list. :) Best, Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware
My NetGear has Parental controls also. Like you, our kids are also gone so I don't use the parental controls but I know they're there. When I 1st saw your email and came to "Parental Controls' my 1st thought was you were dealing with some unruly parents! ;-) So far my netGear N450 has been perfect - but you may want the N600 model. Good luck - LarryT 91 300D On 3/5/2015 4:49 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: I'm looking for advice on parental control hardware (router or inline box) for Wi-Fi at out church. My kids left home before the advent of the internet so I never had to deal with this. Our church decided to install internet service at the church, including Wi-Fi. There are several benefits to this but I'm concerned about inappropriate use, particularly by the young folks. A little Google searching turned up SkyDog (no longer available), BUC Tools box or router (looks promising), iBoss router, and several Linksys routers that have parental controls. Having zero first-hand experience (and knowing the vast and deep pool of arcane expertise available on this list) I thought I'd solicit experience or expertise on this subject. Thanks. Scott ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware
> Scott wrote: > > I'm looking for advice on parental control hardware (router or > inline box) for Wi-Fi at out church. What capability are you looking for? On/off at set times each day? Content blocking of "unsafe" sites? White list of approved sites? Service filtering (no torrent, skype, FTP, etc)? Username/password logon? Dansguardian is the software I use for browser content filtering. It could be setup for a wifi hotspot, but I don't think it comes installed on any routers. -- Philip, asking more questions than answering. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware
On 05/03/2015 3:49 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote: I'm looking for advice on parental control hardware (router or inline box) for Wi-Fi at out church. . Our church decided to install internet service at the church, including Wi-Fi. There are several benefits to this but I'm concerned about inappropriate use, particularly by the young folks. Scott __ H ...how about inappropriate use by the priest??? RB ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
[MBZ] OT: Parental Control Hardware
I'm looking for advice on parental control hardware (router or inline box) for Wi-Fi at out church. My kids left home before the advent of the internet so I never had to deal with this. Our church decided to install internet service at the church, including Wi-Fi. There are several benefits to this but I'm concerned about inappropriate use, particularly by the young folks. A little Google searching turned up SkyDog (no longer available), BUC Tools box or router (looks promising), iBoss router, and several Linksys routers that have parental controls. Having zero first-hand experience (and knowing the vast and deep pool of arcane expertise available on this list) I thought I'd solicit experience or expertise on this subject. Thanks. Scott ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
