I am assuming that the computer is in the loungeroom/family room. I guess with a subscription based tool you might need to use an authentication based system which could be very annoying with the number of popups you'd get if you require a user based internet filter.
about 10 years ago I used Squid with Dan's Guardian with one of my employers. I restricted IP based and user based authentication. but found user based authentication to give users a very bad experience. Now with my kids aged 10, 9 and 5. I have 4 computers in the family room and it tends to reduce the the unwanted content but I also went the way of an evil corp and used the inbuilt tool called parental controls, at least I can restrict out/in going emails, Instant messaging and internet access. > Hi All, > > does anyone know of any linux-based filtering software I can put in place to > protect him from himself? > > Requirements would be; > > Subscription-based; so, someone out there keeping the list of sites, > keywords, extensions, etc. up to date. > Ability for me to add to it for personal choice; - effectively contribute > Ability to IP (or MAC) restrict it's use; - so it's only him and not us. > > I know of Dansguard, but AFAIA, that is a host-based solution. > > What else is there pls? > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
