I have also used opendns for personal home use and for a corporate customer that wanted control over their Internet. It is solid and does what you need it to do.
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 14, 2010, at 7:28 AM, Steve Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Marlon, this is a topic that I speak on in local churches, Kiwanis, > and such. There are free apps like getk9.com that is completely > free and locks down a PC's browsing. Then you can use user account > controls in windows vista and Win7 to keep them from over-ridding > your settings. But none of them protect Zunes, iPad, PSP's. You > will need a account with OpenDNS and install that on your home > routers DNS config to make it work right. There are ways you can > bypass this for your use. But knowing the teacher you are on this > list, I expect your son knows his way around network settings. As > the old sayings go where there is a will there is a way. > > I am considering setting up a OpenDNS Router and making it a option > for my clients. Routing all their traffic through it at their CPE. > > Steve Barnes > RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 1:50 AM > To: WISPA General List > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [WISPA] how to protect your kids > > Hi All, > > Here's the scenario. My kids are expressly forbidden from having > email > addresses outside my domain. They are forbidden from having myspace, > facebook etc. sites. > > If they want an email, fine by me, but it's one that *I* can check on. > > If they want a web site, fine by me, but make it a real one that *I* > can > delete things from. > > I'm trying to teach them to NOT do or say things on the internet > that might > bite them in the butt later. The days of people eventually > forgetting the > stupidity of youth or passion are long gone. > > Anyway, my 13 year old has a myspace account. He used a hotmail email > address to get it. He had permission to use neither of them. I > finally > found out about the myspace account and went in to check out what > he'd been > saying. His trash and sent messages had both been erased between > when I got > the password out of him and when I had time to check on it. (I > didn't know > that his zune, a video player!!!! would ALSO allow him to get on the > net and > work on his page, talk to his friends etc. deep sigh) > > So, I contacted myspace, using his account, and asked for all of the > deleted > information. I explained that I was the father of a minor and that > he had > no permission to use their site and I wanted to know what was being > hidden > from me. I gave my full name AND phone number as well as my email > address. > > They were very good about contacting me quickly about this issue. > However > they flatly refused to provide me with any information!!!!! They > had NO > proof of age etc. on the account. Nothing to verify that the child > was over > 18 etc. And *I* as the PARENT am prevented from accessing the account > information! "go get it from your teen" is basically what I was told. > > WTF is this??????? Absolutly amazing. > > So, what do the rest of you do to try to protect or control your > kids these > days? > > thanks > marlon > > > > --- > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > --- > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > --- > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > --- > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
