Locking the Internet from kids

On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:09:02 -0700, Littlerich
wrote:

I had a similar situation with my ex. She wanted the PC to be restricted for
her kids access. I installed "Net Nanny", which allowed me to block any
"unsuitable" content from being accessed by her kids.
There were 2 of them, so I set up seperate accounts with different settings
(One was more prone to look for porn than the other one)
.

It also allowed me to lock the computer on either a time-basis (like, once
they should be in bed) and ban sites that contain sexually explicit images.

I would recommend Net Nanny to anyone who requires this kind of internet
restriction. It takes a while to sit down and learn how to configure it
properly, but it would be worth it if you're worried about what your kids
access.

Oh, and not only did it monitor internet, but it could block chat rooms,
yahoo + msn
messenger, and send me an email once a week with a full report which I could
see what child tried to do what!

And such things block a lot of legit sites as well.

"NoNoBadDog!" wrote in message
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"One of five" wrote in message
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I would like to lock up the internet when I am not using it. I have a
DLS, and would like to find a way to lock access to the internet from
my kids. How do I do this?




--
One of five

Whatever you do, they will be smart enough to undo it.
Here's a thought...how about being a parent and monitoring their online
activity?

Bobby


100% with you and Bob (except perhaps the monitoring part - we monitor as
parents not as IT security folks!). A childs development and future
achievement splits about 20% with the school and 80% with the parents (from
accredited recent research). When parents don't do their part the impact is
massive.

We don't do TV's or PC's in bedrooms (which a frightening number of people
consider harsh or stone age) but they do have full and free access to TV
and PC in the family areas of the house. This helps ensure sleep at the
right times and is an antidote to kids becoming isolated and then heading
off down the wrong track.

My kids are now 16 and 19 and have had internet access for ten years - its
not proved to be a problem. I don't feel particularly ignorant on the topic
of kids and schools.

Steve

And when the kinds need to access one of those site, they can come to me and
ask, and I'll open it up for them.

"Loren Pechtel" wrote in message
Oh, and not only did it monitor internet, but it could block chat rooms,
yahoo + msn
messenger, and send me an email once a week with a full report which I
could
see what child tried to do what!

And such things block a lot of legit sites as well.

You could try commercially available software. You can use it to
restrict/limit Internet access for different users. You need a program
that is flexible, in order so that different people can have different
restrictions. This is possible with the program Chornoger at
http://www.softforyou.com. You can use it to establish the limits
according to individual users. It follows that you could set the
program so that (for instance) a young child can access the Internet
just for 2 hours a day in the evening, whilst an older child can
access it for longer.