[X4U] Mac internet Nanny software options

[Robb McDonald]

Have you looked into OpenDNS?

http://www.opendns.com/support/article/116

http://www.opendns.com/

Robb



On 10/6/10 6:17 AM, "Conlon Brett" <brettnlis at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Hiya,
> 
> I think it was some time last year that there was a discussion on this list
> regarding the options of Nanny-type software for limiting your home network
> computers from accessing internet sites of ill-repute. I think the final
> outcome was basically that kids will always find ways around it.
> 
> That being said, I'd rather put up some kind of a fence than place an
> ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.
> 
> I'd like to ask a further clarifying question on this subject. Am I right in
> thinking that if I don't have a proxy server of some kind with the filter
> software running on it (which is not something I'd like to have to manage,
> including the cost/footprint/power consumption of an extra computer) then each
> Mac/PC has to have the software loaded and the user account it is running
> under would have to be limited to basic User only, otherwise they could just
> go in and turn it off, right?
> 
> I'm thinking about my kid's Macs (10.5) and giving them internet access but
> want them to be protected in some way. If I restrict the user account to a
> basic user, then any software being installed and changes to System
> Preferences would have to require an admin password. I'm not sure my son, in
> particular, would cope with that.
> 
> Is there a workable solution I could look into?
> 
> Our setup is mostly laptops connected wirelessly to an Airport Extreme
> (8011b/g) which connects to a cable modem.
> 
> Ta muchly!
> 
> Cojcolds
> 
> 
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