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lotusla lotusla
 
M$1 October 31, 2009 08:44 AM

How do one install or program what media (especially sexually visual contents) would not be visible in one's computer, to protect minors...

from accessing or accidentally clicking those sites?

Sometimes, children plays with the computer or doing some homework research, a parent is concern maybe they will stumble to contents that they should not be seeing online. Are there settings that is applicable to this when they are using the same computer as the parent?
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dward dward
 
 October 31, 2009 09:34 PM
Little education. DNS servers are the servers that translate yahoo.com into a IP address that you computer can connect too. So if your trying to go or accidently redirected to *explicit*.com it hasn't to check with the DNS for the IP address in order to go there.

OpenDNS is typically a free alternative to the DNS that your ISP offers. Its often faster and also more secure. They have a parental control setter that you can setup so that domains are filtered out like that mentioned above and they might even have a blacklist of known porn sites. You set up an account then are given the IP for the OpenDNS server you modify one setting in Windows or on your broadband router. If you need to change it or modify it you just go there there site login and modify your settings. I think you can even set it so if somebody at home tries to go to a prohibited site you'll get an email. See link below.
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http://www.opendns.com/solutions/household/

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• thanks, dward, for answer. I tried it and I like it so i'll stick with it for a while and hope to learn about it more in the coming days, it helps a lot.


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mithrandir mithrandir
 
October 31, 2009 08:51 AM
You should get a program like Netnanny (http://www.netnanny.com/). There are others, but Netnanny is the market leader. It simply installs like any other windows program, but lets you control internet access. It's really good, and will definitely help you out if you want to control internet access by your kids.

There is a PC Magazine review on Netnanny, which you can find here:
http://www.netnanny.com/static/reviews/pcmag_60_review.pdf

Netnanny costs $39.95, but you can try if for free for 14 days.

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http://www.netnanny.com/products/netnanny


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lotusla lotusla
 
November 03, 2009 11:45 AM
thanks for the answer, mithrandir. it is a good program.

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dsaldridge dsaldridge
 
October 31, 2009 06:51 PM
If you have Windows, you already have parental controls built in. These are for Vista

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Set-up-Parental-Controls

If you're still using XP, here are some helpful instructions

http://www.windows-help-central.com/parental-controls-in-windows-xp.html

Here are a couple more free software options:

http://www.sofotex.com/FREE-Parental-Control-Filter-download_L94055.html

http://www.tucows.com/preview/320513

Hope this helps.

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November 03, 2009 11:48 AM
thanks, dsaldridge. i got a lot of infos from your sources.

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