Though I'be never used it myself, Google has somrthing called SafeSearch taht may be exactly what you're looking for. You can learn more about it at http://www.google.com/help/customize.html#safe It can be activated (and as easily deactivated) from google's preferences page, (a link from the main page gets you there). It's just a checkbox, so it's very not-childproof, but it should help keep accidental naughty links from showing up in would-be innocent queries. Hope this helps Vineet * Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) [010410 03:25]: > on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 07:01:28PM -0500, John Patton (patton66@home.com) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My son just turned 10, and I was interested in being able > > to set up some sort of internet filter for him. I don't > > need to tie his hands as far as browsing goes, nor do I > > need something that is childproof or otherwise beyond his > > ability to circumvent. I just want something that would > > prevent him from accidentally stumbling upon certain types > > of questionable sites... you know: have him type in "kids" > > in a search engine only to be confronted with links to > > child porn sites. I've looked into Junkbuster and that's > > a possibility... but that doesn't allow filtering based > > on content, just specific sites. Are there free software > > packages that can filter content? Anybody with experience in > > this? Also, if anybody knows of a child safe search engine, > > that would be greatly appreciated as well. > > > > I know that no solution is perfect... I'm just looking for > > something that would help protect him from the darker sides > > of the internet until he's ready for it. I would be grateful > > for any ideas. Thanks. > > I'd probably turn to another resource. Freshmeat > (http://www.freshmeat.net/) or Google (http://google.com/), for > starters. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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