Re: internet filter
On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:36:22AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> 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.
As it happens, freshmeat had what appears to be a suitable program on
its site yesterday. DansGuardian at http://dansguardian.org filters on,
among other things, page content.
Brian.
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