on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 07:01:28PM -0500, John Patton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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 <[email protected]> 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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