I completely get the point. OP asked how and I knowing that a question like that has to be triggered, asked why.
If you read beyond the first sentence you'd see I told him HOW to do it as well in the first post. Doing it through pi-hole is a possibility, but what happens when they install a VPN on their computer or phone and connect to a VPN that listens on port 80 somewhere on the web and proxy's past your pi-hole? On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 2:22 PM Naushad Zulfiqar <z00...@gmail.com> wrote: > You're not understanding the point. The OP asked how to block, but you > answered by why, so I am telling you why people do it. > > Anyways, I do it my way through pi-hole and it works perfectly. > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:10 PM Christopher Fisk < > christopher.f...@thefisks.org> wrote: > > > " I have the same issue with my daughter and she stays up half the night > on > > YouTube." > > > > Well, that's your problem. Your problem isn't youtube, it's your > daughter > > staying up late! ( xyproblem.info ) > > > > Use a router with access controls and disable access for her MAC > addresses > > after bed time. > > > > That way your internet works fine, you don't have to do things that she > can > > work her way around. Your router just doesn't let her machines connect > to > > the internet during that time. > > > > DD-WRT has support for this built in: > > https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Parental_control > > > > > > Is that more of what you're looking for? > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 12:46 PM Z00100 <z00...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So my question to you is why not? > > > > > > > > > > > > I have the same issue with my daughter and she stays up half the night > on > > > YouTube. We can’t take the phone per se because she uses it as an alarm > > > clock etc and the only safe place to ensure she doesn’t take it at > night > > is > > > in our bedroom. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 18, 2020 at 9:44 AM, <Christopher Fisk (mailto: > > > christopher.f...@thefisks.org)> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can I ask WHY you're looking to do this? Is the kid just not > following > > > the rules? Taking away the device they're using to circumvent the rules > > > seems like the right thing to do to me. This isn't a simple problem. > > > Removing just access to youtube for someone with computer skills and > > > determination to get it will be almost impossible without really > > tightening > > > down things. 1. Remove admin rights from the teenager's PC for their > user > > > account 2. Remove the ability to boot from anything except the > installed > > > HDD (to prevent creation of admin account through tools or running > linux > > > from livecd) 1. Set a BIOS password after configuring the boot sequence > > 2. > > > Teen might be able to reset password, so seal the computer case so > > jumpers > > > can't be touched 3. Setup Chrome and all other browsers in locked down > > mode > > > using either kiosk mode for the browser, or GPO 1. the GPO should set a > > web > > > proxy server to a machine running squid or other proxy software so you > > can > > > block youtube there, as well as track what they're doing to circumvent > > the > > > block 4. Setup the PC so they can't run anything that isn't on the > > > whitelist of applications (so they don't download a standalone version > of > > > firefox/chrome and get around your lockdowns) 1. (This is insanely time > > > consuming and will run into issues when you're trying to update the > > > computer) In a business environment you can do the majority of this and > > > centrally maintain things and it's a full time job. Doing it at home? > > That > > > seems insane. Non-admin rights, locked down profile, not being able to > > > install software and not being able to change the browser settings will > > get > > > the majority. On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:18 AM Bino Gopal < > > > binogo...@hotmail.com (mailto:binogo...@hotmail.com)> wrote: > So > > > what’s the simplest/most elegant way to block YouTube on a PC when > > > > you’ve got a resourceful teenager who can Google and attempt to > > circumvent > > > > any methods you use? > > Is it on the PC or on the network first > > > off? > > On the PC would UAC and an admin account and editing the > > hosts > > > file be > enough? Or fwd proxy software for all browsers preventing > new > > > browser > install? > > Or just do it with filtering on the router > > > outbound? > > How complicated do you need to get exactly? > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > BINO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > > Zulfiqar Naushad >
