On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Joe C <v2jo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well since no one has mentioned this yet & most of the computers are > Windows XP, I have a random idea. The Windows Live Essentials" over at > http://download.live.com/ has a Family Safety part that you can > install on the Windows XP computers. If they are not allowed onto the > Linux box that could cover the network. I haven't used it personally, > I just know it exists because I saw what I could install when I > installed "Windows Live Writer" to make blogging easier for me. > > <snip>
Since the clients are all Windows (or Macs), you can use a free filtering client from www.getk9.com (by BlueCoat Systems) on each machine. We also have a device similar to Bob, but we only use it on the TV. It's called TV Allowance. ( http://www.tvallowance.com/ ) It's pricey at $99/unit so I've never put one on a computer. I'm thinking if it was put on a monitor, a kid would easily just get a different monitor.....or for that matter, a kid could easily boot up any CDROM based Linux version and bypass getk9 (or any other client-based filtering product too. I've also used DansGuardian in the past which worked pretty well. Joel /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
