Help! My son can type 'boobs'

RobertoMoir

Dave101t wrote: »

nah, just supervise the kid,
i wouldnt let a 7 year old on the pc alone the same way i wouldnt let them play with the kitchen cleaners

I definately agree with the idea of supervising. I'd also say that something like openDNS (which can't be over-ridden if you program it into your router) is a useful supplement to that. I'd also suggest it for the person trying to deal with a 14 y.o.'s net access. Hell I'm 38 with no kids and I use it ;-)

Apples2

Has anyone else been into youtube and typed boobs or am I the only one ??

Jaffa.

bob_a_builder wrote: »

Ok for a 7 year old, but my 14 year has found a way round it which I'm not party to yet

Did you block proxies if not you need to

gaming_guy

RobertoMoir wrote: »

I'd also say that something like openDNS (which can't be over-ridden if you program it into your router)

it can be over-ridden easily even if programmed into the router, but i'm not saying how in this thread.

Marty_J

Apples2 wrote: »

Has anyone else been into youtube and typed boobs or am I the only one ??

I haven't today....;)

bordercars

off to try it now

bob_a_builder

Did you block proxies if not you need to

Yes - but he can get into the admin setting of K9 and change at will

But I have an elaorate chain of email accounts all with differnet password etc which must be traversed to reset the password/ achive access - son not sure how he achives that ????

bob_a_builder

it can be over-ridden easily even if programmed into the router, but i'm not saying how in this thread

Oh bu88er, I was thinking that looked like a good line of defence + plus cover all connected PCs in one go

carry on saying nothing !

RobertoMoir

gaming_guy wrote: »

it can be over-ridden easily even if programmed into the router, but i'm not saying how in this thread.

If it's what I'm thinking of, you would just re-route requests to DNS servers from network clients to openDNS, so the only DNS server that the home machines could talk to would be the openDNS ones. That, of course, pre-supposes the router password is secure.

RobertoMoir

bob_a_builder wrote: »

Oh bu88er, I was thinking that looked like a good line of defence + plus cover all connected PCs in one go

carry on saying nothing !

It _is_ a good line of defence.

It _isn't_ foolproof. Nothing is.
At the end of the day, children going to websites you want them to stay away from (whether by accident or on purpose) is a behavioural problem, and technological solutions can only go so far in stopping those kinds of issues.