Child protection

steverob1983

steverob1983

steverob1983

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Building a pc for my 10 year old son for Christmas.
Im a bit worried about him being able to access certain things on the internet.
Is there any good software out there that will only allow him to access web sites that i set and maybe also offers other parent controls.

Cheers.
 
Parental supervision at 10 years old? Maybe too young to circumvent rules but only just.
 
Another vote for OpenDNS.

You can choose to use their FamilyShield option which is free, or pay an annual subscription of 10$ and select your own filters. Familyshield is not infallible, there were reports of RedTube being accessible a couple of years ago.

The benefit of a premium membership is that you can also view the domains that have been accessed over a given period:-

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You can then look at individual domains:-

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You can see which domains have been blocked:-

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If any domains get through that you don't like, then you can block them (this takes 3 minutes to upload to all servers) and then refer the domain for review.

Finally, you can customise your settings so that the internet access is exactly how you want it:-

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Obviously, the DNS settings are applied to your router and then your router secured so that DNS settings cannot be altered.

If you use a dynamic IP, then you can also install software that updates the IP if it should change.

OpenDNS also prevents access to Phishing websites automatically.

Hope this helps :)
 
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