From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L3oDz-0007yO-6v for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:52:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F3492E0361; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:52:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rhapsody.com.au (124-254-83-171-static-dsl.ispone.net.au [124.254.83.171]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39AB9E0361 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:52:17 +0000 (UTC) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user? Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:53:16 +1100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0811210834t2aeea7f9s5c13ecf7e5b8e294@mail.gmail.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user? Thread-Index: AclL94Zx/NGhVr1+T3qBjXWV2BxUcgAiBSlQ References: <5bdc1c8b0811181729v5e92cc0fh701faab1b02bd869@mail.gmail.com> <1227067612.16932.5.camel@blackwidow.nbk> <28C5CD56-5A44-4F6A-85CC-C28CC2C2F0A3@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <20081119150757.GD7022@beastie.linwin> <20081121162218.GA19595@mirja.bruns> <5bdc1c8b0811210834t2aeea7f9s5c13ecf7e5b8e294@mail.gmail.com> From: "Brett Freer" To: X-Archives-Salt: 855055ec-3de1-4b3f-9823-eb0d2775c7c0 X-Archives-Hash: ed8d92a7d7e6cbcd99e5d4775f4af754 Hi Mark, Why don't you try www.opendns.com? Kind regards Brett=20 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Knecht [mailto:markknecht@gmail.com]=20 Sent: Saturday, 22 November 2008 3:35 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user? On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:22 AM, wrote: > Michael [19.Nov.2008 16:07]: > >> On 10:05 Wed 19 Nov , Qian Qiao wrote: >> ... >>> >>> In that case, isn't putting >>> >>> 127.0.0.1 ADDRESSES_TO_BE_BLOCKED >>> >>> into /etc/hosts easier? >>> >>> Or just set up a proxy. >> >> No, perhaps not, considering the fact that there are so many sites=20 >> with pron. Maintaining such a massive hosts file is a disaster and=20 >> worse still the solution is not fullproof. But then, FWIW such=20 >> problems seldom have foolproof solutions. > > Well, at least there is "mvps" [1] with a nice host-file, blocking=20 > mostly ads, banners etc., which I use myself without much trouble. > While searching for a list of porn-sites to add to that list, I=20 > stumbled upon BadHosts [2], which includes several hosts-files, one of > them entirely for porn-sites. > > The sites listed there might get you started, but as noted by Qian=20 > Qiao before, that list will never be complete or up-to-date. Besides,=20 > using an anonymizer to reach one of those sites will get you there=20 > anyway. You would have to block those, too. > > My opinion: If children are to be "protected" from that kind of=20 > content, seting up a public computer in a livingroom might be a better > way (in conjunction with a host-file maybe for those nasty ads). But=20 > as soon as one starts blocking sites, the question will be where to stop. > > > JP Thanks to all that have answered. I appreciate the responses greatly. Indeed the question was based around what to do with a kid that's not using his computer time appropriately. It has nothing to do with 'protecting' him via censoring or anything like that. It was more a matter of should he be playing Flash games or playing online videos of Star Craft games when he has homework to be doing. After thinking about it the decision in the end was to do nothing technical. Nothing technical is going to fix this problem other than him growing up a bit. Thanks again, Mark