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 1L3VIm-0001It-8E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:40:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CA11E065A; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.240]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D05DE065A for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 31so630309agc.10 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:39:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=ZxR2p4i9URONipLmmzVyai1pyRHW4oO8VVMwh0eGdxU=; b=lmO60w8+Vr4mWwsfhEqrXqDxMLz76DMv/cOvU1U16EYobckcL8OqPSRe6Ua0/apgxD xAMEEIpvDRgYhHxcfQHfLQwklXcD/UBLkNkulVdP9DbCpfmppLBg4udIq+7SJh/HvDpy SL9FDOvVbhFS7Cx2+fMYRa7kaDYfBdL8LvyY4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=M/q0NjykXkTVHlONFpqaPKDl18bIsWw8391VHOTJNXilAV3yUaNvrLav8mrsmUf2OA eRVV+wXDxqpkcoHEgl4kEGSvTwDWaN2svGsoXrjFTB/lnHWjsU+kqubaLbktZT+yQPJJ 4Lbs2jiCjtWznyWMJctsB49EFWYy3UqT/c42E= Received: by 10.90.33.15 with SMTP id g15mr244681agg.71.1227271198342; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:39:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.79.13 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:39:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:58 +0100 From: Geralt To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Deny flash to a specific user? In-Reply-To: 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=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0811181729v5e92cc0fh701faab1b02bd869@mail.gmail.com> <1227067612.16932.5.camel@blackwidow.nbk> <28C5CD56-5A44-4F6A-85CC-C28CC2C2F0A3@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <20081119150757.GD7022@beastie.linwin> X-Archives-Salt: 2f07409d-a123-4736-80ad-6fb6735d3e68 X-Archives-Hash: d7d83a956ef4bbefc312dc0c3795aec8 Preventing flash does not prevent anybody of watching flash movies, because you can download the flash movies using one of the many flash downloader websites and then just play it with mplayer (for example). On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Qian Qiao wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 15:07, Michael Moore wrote: >> On 10:05 Wed 19 Nov , Qian Qiao wrote: >>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:54, Stroller wrote: >>> > >>> > On 19 Nov 2008, at 04:06, Albert Hopkins wrote: >>> >> >>> >> ... >>> >> Why do you want to do this? ... I don't understand why. >>> >> What is your justification for doing that? >>> > >>> > To prevent his kids from watching YouPorn. >>> > >>> > Stroller. >>> >>> In that case, isn't putting >>> >>> 127.0.0.1 ADDRESSES_TO_BE_BLOCKED >>> >>> into /etc/hosts easier? >>> >>> Or just set up a proxy. >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> -- >>> There are 3 kinds of people in the world: those who can count, and >>> those who can't. >> >> No, perhaps not, considering the fact that there are so many sites with >> pron. Maintaining such a massive hosts file is a disaster and worse still >> the solution is not fullproof. But then, FWIW such problems seldom have >> foolproof solutions. >> >> The idea of proxy is very valid(in particular the transparent proxy >> implementation), mixed with mime-type handling could do the trick. What >> complicates the situation slightly is that it is to be done for just one >> user. I don't personally use proxy so not sure about the implementation >> details. Perhaps somebody with the usage experience can provide a >> detailed solution, once we are sure as to the reason for the question. > > I did a quick google for "linux parental control", turned out there > are a couple of solutions, each with their strengths and weaknesses > ofc. > > If it's parental control that the OP is after, then he can have a look at them. > > Then again, we are only guessing the OP's intention. > > -- Joe > > -- > There are 3 kinds of people in the world: those who can count, and > those who can't. > >