RE: [Fed-Talk] Internet Filters?
RE: [Fed-Talk] Internet Filters?
- Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] Internet Filters?
- From: "Valentine, Colin M." <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:14:56 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Internet Filters?
Another vote for OpenDNS. “But if they have their own computer and can change the network settings, then you need something else.” Not if your firewall blocks other DNS servers. Colin. From: fed-talk-bounces+val=email@hidden [mailto:fed-talk-bounces+val=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Bracy, Jason T. Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:37 AM To: email@hidden; email@hidden Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] Internet Filters? Importance: High I use OpenDNS at home which works great. My kids don’t have permission to edit the DNS, so it works fine even as they are getting older. But if they have their own computer and can change the network settings, then you need something else. I have my router set to use the OpenDNS servers so even if the client isn’t configured to use it the router will pass it through. Once you setup a free account with OpenDNS you set the filters and link it to your external IP address. They have a utility that runs at startup for Mac, PC and Linux that will change the IP address on your account if your ISP gives you a new one. I also tried all of the commercial packages – one of them stopped my kids from going to everything! (disney.com, webkinz.com, apple.com, etc…) Definitely a little over zealous! OpenDNS has worked great and has some really good additional features. http://www.opendns.com/ Jason |
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