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Advanced child blocking/throttling

You don't stand a chance. it will be just be a challange to bypass it.
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reply to Rillion
OpenDNS may provide some relief but in your case perhaps just laying down clear rules are in order. I presume you have locked down his and your computer as much as possible, ie. not giving your son the admin user password, using a strong admin user password, setting him up as a standard/limited user, etc...etc...etc...

What OS's are you running on the machines?

From our friends at the NSA...

»www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/factsheets···eets.pdf

From the CERT at Carnegie Mellon University...

»www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html

From MSFT...

»www.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx

Check your password strength...

»www.microsoft.com/security/pc-se···ite_Link

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reply to Rillion
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Agreed.

Lay down the rules & the expectations as well as the consequences for breaking them.

If someone has physical access to the equipment, there is virtually nothing you can do to "prevent" them from doing what they want to do online if they have the knowledge and the desire.

reply to Rillion
The others are right about the "non technical approach". Good luck. It's a tough job being a parent these days when children have access to the entire world.

But, you also don't really know the extent of his knowledge and it is a good idea to do anything you can on the technology front. If he works around it and laughs to himself, at least he knows you are trying and that counts for something.

I use opendns at home. If he can change his IP settings on the computer he can simply change the DNS server's it's using and get around this. But I wanted to mention it anyway. It really is a great service.

I use an Asus router with Tomato installed and although it's been a long time since I poked around in there, I remember there were some time schedule settings and stuff that you could set for parental style controls.

Do whatever you can with technology combined with good old fashioned parenting. Good luck.

reply to Rillion
How old is your Son?

It all depends on who and what controls his access to the Internet. If your son is very advanced with computers, writes code, does some sort of work for the jail breaking teams ect. YOU do not have a hope in the world for as long as your son has access to the gear providing access to the internet.

YOU can control access how computers in your home gain access to the internet and what content they are allowed to view but that takes some investment and know-how plus Your Son would not be permitted to access this special gatekeeper -- this gatekeeper would need to be located in a special location within your home that is locked up in a way that he could not gain physical access to it.

The solution you can look at is called UNTANGLE

But remember that I stated -- it requires some investment and know-how.
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Information Technology for Home and Business

reply to tobicat
Good luck with blocking him. If he does work for the jailbreaking teams like you said, it would just motivate him even more to bypass whatever you have in place!

Good Luck Have Fun, you'll need the luck.
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reply to Rillion
Cradlepoint sells great routers with scheduling access, as do many good routers. You can setup when users have access to the web. You can also setup logs for when access is used.

This one is simple really; as I am a parent of tech loving kids as well: Rules. IF they are broken, then the ENTIRE COMPUTER IS REMOVED, Seriously. Your children are your own damn fault (Read: Larry Winget). If they do not obey rules that you set forth, you are the problem, not them. You do not have to be a dick, even if you feel like one. Your a parent, and that is never cool, so do not try to be.

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