Can I Block AIM?

[her209]

Its called pulling the plug.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Carbo
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all the virgins who offered their parenting advice and tidbits.

ok so i may be one, and i dont agree/disagree w/ you,


does she have a computer in her room? if she does, tell her she cant use it, unless she has already done her hw. and to enforce that, hmm lets see, pull the cmos jumper on her and see wtf she does then. and she could also always use themain computer for searching stuff.


or just do it your way, but you do know there are other ways around that if she starts asking around, maybe just regular aim would work.

i like the pop-up add killer, since you could always disable that, w/o to much ado but sh might find it, but have it autoload, and dont allow her access to ctrl alt del.



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[GoodRevrnd]

Originally posted by: Carbo
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all the virgins who offered their parenting advice and tidbits.

LMFAO!! You all got so owned. Haha.

 

[thomsbrain]

if you suceed you are in for hell.

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: Carbo
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all the virgins who offered their parenting advice and tidbits.

Hey, if YOU won't raise your kids....




Please note the wink. I am kidding. Haha funny joke.

 

[sc0tty8]

Setup NT4 workstation with a restricted users account, and then when she is done with her homework, and you look at it, log her into an "aim" account.

There was a program some time ago that would restrict app/net access during certian times of day, depending how it was set. I frown upon paretns restricing IM usage though. I had a friend that had to out in a 4 digit code to watch tv at his house, he was allowed 4hrs a week......unless friends came over, then it was unlimited.

 

[quirky]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
if you suceed you are in for hell.

 

[johneetrash]

just outta curiousity, what happens when she needs to use AIM to ask a hw question (assuming she doesnt have their phone number or that person only has one line or osmethin), or when she's done with HW and has free time?

or what happens when one of her nerdy friends is an ATOTer...

 

[NesuD]

Do a search for a little app called Noads install that then go to the aim website and bring up aim express. when the aim express login screen is up bring up noads from the system tray in the list of running pages you will see the aim site, an aim express window and the aim express signon select all of them and add to the blocked list then click the hide button. set the noads icon in the system tray to aways hide so it isn't so obvious. In options you can also set it run hidded and set a shortcut key to bring it up so she won't find it. basically you can block any url easily and quickly with this little app. You can download it here.

 

[SuperSix]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: Carbo
First, before this becomes a thread on parenting and that associated BS, thanks for the advice but let's keep it on track.
Jzero, Ctho, I've already edited the hosts file with the following:
127.0.0.1 www.aol.com
127.0.0.1 www.aim.com
127.0.0.1 www.aol.co.uk (this one because I see she was going this route to get to AOL).
But, despite this, she is still getting through.
If it helps, I'm on a cable modem, and I'm behind Netgear RT314 Gateway router.

why not just shut off internet access on that computer completely ?
and teach her a lesson ~

WHen it's time to do her homeowrk, pop into your router and block her IP from connecting. Or pull the network cable.

 

[NetworkDad]

Unless you have a reason to visit AOL...and if your router allows....block their whole IP address block.

 

[FishTankX]

You might be making a big mistake. Because you know she'll just get trilian or something. Or shift over to something else. Then you'll never know. Anyways, I wouldn't block AIM. What I would do is check which homework she's suposed to be doing, and then tell her she can get on AIM after she's done. And unplug the netcable (from the router, so she wont' just try and plug it back in on that end) until she does.

But I mean, blocking AIM whole sale is a bad thing. I mean, my mom did that once and it nearly killed the best relationship of my life. Nearly, I say. Discovered Trillian and all was good. And now I've got a new GF. And I did get through higshcool, if anybody's wondering. I learned how to be careful and make sure that I got my homework done so that my mom would have nothing to get upset about.

 

[johneetrash]

Originally posted by: FishTankX
You might be making a big mistake. Because you know she'll just get trilian or something. Or shift over to something else. Then you'll never know. Anyways, I wouldn't block AIM. What I would do is check which homework she's suposed to be doing, and then tell her she can get on AIM after she's done. And unplug the netcable (from the router, so she wont' just try and plug it back in on that end) until she does.

But I mean, blocking AIM whole sale is a bad thing. I mean, my mom did that once and it nearly killed the best relationship of my life. Nearly, I say. Discovered Trillian and all was good. And now I've got a new GF. And I did get through higshcool, if anybody's wondering. I learned how to be careful and make sure that I got my homework done so that my mom would have nothing to get upset about.

but... doesnt trillian still connect to oscar.aol.com (or wtuever that aim server is on)...?

 

[aswedc]

but... doesnt trillian still connect to oscar.aol.com (or wtuever that aim server is on)...?

I believe one problem with Trillian would be its ability to use the TOC protocol instead of OSCAR

Then in September 1998, AIM released an new protocol for instant messaging along with a beta Linux client. This protocol was called TOC, was string based, and to many people's surprise, was released under the GNU General Public License. TOC is much easier to use and has allowed numerous Linux based clients to be written without the need of reverse engineering. TOC does not replace OSCAR, rather, TOC servers act as a proxies for OSCAR, making life for the clients much easier.

I think this means you could connect through any one of a number of TOC proxys which would then communicate with the OSCAR server? Of couse, this proxy avoidance could also be accomplished through any HTTP or SOCKS proxy...only foolproof method is to restrict internet access entirely.

And you guys questioning Carbo's parenting skills and such I suggest you read his other thread before you comment. ..

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: johneetrash

or what happens when one of her nerdy friends is an ATOTer...

Huh?