Content blocking software

[EQTitan]

I'm looking for software that will block every site except the site we want them to see. Can anyone recommend a good free product or one that is fairly cheap....

 

[Cooler]

If your kids are smart, no software will prevent them from going to sites you don?t want. Best thing is to watch your kids while on line if you can and talk to them. Software never substitutes good parenting.

 

[EQTitan]

I'm just setting them up to be good with breaking security measures!!

=)

 

[papaschtroumpf]

actually for 3 and 5 year olds it's not a bad idea.
they're not aware of the filtering, not smart enough to defeat it, and probably don't care about it as long as Disney.com or whatever still works for them.
I have an 8 year old that tends to mispell things, and we all know mispelled internet searches can lead you in unintended places not suitable for a young kid.
I'm in the room while the kids use the computer, but leaving them some leaway as to not be breathing down there neck at every keystroke *is* good parenting. Software is not a good substitue to good parenting, it's a good complement to good parenting.
Once the kids are old enough to try and defeat the protection, they should be old enoguh to have a good talk with you about what is and is not appropriate, because at that age it's not an accident anymore.

so is there anything good and free?

So is there or is there not a good solution?

 

[BeauJangles]

What about creating a webpage that is hosted locally with links to all the "acceptable" sites and then just hiding the address bar? Sure it isn't terribly secure, but if you're keeping an eye on them it should prevent them from going places you don't want while also giving them an easy way to access the "okay" sites.

 

[papaschtroumpf]

That's what I have been doing till now. No need to even hide the address bar, kids were simply told not to use it.

My oldest is getting an an age where he often has questions (how long to kangaroo live?) that I answer by "let's see if we can find out on the Internet". I suppose I could have a hard link to wikipedia only, but so far we've been using google in "Safe search" mode.

So far so good but I wouldn't mind an extra latyer of pretection.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Squid + Dan's guardian (maybe?) + a good firewall. Block everything that isn't the site you want to approve, and force all http connections through the squid proxy.

 

[mad0maxx]

What you need is this...

http://www.contentwatch.com/products/contentprotect_home_suite

It is also used on the new Disney Computers...

 

[Bryan]

Kidrocket

 

[xcript]

I installed We-Blocker (free) for someone ages ago and it did a good job AFAIR.

 

[IdaGno]

family oriented safe surfing things to consider here

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: Bryan
Kidrocket

Mine are 3 and 5 too.
Unquestionably a GREAT product

 

[Medea]

Also wouldn't hurt to install HOSTS file.