Recommend a filter for browsing the web (intended for home users)

[dquan97]

What's the best filter (free or paid) that's out there? It's to filter browsing to prevent kids from going where they "may" not intend to go.

 

[child of wonder]

My router at home is running Endian 2.3 and I integrated the HTTP Proxy and Content Filter with Active Directory.

Kids log into any computer with their AD account and are automatically filtered at the router level. Parents are not filtered. Any account not meeting those guidelines is filtered just like the kids.

Only problem is since it's a proxy, Games for Windows Live doesn't want to work, activating new Windows installs are a pain, etc.

 

[rudeguy]

K9. I used it and have zero complaints

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

openDNS

 

[edro]

K9. I used it and have zero complaints

Whoa... I need that for my niece and nephew's computer.

Thanks!

 

[rudeguy]

Whoa... I need that for my niece and nephew's computer.

Thanks!

No prob. I found that after "naked sexy women" showed up in the search history at my sisters house.


Don't know why its not more popular.

 

[classy]

I use urlfilter with Smoothwall. Does a real nice job. I go much further by manually configured things as well. I even block Bing and google video.

http://www.urlfilter.net/

 

[MrChad]

I've heard Vista and Windows 7 have decent parental controls built in

 

[dquan97]

Thanks for the ideas, keep them coming!

 

[FP]

Any filter can/will be beat by a child with 30 minutes of spare time and a desire to bypass said filter.

The good news is they will learn a little something about networking which might spark their career in IT.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

OpenDNS. I've never actually used it to filter adult content (only use it to block known adware, phishing and parked domains) but I believe it works rather well.

List of options:

 

[classy]

Any filter can/will be beat by a child with 30 minutes of spare time and a desire to bypass said filter.

The good news is they will learn a little something about networking which might spark their career in IT.

Well urlfilter is a filter that functions with a proxy. Obviously only I know the password. Its not like locally installed filter software. It is the gateway to the internet.