On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:36:22AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 07:01:28PM -0500, John Patton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My son just turned 10, and I was interested in being able > > to set up some sort of internet filter for him. I don't > > need to tie his hands as far as browsing goes, nor do I > > need something that is childproof or otherwise beyond his > > ability to circumvent. I just want something that would > > prevent him from accidentally stumbling upon certain types > > of questionable sites... you know: have him type in "kids" > > in a search engine only to be confronted with links to > > child porn sites. I've looked into Junkbuster and that's > > a possibility... but that doesn't allow filtering based > > on content, just specific sites. Are there free software > > packages that can filter content? Anybody with experience in > > this? Also, if anybody knows of a child safe search engine, > > that would be greatly appreciated as well. > > > > I know that no solution is perfect... I'm just looking for > > something that would help protect him from the darker sides > > of the internet until he's ready for it. I would be grateful > > for any ideas. Thanks. > > I'd probably turn to another resource. Freshmeat > (http://www.freshmeat.net/) or Google (http://google.com/), for > starters.
As it happens, freshmeat had what appears to be a suitable program on its site yesterday. DansGuardian at http://dansguardian.org filters on, among other things, page content. Brian. -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
