Recommendations Kids Internet Filter

[DaveW]

My son, 7, has figured out Google so I'm naturally concerned as to what he may be exposed to when I'm not looking over his shoulder. Can anyone recommend a good proxy/filter?

[Bearclaw]

Well, I have always found it is easier to have a whitelist than a blacklist. It's easier to only allow for example, educational sites he may need for school and whatever else.

[crainger]

I've found K9 http://www.k9webprotection.com/ to be very good and it's completely free. :)

[Bearclaw]

I've found K9 http://www.k9webprotection.com/ to be very good and it's completely free. :)
You don't even have kids...or a wife or girlfriend. You just make her up and half the time it's you giving your blow up doll a name. Give us a break craingball.

[Amuro]

I just use the parental control function built into the Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0.

[evilghost]

Well, I have always found it is easier to have a whitelist than a blacklist. It's easier to only allow for example, educational sites he may need for school and whatever else.

This is, without question, the best approach. Blacklist approaches simply don't work and all it takes is one false negative for your child to be exposed. Deny all sites except for an explicit whitelist. The easiest way to do this would bring up a SQUID server with separate username/passwords for people and give one to your child to use. Of course, parental supervision is key here too. Explain to him/her that you see everywhere they go, and handle a review with him/her weekly, of sites they have visited.

[six_storm]

This is, without question, the best approach. Blacklist approaches simply don't work and all it takes is one false negative for your child to be exposed. Deny all sites except for an explicit whitelist. The easiest way to do this would bring up a SQUID server with separate username/passwords for people and give one to your child to use. Of course, parental supervision is key here too. Explain to him/her that you see everywhere they go, and handle a review with him/her weekly, of sites they have visited.

+1. Don't leave your kids in the dark, let them know what's up and that you are in control. ;) Hey, I know I don't have kids yet, but you can bet your butt the PCs and the network will be squeaky clean.

[ViN86]

My son, 7, has figured out Google so I'm naturally concerned as to what he may be exposed to when I'm not looking over his shoulder. Can anyone recommend a good proxy/filter?
i believe OpenDNS has content protection schemes available. that's always good because it blocks content before it's even accessed. idk if theyre free or not.

http://www.opendns.com/features/overview/

EDIT:

free service.
http://www.opendns.com/features/adult/