Comments on: Easy Web Content Filtering with DansGuardian

By: jim

jim — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:08:43 +0000

would not the child be able to disable the proxy settings from the browser?

By: vicko

vicko — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:57:09 +0000

DansGuardian is mean! Had it running in my previous job. It blocked completely random pages for no understandable reason. Had to use Gpass constantly to browse normaly.

By: gatordrew

gatordrew — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:32:15 +0000

For sure, if you want complete control with access restrictions then what you have outlined above is perfect. I use OpenDNS mainly for my protection (filtering out known phishing sites, for example). Additionally, I like not having to totally rely on my local ISP for dns servers. And lastly, I really enjoy having keywords that are accessible from any computer in my network. My usage is definitely different that yours, I just wanted to make sure that it wasn’t overlooked (heck, I sometimes overlook the easy alternative!)

By: Ashraf

Ashraf — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:03:56 +0000

In addition to what Jack said: if you read OpenDNS’s privacy policy, it is not the most impressive although kind of understandable.

By: jack

jack — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:22:20 +0000

while opendns is a good solution for sure. but i prefer using tools that i have absolute control over. dansguardian also allows me to control when/if she has access other sites like facebook and such.

By: gatordrew

gatordrew — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:13:17 +0000

While this is a great tutorial, wouldn’t OpenDNS be an easier way to control what content your step daughter could see?