Comments on: OpenDNS http://richardkmiller.com/205/opendns Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jordy http://richardkmiller.com/205/opendns/comment-page-1#comment-4087 jordy Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:18:56 +0000 http://www.richardkmiller.com/blog/archives/2006/07/opendns#comment-4087 "I’d like to see a service like this that filters porn sites for those that want it." You should check out proxy servers. They basically stand between you (or your house, or your company) and the internet. Besides sharing a local cache with other users (better for speed if you happen to visit the same websites), proxy servers allow you to set everything from which sites can or can't be visited, what times of the day the internet is available for each user, etc. You can even have it scan the site for profanity before it is dished up, so if it finds any objectionable text it redirects to another page instead of dispalying the content. There are also "blacklists" that you can download to block pornagraphic sites, although it's hard to catch everything. Anyway, proxy servers really do provide a very configurable solution. We use on at my dad's business, and it really keeps the funny business down. The <a href="http://www.squid-cache.org/" rel="nofollow">Squid proxy server</a> on Linux is excellent, but there are other options available as well. “I’d like to see a service like this that filters porn sites for those that want it.”

You should check out proxy servers. They basically stand between you (or your house, or your company) and the internet. Besides sharing a local cache with other users (better for speed if you happen to visit the same websites), proxy servers allow you to set everything from which sites can or can’t be visited, what times of the day the internet is available for each user, etc. You can even have it scan the site for profanity before it is dished up, so if it finds any objectionable text it redirects to another page instead of dispalying the content. There are also “blacklists” that you can download to block pornagraphic sites, although it’s hard to catch everything.

Anyway, proxy servers really do provide a very configurable solution. We use on at my dad’s business, and it really keeps the funny business down. The Squid proxy server on Linux is excellent, but there are other options available as well. ]]> By: dready http://richardkmiller.com/205/opendns/comment-page-1#comment-4086 dready Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:56:41 +0000 http://www.richardkmiller.com/blog/archives/2006/07/opendns#comment-4086 <strong>OpenDNS - Technical Review...</strong> OpenDNS Technical Review - dready.org... OpenDNS – Technical Review…

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]]> By: Kenneth Burgener http://richardkmiller.com/205/opendns/comment-page-1#comment-4082 Kenneth Burgener Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:30:25 +0000 http://www.richardkmiller.com/blog/archives/2006/07/opendns#comment-4082 in response to "(On a side note, wouldn’t it be nice if you could call me at “richardkmiller” on your phone? If the name resolved to my phone number, you wouldn’t have to remember the number and if I changed it I wouldn’t lose anybody.)" get ready for the VOIP generation... in response to

“(On a side note, wouldn’t it be nice if you could call me at “richardkmiller” on your phone? If the name resolved to my phone number, you wouldn’t have to remember the number and if I changed it I wouldn’t lose anybody.)”

get ready for the VOIP generation…

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