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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 15:07, Michael Moore <mikem.unet@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 10:05 Wed 19 Nov , Qian Qiao wrote: |
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>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:54, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> > On 19 Nov 2008, at 04:06, Albert Hopkins wrote: |
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>> >> ... |
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>> >> Why do you want to do this? ... I don't understand why. |
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>> >> What is your justification for doing that? |
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>> > To prevent his kids from watching YouPorn. |
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>> > Stroller. |
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>> In that case, isn't putting |
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>> 127.0.0.1 ADDRESSES_TO_BE_BLOCKED |
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>> into /etc/hosts easier? |
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>> Or just set up a proxy. |
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>> Joe |
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>> -- |
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>> There are 3 kinds of people in the world: those who can count, and |
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>> those who can't. |
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> No, perhaps not, considering the fact that there are so many sites with |
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> pron. Maintaining such a massive hosts file is a disaster and worse still |
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> the solution is not fullproof. But then, FWIW such problems seldom have |
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> foolproof solutions. |
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> The idea of proxy is very valid(in particular the transparent proxy |
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> implementation), mixed with mime-type handling could do the trick. What |
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> complicates the situation slightly is that it is to be done for just one |
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> user. I don't personally use proxy so not sure about the implementation |
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> details. Perhaps somebody with the usage experience can provide a |
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> detailed solution, once we are sure as to the reason for the question. |
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I did a quick google for "linux parental control", turned out there |
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are a couple of solutions, each with their strengths and weaknesses |
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ofc. |
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If it's parental control that the OP is after, then he can have a look at them. |
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Then again, we are only guessing the OP's intention. |
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-- Joe |
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There are 3 kinds of people in the world: those who can count, and |
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those who can't. |