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Preventing flash does not prevent anybody of watching flash movies, |
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because you can download the flash movies using one of the many flash |
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downloader websites and then just play it with mplayer (for example). |
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Qian Qiao <qian.qiao@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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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>>> > |
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>>> > On 19 Nov 2008, at 04:06, Albert Hopkins wrote: |
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>>> >> |
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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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>>> > |
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>>> > To prevent his kids from watching YouPorn. |
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>>> > |
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>>> > Stroller. |
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>>> |
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>>> In that case, isn't putting |
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>>> |
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>>> 127.0.0.1 ADDRESSES_TO_BE_BLOCKED |
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>>> |
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>>> into /etc/hosts easier? |
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>>> |
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>>> Or just set up a proxy. |
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>>> |
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>>> Joe |
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>>> |
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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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>> |
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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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>> |
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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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> |
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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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> |
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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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> |
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> Then again, we are only guessing the OP's intention. |
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> |
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> -- Joe |
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> |
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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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