There is no such thing as perfect in this world.   Only close, and that
only counts with hand grenades and horseshoes.  

I would not tell him about http logging.   If the poor kid wants to surf
some porn, let him.   It's only natural.   Naked Ladies, beer and
cigarettes; all kids will experiment.   

I would however take "reasonable" precautions and a bit of effort to
make porn surfing inconvenient.   I would however agree that if they
want to surf porn, or download p2p music or any other behavior you can
only in stow your values and hope for the best. 

What happened to the good ole days of your older brothers taking you out
for first beer at 7, your first cigarette at 8, and a copy of Playboy at
12.   Sorry, this has tuned into a rant.   Please accept my apologies
for being nuts and a Linux user. 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug@kclug.org [mailto:owner-kclug@kclug.org] On Behalf Of
Leo J Mauler
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 10:38 PM
To: jamessissel@hotmail.com
Cc: kclug@kclug.org
Subject: Re: Using a router server to filter the Internet?

On Tue, 04 May 2004 13:40:30 -0500 "James Sissel"
<jamessissel@hotmail.com> writes:
> > Ya know, I was just thinking about being 16. If my 
> > parents had tried something like this, I probably 
> > would have cracked it in a matter of days. 
...
> > Just some thoughts. Granted, most kids wouldn't 
> > be able to accomplish something like this but I 
> > think the point is that kids will find it /somehow/ 
> > no matter what you do.
> 
> What about putting the PC in the kitchen or living 
> room and watching where your children are going?  
> That has always proven effective.  But alas, it 
> requires parents.

If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, don't say anything
at all.

Having said that, I just can't avoid saying that my nephew's computer is
about five feet from my father-in-law's home office and my
father-in-law's computers, and my nephew is usually unsupervised on the
Internet whether or not my father-in-law is in his home office.

HTTP logging sounds like my father-in-law.  I'm going to have to think a
long time about whether or not to tell him about HTTP logging.

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