AB wrote:
On 2007-03-03, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
Open Source Web Content Filtering Project
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| Dansguardian is free for home or personal use, and limited use
| within Government agencies. It is NOT however free for business
| use. You can however use it in a business setting for a very
| small fee.
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http://www.kathmannlabs.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Open_Source_Web_Content_Filtering_Project
http://tinyurl.com/2ppe42
I've been using DG since Junior was 3. He's 8 now. It's blocked
everything I told it to. And I check logs often to make sure something
new doesn't creep in.
I don't know about Pissed-duh's "parental access controls". But I doubt
they work very well, whereas DG works perfectly in my experience.
This has baffled me with Microsoft's later products like XP.
This I would consider an essential administrative tool for the XP
Home Edition. However, if a child modifies their file directory
(i.e., "My Documents" folder) accessibility setting with
password, can lock out the first person (Administrator AKA
parent) who set up XP, to view files.
Home Edition has only two administrative settings: Administrator
and User. Only difference is that the true Administrator is
accessible for log-in only during safe mode.
There are only two questions in "Select Logon and Logoff Options"
dialog box for user administration in Control Panel, User
Accounts: [Check/Uncheck] "Use the Welcome Screen" (UTWS). If
one checks, then can [Check/Uncheck] "Use Fast User Switching"
(UFUS, Linux equivalent of the "su" command) is available.
If one clears the UTWS question with all user names listed, they
cannot use the UFUS function. If one tries to log in as
"Administrator" by manually typing in the login box, it replies
with a message that that user is not available for this login.
(It is advisable for parents to log-in in safe mode, then
password protect "Administrator" and their log-in name. Else, a
child could render these inaccessible to parent.)
Logging in as Administrator during safe mode with child setting
their files accessible only through password has no advantage.
The super user is still prevented from seeing their files without
the proper password. (However, if system is dual boot and XP
NTFS partition is mounted, Linux administrator can see those
files, BTDT.)
It baffles me why Microsoft did not provide for a way for parents
to control children log-in and options in XP Home Edition. This
would have been a value added item and a simple one at that.
Many software packages require Administrator privileges to
function properly, especially the games. Hence to prevent
hassles, one is left to keep all users logged in with root
privileges. There are no intermediate privileges like in the
Professional Edition. This is why in Home Edition, it is
extremely important that one purchases a leading personal
firewall and antivirus software.
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Cheers, Rafael
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