When I go and teach my computer classes, during my introduction I tell my students that I am married and have two kids. Britney is 8 going on 15 and Aaron is 7. Both of my kids have computers. Britney has a Dell laptop with Windows XP (yuck), and Aaron has an old Shuttle with Mandriva Linux. They both like going on the Internet to the kids sites that Melanie and I have approved for them to go to, but I know there will come a day that I will have to “lock down” the Internet so they cannot go to the crummy sites that are out there.
I just got back from teaching a class and wouldn’t you know it, that time has come. Britney came to me the other day and showed me a website that one of her friends showed her, this was definitely not a site that I want her going to. So I am now looking at Parental Controls for my home network. I have a Dlink DIR-655 wireless router and Dlink has come out with a new firmware upgrade for it that has their SecureSpot software. This come with Parental Controls and all sorts of cool stuff. I am going to try it out and see how I like it. I’ll post up my thoughts after I have had a chance to play with it and all.
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