OT: Blocking Sites

[Stephen Partington]

I know the ASUS firmware has a schedule based parental control that ties to
mac address not just IP.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at gmail.com> wrote:

> if you have a router with either dd-wrt or one of the better commodity
> routers, you might be able to input those domains into a block list. you
> could, with some fine tuning, even block entire IP ranges (like all of
> china for instance). Also, if you are willing to setup a spare laptop to do
> this, you can use the Iptables firewall and setup the proper scripting in
> there. SInce that would be a lot more secure than the commodity router, it
> won't be so easy to bypass. you might also consider blocking any VPN
> tunnels as they can get around the domain blocks. One nice thing about
> Linus as a firewall is that you can log in and use either wireshark on a
> remote session or just run tcpdump and exclude any traffic not to or from
> your kids machines. This will give you an idea of where they are headed
> online. I used to do this a lot when I ran an OpenBSD firewall here on a
> virtual machine. It gave me the ability to monitor net traffic and see if
> anything was amiss. THe only issue I see right now i
>  s spending money on power to run a 200 watt drain on the electric for a
> computer.
>
> -eric
>
> On Jul 7, 2015, at 1:26 PM, AZ Pete wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I have two boys who's video gaming on their laptops is out of control.
> If me or my wife aren't *constantly* looking over their shoulders, they
> will be playing games. And they are savvy enough to have their educational
> lessons open in one tab and games in another and alt-tab away from the game
> when we are walking past.
> >
> > I need a solution that will block their game sites, while still allowing
> access to all the other sites that are needed for school, lessons, research
> etc.
> >
> > Is there some method I can block DNS requests to certain domains, while
> keeping others active for only their computers? I want something *very
> easy* to set up and maintain that runs on Windows (all computers in my home
> network are Win based). I have a Windows file server I could load some kind
> of proxy software on and have the kids computers hit the proxy to resolve
> DNS calls. But again, I don't want to screw around with complex proxy
> servers, "net nanny" based software, etc. Also, simply editing their hosts
> file isn't terribly realistic either.
> >
> > Basically, I want a solution where I can easily enter a domain to be
> blocked (or removed for access) for only their PCs, without having to sink
> hours and hours into learning/configuring/maintaining some complex software
> solution. I'd also rather not have to load some kind of net-nanny software
> onto each of their computers (which would be a pain to constantly have to
> maintain the block list on each machine).
> >
> > Free/Open Source would be best, but I'll be willing to pay if the price
> is right.
> >
> > I'm at my wits end with this game addition (and yes it's an addiction)
> and need a solution.
> >
> > Any thoughts would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Peter
> >
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