John Meier wrote: > "...I want to limit im time, see all im messages to and from, see all > emails, and see all websites visited Damn. I hope I never get that bad. > She's caught on to most of our checking up tricks, and puts the > computer back online with ipconfig /renew...." Yay! You go girl! > He was checking into key stroke loggers - software to run on the > computer where he could later check all text in IM and Web > browsing.... Bad idea. Too much information, essentially. > I suggested putting the computer in a high traffic area - so that > everyone knows when anyone is online The best suggestion. > - also suggested removing the power cord during offline times. Not a good idea. Too hands-on. > I also mentioned setting up something like ipcop where he could run a > proxy like squid and block stuff etc.... ipcop might be nice. I would definitely suggest a box running squid with user authentication and time-based acl's. Additionally, I would run a jabber server for instant messaging. Block all IM except that originating from the jabber server. From there, you could log chat information a lot easier, though you may have to hack the server. I believe it's written with privacy in mind. Bonus, you can IM your family members wherever they are. ;-) I think you can do time-based firewalling/routing, if only through cron, but you can enforce mac address filtering using iptables. She may get smart enough to spoof her mac address, though. What about a capture portal based setup? She connects with her machine and must register/log in via a website. That application can regulate routing rules based on user account and do time limiting, etc. Your friend is going to have to become a routing guru and programmer to get what he wants, I'm afraid. ;-) Unless there are some nice utilities out there. Anyway, gotta go. -- Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/ assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050128/a413c8d0/attachment.pgp