John Meier writes: > Ok - I got a buddy who wants to limit his daughters online time ... > in his words: so limit it, tell her not to go online as much. > "...I want to limit im time, see all im messages to and from, see all > emails, and see all websites visited god gawds... why? WHY? caring about what your child sees online, sure. But rather than using technological means to patch the problem why not fix the problem outright. Talk to the kid, listen, explain, trust. They are going to porn online at some point or another, dont you think it would be better for them to know how to deal ahead of time? As for monitoring chat sessions, talk to them, explain the dangers so when pedophileX comes along they know how to say "no." > She's caught on to most of our checking up tricks, and puts the > computer back online with ipconfig /renew...." heh, you can never stop a determined person from getting online. if all else failed there is always IP over Avian Carrier. > 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.... bah. and she can never trust her parents again. > I suggested putting the computer in a high traffic area - so that > everyone knows when anyone is online - also suggested removing the > power cord during offline times. because power cords are so expensive, she could never buy her own. > I also mentioned setting up something like ipcop where he could run a > proxy like squid and block stuff etc.... > > Any other suggestions or software recommendations ? rather than protecting them, empower them to protect themselves. works much better in the long run. -- Munir Nassar