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  1. 06-02-2008, 08:44 PM #1
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    Parental controls - web monitoring program

    Hi,
    Please pardon my lack of computer savy My children now have the Eee PC with linux os and I would like to know if there is a program similar to Webwatcher which I am told does not work with Linux, that works well and is recommended to use with the ASUS Eee PC?
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  2. 06-03-2008, 05:20 AM #2
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    The EEE PC runs Xandros, so this should help

    http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?p=137307&

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    It's possible for your children to see stuff that should be filtered, or bypass the filter, so as with all things education is important...
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  3. 06-03-2008, 07:52 AM #3
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    Firefox plugin 'ProCon'

    Hello Seejay,

    I recently installed a Firefox plugin called 'ProCon'. This is working nicely for me - it comes with a list of pre-configured words and phrases that, if they occur on a web page, will cause the page to be blocked. It is possible to update this block list if you so desire, and if you are blocked from seeing a legitimate page you can white-list it on the fly (access to change the white-list and other settings can optionally be controlled by a password).

    The benefits of ProCon are:
    1) Since it is a Firefox plugin, it is Linux-flavour independent.
    2) It is simple, effective and easy to configure.

    You may also wish to have a look at a proxy called 'privoxy' ('Private proxy'). I run this on my PC and it blocks out a lot of crook sites (for example ad.doubleclick.com), keeping nasties off my system, blocking annoying popups and ads, and saving me some bandwidth into the bargain. (It is a complicated beast to try and change, so I just leave it in a vanilla state - that is why I have also installed ProCon).

    I hope this is helpful :-)

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  4. 06-03-2008, 08:49 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by seejay
    Hi,
    Please pardon my lack of computer savy My children now have the Eee PC with linux os and I would like to know if there is a program similar to Webwatcher which I am told does not work with Linux, that works well and is recommended to use with the ASUS Eee PC?
    Blessings,
    cj
    You might want to check out dansguardian. I assume that it can be set up to work on a single computer.

    Unfortunately, sometimes Linux does not have as many "niche" programs as other platforms, but that is changing rapidly. Dansguardian will do what you want, I am just unsure as to how difficult the setup may be.

    It might be easy, I just don't know.
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