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Our home environment is all Mac. I wish to have more control over net access than I can manage using 10.6 or 10.5 Parental Controls. I don't want to install poor quality or unreliable software. I'm familiar with OpenDNS and it doesn't work for my purposes. I need to restrict only one user.
I believe there are options for the Windows world -- for one thing, I think Win 7 Parental Controls have to be better than their Mac equivalents. I don't want to buy a Win 7 machine just to do this however.
I'm thinking I may need to buy a low end firewall/access control device that I can configure, and setup OS X Location for my target users to point to that.
Are there any better options? Any recommendations for a device to buy?
Thanks!
PS. I realize some may object to this goal on philosophical grounds. All I can say is that if you knew the circumstances, you would agree with my ambitions.
It might help you get some more answers if you were a bit more specific about what sort of things you're trying to block. Is it particular sites? Contact with particular people or organisations? Exposure to particular ideas? What do you feel Mac OS X's Parental Controls lack? What makes them insufficient for your circumstances? – Scott – 2011-04-28T08:28:48.513