[Cialug] Blocking
Nick Fox
nfox at foxmediasystems.com
Thu May 7 22:12:15 CDT 2009
That was Tom's suggestion. It's a very viable one. And seems reasonable
enough. Also if you want to do this and dont want to use Mediacom's DNS
servers, use this one: 4.2.2.2, its free, public and has always gotten
me around Mediacom's failures.
-Nick
Allen Kiddoo wrote:
> Can't you change the dns setting on each computer. Filter =
> opendns.com <http://opendns.com> No Filter = ISP
>
> Allen Kiddoo
> Ioway Record Printing Co.
> 316 West Third St.
> Muscatine, IA 52761
> 563.263.7822 office
> 563.506.0446 mobile
> Chat: Skype: akiddoo
>
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Nick Fox <nfox at foxmediasystems.com
> <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com>> wrote:
>
> Yup. There is thinking outside the box. But then you can't use it on
> those other machines. Otherwise great idea Tom.
>
> -Nick
>
> Tom Pohl wrote:
> > Couldn't you use OpenDNS as the DNS servers that are handed out via
> > DHCP and statically set non filtered DNS servers on the
> computers you
> > don't want to be filtered? :)
> >
> > -Tom
> >
> > On May 7, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Nick Fox wrote:
> >
> >
> >> This is true, but it is a global filter. OpenDNS cannot block
> based on
> >> your internal IP for a specific computer. Personally its not a bad
> >> idea
> >> to switch to OpenDNS anyhow. I did sometime ago. What is needed
> here
> >> is
> >> something that can handle web content filtering on a Private IP
> basis.
> >> While am sure there are more options than Fortinet and Vyatta,
> they
> >> are
> >> two I am familiar with and have seen great results from.
> >>
> >> -Nick
> >>
> >> Allen Kiddoo wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have read that schools and libraries use it to filter sites.
> >>>
> >>> AK
> >>> Chat: Skype: akiddoo
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Nick Fox
> <nfox at foxmediasystems.com <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com>
> >>> <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com
> <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com>>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> OpenDNS doesn't allowing filtering for private IPs does it?
> >>>
> >>> -Nick
> >>>
> >>> Allen Kiddoo wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Switch dns to opendns.com <http://opendns.com>
> <http://opendns.com> <http://opendns.com>
> >>>> Then get free account.
> >>>> You can set filter rules there.
> >>>>
> >>>> Allen Kiddoo
> >>>> Ioway Record Printing Co.
> >>>> 316 West Third St.
> >>>> Muscatine, IA 52761
> >>>> 563.263.7822 office
> >>>> 563.506.0446 mobile
> >>>> Chat: Skype: akiddoo
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Nick Fox
> >>>>
> >>> <nfox at foxmediasystems.com <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com>
> <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com>>
> >>>
> >>>> <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com
> <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com>
> >>>>
> >>> <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com
> <mailto:nfox at foxmediasystems.com>>>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Dan Hockey wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have a netgear router that has abilities to block sites
> >>>>>
> >>> based
> >>>
> >>>> on key words
> >>>>
> >>>>> or address'. The problem is when I turn on this it blocks
> >>>>>
> >>> these
> >>>
> >>>> sites to
> >>>>
> >>>>> every one. I would like to block access to sites based on ip
> >>>>>
> >>>> address, so a
> >>>>
> >>>>> certain niece can't get to those sites with her computer. Are
> >>>>>
> >>>> there any
> >>>>
> >>>>> routers can do something like this or do I set a linux box
> >>>>>
> >>> to do it.
> >>>
> >>>>> -dh
> >>>>>
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> >>>> Fortinet Firewalls provide great success for such things.
> >>>>
> >>> However
> >>>
> >>>> if you
> >>>> are more inclined to free...you might consider Vyatta. If
> you do
> >>>> want to
> >>>> go the Fortinet route, contact me directly and I can help
> >>>>
> >>> you with it.
> >>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Nick Fox
> >>>>
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> >>>> Owner / President
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> >> Nick Fox
> >>
> >> Fox Media Systems, LLC
> >> Owner / President
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> >> Des Moines, IA 50311
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Nick Fox
Fox Media Systems, LLC
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Des Moines, IA 50311
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