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Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:28 am Post subject:
Re: Belkin router parental control feature no longer works |
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In comp.security.firewalls John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
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In <43898715$0$69024$dbd4b001@news.wanadoo.nl> on 27 Nov 2005 10:14:45 GMT,
jKILLSPAM.schipper@math.uu.nl wrote:
While dejablues may have been a little more expressive than necessary,
it *is* the general consensus here that content filtering does not work
- or at least, that it will block some of what you want it to, miss
quite a bit it should have blocked, and block quite a bit that you don't
want it to. (For example: how many content filters allow access to
www.virgin.com?)
Whether that is the "general consensus here" or not (which isn't something
that matters to me), my own real world experience (based on SonicWALL) is that
it can work well, blocking most of the objectional material with relatively
little collateral damage. As in most things, different approaches work
differently, so you can't really generalize. Of course it's never perfect --
few things are -- but it can nonetheless be valuable.
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Okay, shortened things too much. Sorry, see my response upthread.
| Quote: | It's a question that comes up often, and, if you had actually searched
the archives, you would have known that the response you received is
rather typical of these questions in this group.
Your insinuation is uncalled for. I've done my homework.
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I'm sorry, I was talking to the OP...
| Quote: | + false negatives defeat the whole purpose, after all, a couple
of pr0n sites is enough.
I disagree. That's like saying it's pointless to lock your door because some
thieves will break in anyway.
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Well, if you *know* some thieves will try to break into your house, and
be willing to expend quite a bit of effort in doing it, buying a weak
lock doesn't do much good. Of course, it's an exaggeration to say it
does not do any good at all - but it is an illusion to believe it will
do more than annoy them a little.
| Quote: | + circumventing such a device is usually very possible
Nope -- secured physically and password protected.
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I was thinking more about secure http to some form of proxy.
Then again, this might be quite a bit more difficult to do if you don't
have control over some machine outside the firewall.
| Quote: | (of course, the fact that very
few people ever used such a feature makes it less likely that people
will know the answer, anyway - I, personally, don't have half a clue for
example). Try the manual.
You're confusing me with the OP -- I'm not having any problems at all.
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I am sorry, I was being unclear. I was, sort-of-attempting-to, adding to
your responder to the OP. I am, and was, fully aware of the fact that
there is a difference...
Sorry, bit confused here. I'll try to be clearer next time...
Joachim |
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Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:25 am Post subject:
Re: Belkin router parental control feature no longer works |
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In comp.security.firewalls perfb@yahoo.com wrote:
| Quote: | the Cerebrian (sp?) filtering service actually worked quite well, in
contradiction to all the knowitalls here, I would be happy to just get
it working again, but it seems to be dead. I am just wondering if
anyone else is currently using it.
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Mostly me, sorry...
Are you still paying? I vaguely recall reading somewhere that this
service is paid by the month, or somesuch, and does not include an
unlimited license with the router.
Joachim
P.S. Restricted to comp.security.firewalls, as this is purely technical. |
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