[Gllug] ADSL Linux

[Sudhir Anand]

>On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Sudhir Anand wrote:
>
>> <snip>
>>
>> >I'm going to commit a heresy here.
>>
>> Why is this heresy?  Real question, seriously.
>
>Well, this is a Linux list! We're SUPPOSED to say that you
>should get an old PC and install Linux on it for this task.

Thank you for the clarification.

>
>
>> >
>> >you can attach several PCs in the house behind them
>> >
>>
>> For use at home I prefer using a proxy server to allow other
>PCs to access
>> the internet.  I have two children aged  11 & 15.  A proxy
>allows me to
>> monitor the sites they visit and they only have access when
>either my wife
>> or I decide.  By shutting down the proxy, they will be
>denied internet
>> access.  This is one area where Linux's user access is far
>superior to
>> windows.
>
>That seems a good way to do things.
>
>But Oh Dearie Me... I do seem to dimly recall a certain person
>on the list
>having a 'robust' discussion about this very topic - ie.
>monitoring and
>controlling your own children's access to the Net.
>IIRC, this was about a year or so ago.
>Start passing out the asbestos suits...
>

Whatever other people think, I am reluctant to let my children have
unfettered access to the net.  I remember some time ago that a young girl
met a padeophile on a chat channel who convinced her to meet him in a local
park, etc, etc.

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