[CS-FSLUG] Kiosk Web Filtering/Restrictions

[Chad Fluegge]

I use it on my home network... It does allow you to block certain pages...it
also allows you to unblock pages that would be blocked under a given
category.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Jon Glass <jonglass at usa.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Timothy Butler<tbutler at ofb.biz> wrote:
> >        Can anyone recommend a really, really simple way to restrict web
> > access in a Ubuntu/GNOME/Firefox kiosk so that it can only be used to
> access
> > authorized sites? The system is meant to be a library catalog lookup
> > computer and so I only want it to be able to access the site which hosts
> the
> > catalog.
> >
> OpenDNS? I believe it can be set to only allow permitted sites. Since
> it's simply a DNS server, it's _really_ easy to set up on your
> computer. ;-) Well, other than going to your web page, and setting
> permissions.
>
> Never mind. I just checked, and it only allows blocking certain kinds
> of web sites. However, it may be enough for you. Check it out at
> www.opendns.org
> --
>  -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <jonglass at usa.net>
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