So, the list below are just some techie things that I can recommend:. There is also the social appeal, starting earlier and earlier with Webkinz, for example and then moving to MySpace or other social networking sites. If you ban computers at home, your kids will seek them elsewhere friends houses, school, neighbors, etc. You probably can get away with this for a while while children are young, but not forever.
I use mainly Apple computers at home for a variety of reasons. All administration can be done remotely, meaning, you can manage the Controls of various Macs in your household via a central computer. I have hybrid firmware installed on my router, actually I have tried a few. They seem to be good but may not go as deep as some others. On the Mac side, there is the Intego Content Barrier x4. And that is what the rest of this article is about.
Intego makes a series of Security and System products e. Their mission seems to be to help you protect your computer. Well, Content Barrier X4 fits perfectly into the mix, offering a careful blend of content-blocking solutions.
There are some other items that you can fine-tune once you go through the Assistant process which is the process that I recommend prior to tweaking it. For example, you can set up the days and times when a user can have Internet Access as well as how many hours per day they can have access stripes show time limit, green shows times during a day when access is granted :.
You set application access restrictions, meaning you only allow certain application access to the Internet. I actually thought that these Alert boxes were kind of nice, especially for smaller children. The teddybear hiding its eyes was a really nice touch. It toned down the severity of the alert a bit. You can display the message below, or you can redirect the user to another site. The assistant gets you going quickly and then the other controls can help you fine-tune your content filtering and protection even more.
That would make it an essential product to have. This live content filtering and notification process is critical to prevent and possibly catch predators trying to do nasty things. Also blocking streaming and peer-to-peer traffic is a nice feature to have, especially as many ISP are starting to crack down more and more on this type of traffic. I will eagerly await the next version of Content Barrier. If they add remote management and reporting capabilities and other types of content filters like banner blocking and such, this will definitely be a required piece of software.
Do your duty as a good parent and protect your kids! I have been using Content Barrier for several years now, and am extremely pleased with it. I use it to prevent myself from surfing inappropriate sites, and my wife has the password. Upgrade versions will also be available.
About Intego Intego develops and sells desktop Internet security and privacy software for Macintosh. Intego provides the widest range of software to protect users and their Macs from the dangers of the Internet.
For further information, please visit www. As the dangers of the Internet grow, Intego is hard at work, developing new software to protect users and their Macs from the latest security and privacy threats.
We protect your world. Requests should be sent to sales intego. Customers who are not eligible for free upgrades include those who purchased before September 12, customers with licenses for OEM software that was bundled with a hard drive or an Apple CPU, and customers who purchased under the MIPE offer in France.
About Intego Intego develops and sells desktop Internet security and privacy software for Macintosh. Intego provides the widest range of software to protect users and their Macs from the dangers of the Internet.
For further information, please visit www. As the dangers of the Internet grow, Intego is hard at work, developing new software to protect users and their Macs from the latest security and privacy threats.
We protect your world.
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