Comments on: Introducing FamilyShield Parental Controls

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 12 May 2011 01:02:58 +0000

I’m using FamilyShield and am finding adult content on sites like YouTube. How can you block content but not sites?

Thanks

By: Laura Oppenheimer

Laura Oppenheimer — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:48:15 +0000

Hi Paurian,

One of the main ways domains are categorized on OpenDNS via our domain tagging system. You can find more info about it here: http://www.opendns.com/community/domaintagging/about/

We rely on a devoted community of users to submit new sites to the domain tagging system to keep it up to date. If you come across a site that you think should be categorized as adult, but isn’t, let us know!

-Laura

By: Paurian

Paurian — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:15:22 +0000

My understanding is that new adult sites are posted daily. How do you intend handling those?

I’ve heard that students get around filters by using the google’s advance search to access lesser known sites.

An example is to click on “Advanced Search” from the main google page, click on the “Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more” link, then fill out an adult site’s information in the “Page-Specific Tools:” area.

Do you have a spider that scans through the results to identify offending sites and adds them to your black list?

Thanks.

By: suman

suman — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:08:28 +0000

This is exactly what I am looking for. I am tired of installing software on every computer of my school to block these site. Thank you very much.

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By: Laura Oppenheimer

Laura Oppenheimer — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:00:41 +0000

Hi Dan,

There isn’t a way to set up FamilyShield to be automatically enabled at some times and disabled at others.

What might make sense to do is sign up for OpenDNS Basic. When your grandchildren are visiting, you can enabled the content filtering of your choosing. Once they head home, you can turn it off!

-Laura

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:03:15 +0000

Family Shield has been added to my router for protection when the grandchildren are present from time to time, but is not needed when they are back home. Is there a way to activate it when needed and deactivate it when not?

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