[CentOS] A simplistic parental-control setup

[Marko Vojinovic]

On Thursday 05 January 2012 11:16:05 Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
> On 01/05/2012 01:21 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 January 2012 18:04:43 Frank Cox wrote:
> >> On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:58:17 +0000 Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> >>> The point is that I need a simple, easy-to-implement,
> >>> easy-to-configure
> >>> and easy-to-maintain solution for this particular usecase.
> >> 
> >> Put the disallowed addresses into your /etc/hosts file and associate
> >> those addresses with whatever you want them to resolve to.
> > 
> > Hmm... that sure looks simple enough. :-) I'll give it a try, thanks!
> 
> /etc/hosts is local DNS server. It does not work when http://1.2.3.4/xxx
> is used. You need iptables/PREROUTING/redirect? rules for that.
> 
> Also, I think you will need some kind of http server, at least like
> lighttpd.

Yes, it turns out that /etc/hosts doesn't handle all requirements that I asked 
for.

Shouldn't there be a firefox plugin, or something similar, that would take care 
of all this? I cannot believe that "parental control software" is something so 
uncommon... :-)

Best, :-)
Marko