[AccessD] It just goes to show ya

I used to have some illusions about control but they got the crap kicked out
of them.  21 is beyond my control.  15 is not interested in porn - more
interested in torrenting SkyRim and SolidWorks.  And making the robots dance
and sing.  So far so good. :)

R
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 8:16 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] It just goes to show ya

LOL, he is getting that way.  ATM he is 10 years old, and that was just
allegorical.

I am sure that you can have a lively discussion with Rocky about determined
teenage boys though.

;)

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 12/17/2011 10:13 AM, Dan Waters wrote:
> I have no doubt that the son of John Colby is very sophisticated, 
> computer literate, and determined!
>
> Thanks!
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 9:06 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] It just goes to show ya
>
> OpenDNS is just a domain name server with filters.  A Domain Name 
> Server takes names such as Microsoft.Com and turns that into a numeric 
> IP address www.xxx.yyy.zzz.  OpenDNS simply takes those "natural 
> language" IP addresses and filters them against known attributes and 
> makes a decision whether to perform the translation into a numeric IP
address.
>
> So... my teenage son types in penthouse.com.  The request is sent to 
> OpenDNS, where I have set up my filters based on what I want to allow 
> through.  There are checkboxes on that page which allows me to filter 
> out specific things.  I have checked a box to filter out adult content.
>
> http://www.opendns.com/web-filtering/
>
> My son's browser responds with a generic message that he is not 
> allowed to surf to that site.  My son then embarks on a concerted 
> attempt to circumvent this issue and within minutes has discovered 
> what is going on and has locally set his system to use a different 
> Domain name server.  15 minutes later he is reading penthouse.
>
> Of course the last paragraph was tongue in cheek but still....
>
> You can actually set up your router to use a specific domain name 
> server such as OpenDNS, which is a much more secure implementation 
> method.  The problem is that IIRC if you set the NIC itself to use a 
> specific DNS then it goes around the router.
>
> But in general, other than for very sophisticated, computer literate 
> and determined teenagers, a service like OpenDNS works rather well, 
> for what it is and what it does.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
> On 12/17/2011 9:12 AM, Dan Waters wrote:
>> I use different email addresses, and also log into 4 different 
>> customers with 4 different VPN methods.  Would OpenDNS cause an issue 
>> with any of this?  I'm also using Comcast as an ISP - is that OK?
>>
>> I looked at the OpenDNS site, but I didn't see a good explanation of 
>> what it was actually doing, or even a general description of how it
> worked.
>>
>> I don't have my own 'network' - is it helpful without that?
>>
>> Dan

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