[dba-Tech] Child's play

Francisco Tapia fhtapia at gmail.com
Wed Sep 29 12:08:57 CDT 2004


On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:43:41 -0500, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> You can set NIS to specifically block or allow URLs via the Firewall and via
> the intrusion detection components in addition to the Parental Control. That
> would probably be my biggest gripe about NIS. They have a "configure" dialog
> for each of these items and then an "options" dialog for each of these
> items. They should be combined.
> 
> Have you tried to manually configure the firewall's permissions for the
> browser? Or you could go into the firewall configuration and remove the
> browser from the list and then let it prompt you for settings when you try
> to access the web.

Yes I did try to invoke "Permit All" from the Firewall configuration,
under the Programs Tab, I found IE and FireFox, I set both of them
from Automatic to Permit All, while the Firewall was invoked, there
was NO internet access.  I disabled the NIS firewall and I had my
internet back, I installed Sygate Personal Firewall, reboot, and
resumed using the pc, this time I was able to get to the internet w/
either IE or FireFox depending on their Allow/Block stataus.

so to me NIS was a hassle... IF the program has been given "PERMIT
ALL" status for communication, I understand that to mean that the
program has FULL permissions to access the INTERNET.

what part of that am I confusing?

> The other thing you might want to check is if there are other firewalls, AV,
> etc on the PC. I have found numerous brands on some of home PCs I've worked
> on. I guess when some people don't know what to do they just do everything!
> Removing these usually cleared up the vast majority of their problems. (I
> still think these companies screw with each other's applications-ala
> Netscape/IE in the 90s.)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco
> Tapia
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 6:01 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Child's play
> 
> Well here are more details..
> 
> the PC is a Windows XP and is running NIS 2004.
> When the firewall is on, many of the programs in the "configure
> firewall" are set to *automatic* settings.  and while I can PING from
> the command prompt, I cannot resolve the url of www.msn.com, the
> parental control is currently off.  I can however navigate to the IP
> version of www.msn.com (I do not have the IP handy).
> 
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:06:29 -0500, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> > Francisco,
> > On the first point - I've installed (and support) dozens of NIS
> > installations and have never had an issue like you describe. Of course I
> run
> > it on one of PCs so i know it in and out pretty well. I would like more
> > details :o)
> >
> > On the second point you are absolutely correct. Most content filters are
> for
> > the most part a "reactive" type of filter. Of course Norton liveupdate
> > handles updating urls to block as welll as well as AV updates, but it is
> > still mostly reactive in nature and will never be perfect.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Francisco
> > Tapia
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 4:31 PM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Child's play
> >
> > FROM personal experiance... NIS has some wierd side-effects,  A user
> > brought her pc to me when she somehow locked her self out of the
> > internet.... as long as the firewall was up it would not talk to the
> > DSL or through the router... but when I turned it off it would
> > function like normal.  I even tried setting it to allow IE or FireFox
> > all the way through w/ full permissions and it did not function
> > correctly.
> >
> > 2ndly... all Content Filtering Software falls short at some point or
> > another... all the obvious bases are covered... but you will get some
> > content that makes it through it's filter because it can only Filter
> > sooo much.
> >
> > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:03:42 +0100, Andy Lacey
> > <andy at minstersystems.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Yea I wondered about NIS. Used NAV for ever but never NIS so not seen
> the
> > > parental controls. Sounds the right sort of thing. Thanks John.
> > >
> > > -- Andy Lacey
> > > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> > > > John Bartow
> > > > Sent: 28 September 2004 21:34
> > > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > > > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Child's play
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Andy,
> > > > I generally install Norton Internet Security for people that
> > > > ask me to work on their home PCs. Its got AV, Firewall, and a
> > > > host of other goodies and is easy on the end user. If they
> > > > already have NIS on their PC they can turn on the "Parental
> > > > Controls". If they Norton AV they can get a good price on an
> > > > upgrade. Sometimes Norton offers competitive upgrade prices
> > > > too. Parental Controls can be set to allow/disallow content
> > > > according to general age and then tweaked in a manner you wish.
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 2:51 PM
> > > > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> > > > Subject: [dba-Tech] Child's play
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi folks
> > > >
> > > > A colleague found her 9 year-old daughter Googling a rude
> > > > word the other day. Not such a prob but it got her thinking
> > > > about protecting her child from accessing porn sites, getting
> > > > rude popups and so on. And then there are chatrooms. God, a
> > > > whole nasty world of stuff that I never worried about cos the
> > > > PC in our house is very public and anyway mine were much
> > > > older by the time they came to use it. Anyway, does anyone
> > > > with kids have any products (preferably free or dead cheap)
> > > > they can recommend for this kind of issue.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > -- Andy Lacey
> > > > http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
> > > >
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