[ale] selective DNS server for DHCP clients?

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Impose a "screen time" limit, unless she's working on "official business" which you designate.  She can divide her screen time among tv, games, whatever, as long as homework is done.  Once the limit is up, the device must be turned off.  You could do this for internet access from your router by disconnecting her internet after a time limit.

My son, now in college, used to complain because I wouldn't let him play video games.  Actually, the real truth is that he could play video games, he just couldn't watch 2 hours of tv AND play 2 hours of video games on a school night.

If she wants more time, she has to get a waiver from you.

Sincerely,

Ron


Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:

>It's basically the time spent - she gets sucked into some games, and
>some
>stories.  I'm not trying to content block in this case.
>
>I'm reluctant to do anything on the laptop, because the school has a
>pack
>of savvy delinq^H^H^H^Hweb surfers who can suggest the easy fixes to
>the
>easy blocks
>
>Pete Hardie
>--------
>Better Living Through Bitmaps
>
>
>On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Scott Plante
><splante at insightsys.com>wrote:
>
>> How tech savvy is she? If there are a few particular time-wasting
>sites
>> you want to block (facebook, twitter) you could potentially just edit
>> her C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file and add some entries
>> pointing to 127.0.0.1 or 192.168.0.0 or something like that. You said
>you
>> couldn't install anything--not sure if you can edit a file like that.
>It's
>> easy enough to override if she's savvy but it might be an easy first
>step
>> before going to a network based filter. Of course if she is savvy,
>there
>> are probably countless ways for her to get around all kinds of
>obstacles
>> you may put up. Neighbor's wi-fi?  Cell hotspot? Free VPN?
>>
>> It sounds like you're less worried about content filtering--i.e.
>blocking
>> any site that contains porn, etc.--and more worried about a few
>particular
>> time-sink sites. If you are interested in content filtering, you
>might
>> check out DansGuardian.org.
>>
>> Scott
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
>> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
>> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:02:24 PM
>> *Subject: *[ale] selective DNS server for DHCP clients?
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> After another round of disagreements concerning homework, I've
>determined
>> that my daughter can't resist the lure of time-wasting Internet
>sites.  The
>> wrinkle is that she has a school-issued laptop, so I can't install
>anything
>> on it to block access to the time-sinks.  So here's what I think I
>can do,
>> and I need to know if it's possible:
>>
>> I already have a DHCP server on my desktop, providing fixed IPs and a
>> different DNS server for my ReplayTV boxen.  I'd like to target her
>> laptop's DNS to one running on my desktop, without using that one as
>my
>> desktop's DNS (I can use the router)
>>
>> I also need a good tutorial on DNS servers - I have dnsmasq, which
>seems
>> like it might work for my purposes - have the sites I need to block
>be
>> mapped to 127.0.0.1 for her laptop, while letting the rest to resolve
>> normally
>>
>> So is this feasible?  If not, is there a good alternative?
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>>
>> Pete Hardie
>> --------
>> Better Living Through Bitmaps
>>
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