[AusNOG] Public Internet Access Policies

[David Beveridge]

By default my DHCP server hands out the OpenDNS name servers for name
resolution.
I have decided which categories that my client IP address is allow to look
up and access without being redirected to my custom error pages.

I assume that someone who really wants to access porn sites or whatever
will have to setup their own DNS resolver IP address instead of the ones I
gave them by DHCP.

I suppose I could always block port 53 outbound if I wanted to be a real
prick, but then someone would just setup a name service on some other port
or use a VPN or whatever.

My idea is that by default with normal user settings some things are
blocked for the average joe.  I've done my bit.

dave

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Andrew Yager <andrew at rwts.com.au> wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> We’re currently developing a public internet access solution for a public
> space, and one of the things we’re considering is content filtering as part
> of the solution.
>
> Obviously the usual caveats apply around success, ability to circumvent,
> etc, but given all of these caveats, what are people’s general opinion on:
>
> - is it a good idea to do this in a public space (think children,
> families, etc all around)
> - what sort of filtering have you implemented in the past? We are looking
> at a solution that would do simple category filtering at the moment, with
> the option to blacklist and whitelist particular URLs
> - what sort of categories would you generally block?
>
> I’m personally of the opinion that it’s a “good idea” in this context
> although not fool proof.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
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