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At the moment there is a huge debate in Australian about blocking certain sites on the Internet.

While this seems like a good idea for the average computer user it will not have any effect on the element who access these sites. The reason is that it is only effective on those who do not know how to get around it.

I am all for getting rid of the outer fringe pornography such as bestiality, child porno etc but surley a better system would be to enable households and enterprise to control this themselves. Letting governments have private unscrutinized lists will only lead to possible political infractions in the future.

What can you do?

One way you can do something is to go to a site called Open DNS and apply its filtering system to your router which will then block any content that you don’t want over your network.

This system will also speedup your Internet Surfing. I prefer to use the router set up as it covers any computer using our Internet connection.  Click here for instructions

While it is not a perfect system it has been working well in our business and homes.

Open DNS for Business

OpenDNS has solutions that are perfect for organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises. With no equipment to install, no upgrades and no maintenance, OpenDNS will reduce your costs, give you more control and make navigating the Internet on your network a safer, more secure experience.

In more basic terms it allows you to control what people look at. Don’t want your staff accessing Facebook during office hours then you can disable it. In fact you can disable any part of the Internet you want making sure your office not only has good production but also free of viruses etc.

Add to that the ability to block keywords like Viagra, sex etc which will also reduce the spam content.

Go to Open DNS and set up.

Watch their video

Here is an overview of how it works.

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