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647143	2008-03-08 00:42:00	So true Speedy my step son has his own laptop and although he connects through our router I put zone alarm on mine and my wife's pc's so that I could lock him out of infecting us too, so far he's been good and does not use P2P but being 14 I just know he will get into it soon then I might look at WT's IM lock	gary67 (56)
647144	2008-03-08 01:19:00	Seriously, just use QOS on your router (if you have these settings) and put the offending PC on such a low bandwidth allowance that it will take him a month to download a simple .txt file. Its all nice to use professional programs and try to guess which ports to block but just slow a computer down. This generation has no patience :D	beeswax34 (63)
647145	2008-03-08 02:00:00	I have the same problem, but with a brother of mine, so I can't reign parental fire all over his parade. An older computer running xp, with pfsense in a vmware server instance (pfsense and vmware is free) solves the problem nicely. I have squid logging to check out http downloads, and bandwidthd checking download amounts to IPs. And then its traffic shaping activated with a very easy to use wizard. I have http/ftp/gaming/voip/imap/pop/ssh at the highest they can go, and everything else at the lowest, so it doenst matter what p2p program, what port, what encryption etc. it will come in under "other" and be highly limited if/when anything else wants to get through The traffic shaping is only really there to allow http/gaming traffic not grind to a standstill when he is downloading. Me asking him to stop during "peak" hours nicely worked better than any traffic shaping. programs like utorrent are extremely resiliant, and can run with ports blocked, just a little slower.	dirtbag (6060)
647146	2008-03-08 04:27:00	best way to solve his/yourwifes/your problem, spend a few minutes - take one for the team, go on his computer, access some porography sites. leave traces of such material maybie on his hard drive, leave traces in his internet browsing history. "stumble" across the offending material while looking for a file you think you may have left on his computer... tell the wife you found adult material on your sons PC. your wife probally wont have a word of it. she will agree to ban your kid from the internet and that solves your problem till a due date.	ice (12957)
647147	2008-03-08 04:37:00	best way to solve his/yourwifes/your problem, spend a few minutes - take one for the team, go on his computer, access some porography sites. leave traces of such material maybie on his hard drive, leave traces in his internet browsing history. "stumble" across the offending material while looking for a file you think you may have left on his computer... tell the wife you found adult material on your sons PC. your wife probally wont have a word of it. she will agree to ban your kid from the internet and that solves your problem till a due date. Yeah, great parental advice. Truth and Honesty all the way huh?	beeswax34 (63)
647148	2008-03-08 05:11:00	Yeah, great parental advice. Truth and Honesty all the way huh? The saying " do what I say not what I do" springs to mind:groan: This thread must be catching - just got back from a client today wanting me to restrict Porn sites from their computer - seems teenage son has been "Visiting" while mum and dad are in bed at night - some how he got hold of the Credit card as well- Surprise as to a couple of " Bills" on the card. Me thinks some oneeesssss in troublllllleeeeee !!	wainuitech (129)
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