OpenDNS parental controls seem to allow the entire internet through EXCEPT blocked content (adult, games, social media, etc). Say I block adult content, all web content OpenDNS deems "adult" will be filtered out. I find that this configuration still allows in web content I deem adult.

Is there a setting in OpenDNS to block the entire internet EXCEPT websites I want to look at?

wrong face

whitelist is what you're looking for


https://support.opendns.com/entries/26116394-How-to-Add-Domains-to-your-Blacklist-Whitelist

I don't use OpenDNS but I found this on their support page.
White-listing will allow those listed through.
Black-listing will block those listed.

I wonder how well whitelisting would work with so many sites using CDN hosted assets like images, javascript libs, css. Not to mention 3rd party libs that aren't hosted on a popular CDN but on the creator's servers.

1) I don't think you can do what you want to do with their free version. Are subscribed to Umbrella?
2) Cisco is buying OpenDNS so who knows what will happen in the future?

Thanks for the help. Yes, whitelisting is what I'm looking for.

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1) I don't think you can do what you want to do with their free version. Are subscribed to Umbrella?
2) Cisco is buying OpenDNS so who knows what will happen in the future?

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I actually don't have OpenDNS at all (yet). Just exploring options. I have AT&T Uverse and it seems I can't change the DNS anyway. I have to put a separate router behind theirs for it to work.

I'm know nothing about UVerse, but if you have access to your router and can set the DNS servers, just change them to 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. Then go to OpenDNS and set up a free account. You'll have to register your network using their tool but then you can play with the functionality available in their free account.

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I actually don't have OpenDNS at all (yet). Just exploring options. I have AT&T Uverse and it seems I can't change the DNS anyway. I have to put a separate router behind theirs for it to work.

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This is correct. We've got UVerse too and I'm running my own router behind the UVerse gateway. The one they provide has very limited ability to make any sort of network changes, so I run my own. All the computers and wireless devices run off my router.

How about you only type in URLs of places you want to look at?

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How about you only type in URLs of places you want to look at?

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I'm guessing, and I think he said as much, it isn't him that he's worried about doing the typing.

So, I have some experience with this. I used it for my parents who wanted to restrict what kind of content my (then child-age) brother had access to.

Here's a big idea you're going to have to contend with: Where there's a will, there's a way. If he *really* wants to look at porn, he's going to. Period. There are *always* going to be proxies, anonymizers, tunnels, VPNs, etc., that will redirect his traffic if he's so inclined. Does he have an iPhone? Or cell-connected tablet or computer? Does he have a computer in his room? Or some other "private" space? Absolutely nothing will beat having the device(s) he's going to use in a public place under your direct supervision. I speak from experience. Trust me.

All that said -- OpenDNS was my tool of choice for doing so. As mentioned higher up, I have a router in place btw. the modem and computer. I changed the DNS entries on the router to 208.67.222.222 & 208.67.220.220. I registered a free account with OpenDNS, downloaded their "updater" and installed it on the family computers, and sync'd everything. I then went through the filters OpenDNS provides and selected the things I wanted to block:

* Fraud
* Gambling
* Portals
* Parked Domains
* Proxy/Anonymizer
* Web Spam
* Adware
* Lingerie/Bikini
*P2P/File Sharing
* Adult Themes
* Hate/Discrimination
* Tasteless
* Nudity
* Pornography

(I know, I know... if you exclude these categories, what's left?! These were my parents pics.)

Even with what I felt was an all-encompassing filter list, there were still things that got through. There were also sites that were incorrectly categorized and blocked. In those cases, I whitelisted/blacklisted as needed. It wasn't perfect, but it worked well-enough to where my little brother had to try harder & smarter to view blocked content. Ultimately, I think he ended up watching porn at a friend's house. Once he got a smartphone, the effort was wasted since LTE gives him whatever he wants and there's very little I can do about it (without a lot of cost/time/hands-on involved).

Hope this helps.

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Are subscribed to Umbrella?

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I thought that was enterprise-only?