Free Web Filter Gets Better
OpenDNS, provider of a free Web filter, will start accepting user categorizations of Web sites. The service is easy to use, you just need to change your DNS server addresses to OpenDNS' servers, and you have access to reliable Web filtering. This is especially useful for small and midsized businesses with limited security budgets as well as parents trying to keep their children from the seedier side of the Web.
Users will be able tag pages, much like Digg, and other users can vote on the accuracy of the tag (from ComputerWorld):
"There's a trust metric built in, so the more you vote and the more accurate your votes are, the more weight they carry," an OpenDNS spokeswoman said.
At no cost, OpenDNS is an ideal complement to other content filtering measures. Parents should remember that teens who can work a search engine can find detailed instructions on how to disable parental control software. I've seen everything from step by step instructions for someone with admin privileges to how to get a decrypting program to decrypt configuration files for a popular parental control program. Of course, if they know enough and have enough privileges they can change DNS settings too, but it is another barrier to overcome and at no cost, with easy set up and virtually no maintenance it is well worth trying in my opinion.
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