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Originally Posted by danmpem  What if the kids were to use a command line-only version of Linux, like Debian. They could write their reports, go online, and really do whatever they want. Web site filtering could be implemented, but with the command-line web browsing, the fear of really missing something would be lessened. You could lock out the root user, so your kids couldn't install a GUI or any other unwanted programs for that matter.
Just a thought. |
Offensive security auditing is a hobby of mine. I play around with several versions of BSD and Linux. Each have their ups and downs. The one thing I do know is that if your kids want to bypass software security all they need to do is burn a bootable version of BSD or Linux. Most boot version come with GUI's on them and nice web browsers. Locking out root has no affect when you are running a bootable CD.
I really don't want to sound so negative about this. If your kid has physical access to the computer and is unsupervised, then it would only take two or three mins to have root access or admin passwords, depending on the OS you are using.
You can't use software alone to supervise the internet. It will fail.
If you want some really in depth information about what is currently being used to break windows vista/xp or BSD/Linux, send me a PM and I will steer you towards some information on the topic.