Comments on Teknynja: To Protect and Surf (dnsmasq and Whitelists)

Thanks for the writeup. It's actually really i...

2011-12-28T13:05:54.420-08:00

Thanks for the writeup. It's actually really interesting to see how much even good websites (like pbskids) have so much other tracking and side requests when kids are playing.

Next item I think will be to implement a full gateway to be able to throttle the kids and even track usage...that's when they are teenagers probably :-)

I keep a tail -f /var/log/dnsmasq.log running to see the recent requests when my kids want a page to load and then I add using this in my bash aliases:

add_dns() {
echo adding $1
echo server=/$1/8.8.8.8 | sudo tee -a /etc/dnsmasq.conf
sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
}

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. I...

2010-10-18T09:23:00.176-07:00

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. I built one using perl but was having some trouble. Using dnsmasq is so much easier! If somebody is interested in an interface to manage the list please visit my website and post a comment. I'm writing one based on php and mysql or else using openoffice base. I'm not going to bother releasing it if there's not interest though.

This is EXACTLY what I needed. I'm surprised ...

2010-10-02T05:41:19.838-07:00

This is EXACTLY what I needed. I'm surprised more parents aren't clamoring for this. I use OPENDNS's home service, but it is limited to 50 domains. Considering all the Microsoft that needs to be open for Windows 7 to even function, I quickly ran out.

The man page for dnsmasq doesn't indicate that...

2009-11-17T04:54:31.332-08:00

The man page for dnsmasq doesn't indicate that wildcards can be used in the domain names for the server option - but you can always give it a try. If it works, be sure to post another comment here to let us know.

I have often thought about creating a small script to make maintaining the list a little easier, but since this is just a short-term solution, I probably won't spend too much time worrying about it, and it wouldn't really address you issue, either.

Thanks for stopping by!

nice post! I'm using it right now, just a ques...

2009-11-16T19:45:21.495-08:00

nice post! I'm using it right now, just a question: do you think is there a way to make the white-list more configurable for example could we whitelist all the domains with a specific name in it something like *linux*.com?