OpenDNS

I am one of those really boring people who thinks children should not be looking at nasty things on the internet, be that porn, dead bodies, self abuse sites or frankly anything else that does not revolve around a cute teddy bear or similar.

So you can imagine how pleased I was to locate a fantastic Open Source service called OpenDNS.

OpenDNS offers many useful reasons to use their services:-

Security

* Industry-leading anti-phishing protects everyone on your network from fraudulent phishing scams.

* Award-winning Web content filtering gives you the power to block up to 50 categories of content.

* Detailed statistics empower you to understand your network traffic and spot trends before they become problems.

Infrastructure

* Our globally distributed network makes Web sites load noticeably faster on your network.

* Anycast routing technology makes your Internet more reliable, freeing you of intermittent outages.

Navigation

* Browser Shortcuts let your users map a short term to a long URL via the address bar.

* Typo correction auto-corrects the most common typos in top-level domains.

* OpenDNS Guide provides helpful search results when your users try to visit a Web site that isn't resolving.
This is a very easy to use service, 10 minutes and your kids should be safe as houses on the Internet, well at least safer than just letting them have a free run at it.

The Internet is the most amazing library you could imagine, let your kids learn, but keep them safe while they are doing so!

Hope this helps!