How to block access to porn sites
Very frequently visitors to a website are children or minors. It becomes essential to protect them from websites those websites that have a high porn content or are inadequate.
For this reason, it is necessary to ensure that these web pages cannot be opened automatically. To block access to these sites, there is no need not to use the Internet, let alone repair the computer or start formatting processes.
The best methods to filter the contents of the Internet and websites is to use a completely free software (Open DNS) or the new David 3.0 Internet filter, very powerful and constantly updated (you pay 16 cents a month). Let’s see in detail how to block access to porn sites.
Install Open DNS
The DNS servers are a sort of telephone directories, able to show the relationship between the Internet sites and their IP addresses. The DNS servers can change the settings of your computer, so that it connects to another that is different from your own, replacing the usual server you connect to, with others that have the same features, including blocking access to pornographic sites.
It is simply necessary to install a freeware software called Open DNS. First, you need to go to the website https://www.opendns.com/setupguide/, and then click on the option of your competence. In this case, in the box on the left is the word choose your device. By clicking on computer workstations and laptops, you can select your operating system, downloading the version of competence.
Set the Adult Site Blocking
At this point, you need to perform the simple procedure, and you will be able to set up OpenDNS on your computer. At the end of the operation, simply click on the Continue button. On the next page, complete the registration form, entering your username, e-mail address and password.
After clicking on the Create Account button, you need to open your mailbox, and follow the link contained in the email, in order to confirm the registration. Once you open the website, you must click on the tab located at the top, ie Network, and then click on the Add this network button.
Next, click on Setting (located at the top) and select, in the Filtering section, located in the left column, to filter access to Internet sites. To block adult sites, you need to click on the word Adult Site Blocking.
Activate the blocks
In the page that will open immediately to follow, it is necessary to tick all the items of the Block Categories section. Alternatively, you can also make a message appear instead of the classic blocked site screen. To apply this filter, simply click on Apply.
After installing OpenDNS, the software in question will work properly within about ten minutes. In the event that an Internet site you are visiting is blocked, you must use the Whitelist item, so as to move it to the list of benevolent sites. Conversely, if a pornographic site escapes filtering, it is essential to use the Domain Blocking entry.
