Is there anywhere out there where I can get a list of chatting websites? We are having a lot of problems with teenagers chatting on our public access computers. We do allow email but chatting is a no-no. I have been able to block most of the popluar ones like MSN, Yahoo, AOL etc. I know there are so many of them out there it is hard to keep up. Maybe we should hire one of these kids?
Appreciate any help - thanks.
Chat websites
Moderators: Tyler, Scott, PWB v2 Moderator
Check out Dan Lester's Blacklist.
http://www.riverofdata.com/tools/blacklist.htm
The River of Data site has quite a bit of information on blocking chat and email sites.
There is a modified blacklist available on our download page that is suitable for use as the PWB URL filter file. The file may be a bit dated so you may want to start with the current one from the River of Data site.
Just do a search and replace of the paragraph marker into a paragraph marker followed by a minus sign. This should place the minus sign in front of the next line for the URL filter file.
--Scott
http://www.riverofdata.com/tools/blacklist.htm
The River of Data site has quite a bit of information on blocking chat and email sites.
There is a modified blacklist available on our download page that is suitable for use as the PWB URL filter file. The file may be a bit dated so you may want to start with the current one from the River of Data site.
Just do a search and replace of the paragraph marker into a paragraph marker followed by a minus sign. This should place the minus sign in front of the next line for the URL filter file.
--Scott