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Administrative: OpenDNS too easy to defeat

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    • CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2008
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    I have a shared family computer at home that uses OpenDNS. My 14 year old gets around the blocking too easily because of the sign in page. It defaults to with the keep signed in checkbox checked. If you forget to uncheck it once while signing in, then later when someone else is using the system and gets a blocked page, because of the openDNS search alternatives, they can guess who's doing the blocking and go to your sign-in and disable blocking. I wish the checkbox was not defaulted ON!

    Separately, if your user name is guessed, it's too easy to click on forgot password and change the password. Asking an additional security question would defeat this.

    Short of changing my user name and being more vigilant about the sign-in checkbox, are there any additional settings that I could use to improve the security?
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      CommentAuthormiked
    • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2008
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    Do not allow your child to access your email. This will prevent them from resetting the password on the account.
    Thankful People: sellis, lvisser87, tcpflorida
    • CommentAuthorh0dg3s
    • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2008
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    Are you retarded? Make your kid a separate user account or don't let them use the computer.
    Thankful People: jpelectron
    • CommentAuthorrogers_l
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2008
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    create a special account (windows option) especially for the child with a dedicated hard drive alowence. this fosters the belief that it is to give them more latitude AND you dont need to know their password to log on. As the system administrator you can change it anyway.

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