router that does web and usenet filtering parental control

I am looking for a home broadband router that will do web based and
usenet filtering parental control. I want it to filter/block adult
content from usenet newsgroups and web sites, block p2p apps and those
web sites and protocols. Does anyone have any ideas? I currently have
the Belkin 802.11g wireless with built in parental control filtering and
it uses Cerberian www.cerberian.com for web based filtering, works good,
but there's no usenet nor p2p stuff at all. So I'm looking for something
that can do all of this also with the ability not to reset the filter or
password just by resetting the router which is way to easy to bypass. It
would have to be using a parental control filtering company, not where
you enter in urls and set it up to block ports, that won't work good.

For web sites, it would need to block also based on user input keywords,
not only a list of categories. For usenet newsgroups it would need to
block the groups by name not only by port 119. I need it to filter adult
newsgroups by name such as erotica, xxx etc, and have the ability to
specifically tell it what newsgroup to block, or use a keyword such as
pictures, xxx, erotica and so on. It should be able to block based on
that, not just port number as you can with some nsps change the port
from 119 to say port 80, 25, 8000, 9000, etc, so the router would still
need to block/filter newsgroups if I changed the port number for usenet.

I've looked at Zyxel, belkin, linksys, netgear, SMC, cybergaurd,
snapgear, none of them have anything like this.

Take care

Maybe look at some sort of software solution. Or Put your computer in a
Public place, not in the Kids Bedroom, and keep a eye on them as they use
it. Nothing is 100%


"abspc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:20050109030640.478$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am looking for a home broadband router that will do web based and usenet
>filtering parental control. I want it to filter/block adult content from
>usenet newsgroups and web sites, block p2p apps and those web sites and
>protocols. Does anyone have any ideas? I currently have the Belkin 802.11g
>wireless with built in parental control filtering and it uses Cerberian
>www.cerberian.com for web based filtering, works good, but there's no
>usenet nor p2p stuff at all. So I'm looking for something that can do all
>of this also with the ability not to reset the filter or password just by
>resetting the router which is way to easy to bypass. It would have to be
>using a parental control filtering company, not where you enter in urls and
>set it up to block ports, that won't work good.
>
> For web sites, it would need to block also based on user input keywords,
> not only a list of categories. For usenet newsgroups it would need to
> block the groups by name not only by port 119. I need it to filter adult
> newsgroups by name such as erotica, xxx etc, and have the ability to
> specifically tell it what newsgroup to block, or use a keyword such as
> pictures, xxx, erotica and so on. It should be able to block based on
> that, not just port number as you can with some nsps change the port from
> 119 to say port 80, 25, 8000, 9000, etc, so the router would still need to
> block/filter newsgroups if I changed the port number for usenet.
>
> I've looked at Zyxel, belkin, linksys, netgear, SMC, cybergaurd, snapgear,
> none of them have anything like this.
>
> Take care

You won't find a router that will do usenet filtering. You could use a
firewall on the router or computer that will block any outgoing
traffic, except what you allow, combined with your current www
parental control stuff. This would prevent the use of p2p programs,
etc.. and would probably be the best way to do this.

> not just port number as you can with some nsps change the port from
> 119 to say port 80, 25, 8000, 9000, etc, so the...

Blocking 119 would work. You can change the port that it connects to
in the news reading software, but it still has to connect to 119 on
the nntp server. Changing it in the software to a different port would
just yield a connection error.

Unfortunately in a home environment, it is far too easy to bypass any
kind of restrictions that you may set. The router can be reset, or a
proxy can be used to bypass any parental controls.

> "abspc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:20050109030640.478$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I am looking for a home broadband router that will do web based and usenet
> >filtering parental control. I want it to filter/block adult content from
> >usenet newsgroups and web sites, block p2p apps and those web sites and
> >protocols. Does anyone have any ideas? I currently have the Belkin 802.11g
> >wireless with built in parental control filtering and it uses Cerberian
> >www.cerberian.com for web based filtering, works good, but there's no
> >usenet nor p2p stuff at all. So I'm looking for something that can do all
> >of this also with the ability not to reset the filter or password just by
> >resetting the router which is way to easy to bypass. It would have to be
> >using a parental control filtering company, not where you enter in urls and
> >set it up to block ports, that won't work good.
> >
> > For web sites, it would need to block also based on user input keywords,
> > not only a list of categories. For usenet newsgroups it would need to
> > block the groups by name not only by port 119. I need it to filter adult
> > newsgroups by name such as erotica, xxx etc, and have the ability to
> > specifically tell it what newsgroup to block, or use a keyword such as
> > pictures, xxx, erotica and so on. It should be able to block based on
> > that, not just port number as you can with some nsps change the port from
> > 119 to say port 80, 25, 8000, 9000, etc, so the router would still need to
> > block/filter newsgroups if I changed the port number for usenet.
> >
> > I've looked at Zyxel, belkin, linksys, netgear, SMC, cybergaurd, snapgear,
> > none of them have anything like this.
> >
> > Take care