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dwmrpilot

April 18, 2020 18:33

Our kids need youtube for school, but that means 'Video sharing' has to be allowed.  I had it blocked and added youtube.com to the whitelist but it didnt work.  My goal is to not have youtube wide open  which brings me to my 2nd question.  If I have 'pornography' blocked for example, but youtube unblocked, does opendns know enough that if a video that fits that category is played, will it get blocked?  Or will it be allowed because 'video sharing' is not blocked?  Thanks

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  rotblitz April 18, 2020 19:41

  Porn is not legitimate on YouTube. And OpenDNS does not know anything. It just has domain names categorized.

  Your better approach is to follow what has been provided by the providers themselves.
  https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/227986807

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  dwmrpilot April 18, 2020 21:10

  Thanks but this doesn't answer the question. Also, I just used porn as an example, could be any blocked category. I dont have a DNS server at home, I use OpenDNS for filtering

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  rotblitz April 18, 2020 21:22 (Edited April 21, 2020 16:17)

  I did not expect that you still wanted your question answered.

  “If I have 'pornography' blocked for example, but youtube unblocked, does opendns know enough that if a video that fits that category is played, will it get blocked? Or will it be allowed because 'video sharing' is not blocked?”

  If the domain is categorized as pornography, then it will be blocked, else not. The same statement is true for any other category.

  You do not need a DNS server. The local hosts file is sufficient.

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