WhyNetworkAtAll
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Guiderails is an add-on to Merlin's AsusWRT firmware. It adds a an auxiliary DNS service that blacklists everything and then selectively whitelists specific servers for a fully controlled and curated internet experience. The typical use case is to enable online education for young kids by blocking ALL internet sites, except for a dozen or two sites manually added by parents/teachers for an online experience that's safe and avoids time wasters.
This is unlike existing parental controls that follow a probabilistic approach based on keywords or based on large lists (e.g. OpenDNS). Note that this does NOT alter your routers primary DNS service, so the rest of your home devices are free to do whatever they want. This means you can use your ISPs/Google's/CloudFlare/PiHole/Diversion DNS service as your router's primary DNS service and Guiderails as your auxiliary DNS service for the little ones.
Please refer to https://github.com/SidShetye/guiderails for installation and usage.
This is unlike existing parental controls that follow a probabilistic approach based on keywords or based on large lists (e.g. OpenDNS). Note that this does NOT alter your routers primary DNS service, so the rest of your home devices are free to do whatever they want. This means you can use your ISPs/Google's/CloudFlare/PiHole/Diversion DNS service as your router's primary DNS service and Guiderails as your auxiliary DNS service for the little ones.
Please refer to https://github.com/SidShetye/guiderails for installation and usage.
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