1	Internet Safety: Keeping Kids Safe Presented by: Blended Solutions Technical Institute Manchester, NH
2	The Wild West of the Internet… Everyday in your kids’ online world… Bullying Hyper-Sexuality Bad Language Wrong Friends Stalking Seduction Abduction
3	But what can REALLY happen??? Loss of reputation Loss of money Loss of identity Loss of innocence …. And worse
4	The view from the streets … Addictions Game Chat Porn Gambling Reputation killers Bullying False image creation Sites are archiving Companies/colleges are researching Internet “Hook-ups” are common Pedophiles and same-age creeps 7% of kids will go meet a stranger 25% of those will go alone!!!
5	Where are the wild places??? IM Chat rooms Live gaming (XBox, etc) Blogs “Social Networking” MySpace Facebook Media YouTube Porn (everywhere) Web cams
6	What to do??? Discover What are they up to? Where are they going? What are they saying? Prevent Block content and sites Block chat Block people
7	Blame the right person … User Accounts User accounts Track each individual Set individual permissions Establish rules MUST use own account YOUR account … You MUST know the Administrator account pw Establish a second admin account
8	Add user accounts…
9	Add user accounts – even more…
10	Find where they’ve been… Browsers The software used to browse the Web Internet Explorer Firefox Netscape Navigator Browsers save Pictures they’ve displayed In a “cache” Locations they’ve been to As names or URLs Uniform Resource Locators Called History or Log, etc.
11	Find where they’ve been – IE History…
12	Reading IE History …
13	Seeing the past … finding the “cache”
14	Control the content (some) … Internet Content Advisor Free with Internet Explorer Uses lists maintained by 3^rd party Can set up per account Turn Content Advisor on from Admin account
15	Turn on the IE Content Advisor…
16	Turn on the Content Advisor … (cont.)
17	Dealing with IM and chat… IM Instant Message AOL Instant Message (AIM) Yahoo IM Microsoft Network Chat (MSN) Others ICQ, IRC, etc. Chat in a browser Myspace Facebook Thousands of others MOST use AIM, Yahoo or MSN
18	Snooping in on IM and chat Using the IM program Most have ability to save chat Most have ability to log BUT must set up on each account User (kid) can turn it off themselves Third Party Recognizes Chat Logs it and ONLY Administrator can read
19	A third party example… NOT RECOMMENDING just an example Chat Watch 5 From Zemerick Software www.zemericks.com Cost $49.95 (lots of discounts) Logs Chat Emails alert if certain words found Emails alert if certain users found Translates common acronyms
20	Other tools from Zemerick IMAware Free download Checks computer and finds all IM/Chat programs SaferSpace Blocks MySpace SaferSpace Monitoring $5 per month Snapshots up to 10 MySpace accounts daily This is just one company … there are others
21	Catch it as it goes … network logging OFF the computer Monitor Restrict MUCH harder to hack Standard equipment In almost every broadband home
22	How does the Internet find its way???
23	Logging…
24	Blocking…
25	What’s a router??? Separates you from the Wild Internet Makes a mini-network in your house “Firewalls” you from the world To the world Every house computer looks the same Outside attacks are stopped by the router “Routes” your traffic Remembers your address on the home side Translates your address Into what your service provider thinks it is
26	Home routers…
27	Router setup … Initial Setup Change the administrator password Add a wireless passphrase DON’T “RUN NAKED”!!!!! Turn on logging Tracks every internet address seen Turn on blocking Times Sites Computers
28	Initial router setup… Secure the router Protect entire household network Router MUSTS Set a unique name for the router Set a unique password for the router Secure the wireless Set a unique wireless name Set the name to NOT broadcast Encrypt the wireless
29	Secure the Net – Problem: Open access Open! Easy Access
30	Secure the Net –Open access: Visualized Neighbor’s network Complete access Access PCs Mischief Theft Mistakes: Unsecured WiFi Unsecured Admin PW
31	Secure the Router – set a unique name Direct IE to http://192.168.1.1 OR http://192.168.0.1 Same models – same names Identify YOUR router quickly
32	Secure the Router – set a unique admin password Standard pw is “admin” Changing protects Logs Blocking Security Choose “Administration” from top menu
33	Secure the WiFi – set a unique system id Similar routers – same WiFi net ID Identify your WiFi network quickly Prevent unwanted access Top Menu Choose “Wireless” Wireless Menu Enter a SSID or Wireless Network Name Disable SSID broadcast Choose “Disable” for SSID Broadcast Network name not visible on a “scan”
34	Secure the WiFi – set encryption Encryption: Like a WWII spy code Scrambles data on wireless Without scrambling data can be snatched from the air Select: Wireless Security WPAPersonal Enter a key you choose Save Settings
35	Restrict the ‘Net – Block Sites Set rules Global Per-Computer Time-based Blocking/Enabling by: IP address OR URL (www.sitename.com) Establish one or many rules Enable/Deny Enable What you allow If allowing only a few sites Deny What you block If blocking only a few sites
36	Monitor Access – Read Logs Stored on Router Outgoing Where they sent data/texts/files/requests to Incoming Where the data came back to them from
37	Questions and Demonstration What caught your interest? What can we show you? Pose a scenario – Can we find a simple block or monitor?
38	Thanks! Keep your kids safe!