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Metered HTTP Proxy?

Posted by Cliff on from the internet-traffic-cop-(and-parent) dept.

Jon asks: "My brother-in-law has three teenage daughters. The only thing that he has to hold over their head is being online. I am trying to find him an HTTP proxy server that has metering built in. I started with Squid which has the authentication stuff in it but we would like something where we could allocate minutes, like some of the WiFi stuff you encounter at a hot spot."

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  1. Re:Got the same problem here... by Klowner · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..So as punishment, you force them to browse the internet at speeds I can just barely achieve because I live in the middle of fscking nowhere..

    You sir, have made my day.

  2. Re:Got the same problem here... by christopherfinke · · Score: 2, Funny
    teenage girls can't seem to resist downloading crapware if it calls itself "PicOfGoodCharlotte.exe"
    There's no known remedy for bad taste in music...
  3. KISS by vasqzr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's what my parents used for me, back in my BBS days:

    "Get off the computer. Now."

    If you were on the computer when you weren't supposed to, the phone cord from the computer to the wall would dissappear. Eventually they found the phone cord I bought at the hardware store, then the damn wall jack dissappeared.

  4. He will do much better by acquiring a vertabra by gorim · · Score: 2, Funny

    It can't be bought in stores, it can only be evolved from within, but its the best thing for building character within oneself and one's children.

  5. Teenagers aren't dumb. by sho-gun · · Score: 2, Funny

    They know how to take my router off the network and reboot the cable modem to clear its MAC limit if they ever needed to bypass any protection I've set up on the router.

    Dont put anything past teenagers. They're alot
    smarter than most people give them credit for.
    My oldest will have CCNA before he graduates HS.