I will be getting broadband (fiber: woo hoo!) at home soon.  I am looking for 
some advice on safely sharing our internet connection with my 10-year old son 
using a pc we built together connected to a Linksys router by wire.  Currently, 
he connects through CCProxy, which can be set to use a filter file.  This is fine 
on dial-up (very slow, but that's no surprise).  

Thing is, when the phone company's network adapter gets here, he could 
conceivably bypass the proxy.  I can keep him from changing proxy settings if 
he uses Windows, but he doesn't.  He is using Linux (ubuntu).  I do not want to 
make him go back to Windows if there is a way to control his access via some 
hardware or software.  

Beyond proxy solutions, there are some cases where a proxy just doesn't 
work, such as Club Penguin.

I'm thinking I might be able to deny internet access in the router (DD-WRT 
maybe?) by mac address or IP and only allow on a case-by-case basis.

Any help appreciated.

Paul Jones
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