Xbox 360 blocking, parental control

[Mark Mathias]

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Ed  D. <lists at rensseltucky.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>     I have a friend who's a single mother, that has
> a problem with an out of control teenaged son
> playing Xbox 360 to all hours of the night.
>
> I suggested her having me build her a firewall
> that could be used to shut off Xbox traffic to
> the Internet at times when she chooses to.
> For example between certain hours..
>
> Has anybody done this?
>
> I didn't want to re-invent the wheel if I could
> benefit from soembody else's experience.
>
> Would appreciate any advice from people
> who've already done this, like what needs to
> be blocked for one.
>                                   Thanks,  Ed
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The firewall suggestion should work , but there may be an easier,
although non OpenBSD, solution.

If she just wants to limit the time he is playing, the xbox 360 has a
"family timer" feature, you set a length in hours per day or week, and
when it is used up, the console locks up until the next day/week.

-- 
Mark Mathias