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Jasonhilt
Jasonhilt
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November 25, 2014
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block Google search domains

  • November 25, 2014
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I work for a school corp and thus must restrict a lot of "those sites and pictures".

So I figured out the DNS fix to the Google safe search and SSL problem, but now have a different issue.  The fix only works for www.google.com.  If you go to www.google.ca, www.google.fr, or any other Google region safe search doesn't work.

Is there a way to block or redirect all of the Google domains to the nosslsearch.google.com site or am I stuck entering each countries (202 of them) google.??? info into the rating overrides list?

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    Bromont_FTNT
    Staff
    Bromont_FTNT
    Staff
    November 25, 2014

    From Google safe search support (https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/186669?hl=en:(

     

    About SafeSearch Virtual IP address (VIP)

    SafeSearch VIP will force all users on your network to use SafeSearch on Google Search while still allowing a secure connection via HTTPS. The VIP in SafeSearch VIP refers to a Virtual IP which is an IP address that can be routed internally to multiple Google servers.

    When SafeSearch VIP is turned on, teachers and students at your school will see a notification the first time they go to Google; this will let them know that SafeSearch is on.

    SafeSearch VIP can be used as part of a comprehensive internet safety policy by schools; this is part of keeping students secure while limiting their access to adult content at school.

    Using SafeSearch VIP will not affect other Google services outside of Google Search.

    Turn on SafeSearch VIP

    To force SafeSearch for your network, you’ll need to update your DNS configuration. Set the DNS entry for www.google.com (and any other Google ccTLD country subdomains your users may use) to be a CNAME for forcesafesearch.google.com.

    We will serve SafeSearch Search and Image Search results for requests that we receive on this VIP.

    Jasonhilt
    JasonhiltAuthor
    New Member
    November 25, 2014

    Bromont wrote:

    From Google safe search support (https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/186669?hl=en:(

     

    About SafeSearch Virtual IP address (VIP)

    SafeSearch VIP will force all users on your network to use SafeSearch on Google Search while still allowing a secure connection via HTTPS. The VIP in SafeSearch VIP refers to a Virtual IP which is an IP address that can be routed internally to multiple Google servers.

    When SafeSearch VIP is turned on, teachers and students at your school will see a notification the first time they go to Google; this will let them know that SafeSearch is on.

    SafeSearch VIP can be used as part of a comprehensive internet safety policy by schools; this is part of keeping students secure while limiting their access to adult content at school.

    Using SafeSearch VIP will not affect other Google services outside of Google Search.

    Turn on SafeSearch VIP

    To force SafeSearch for your network, you’ll need to update your DNS configuration. Set the DNS entry for www.google.com (and any other Google ccTLD country subdomains your users may use) to be a CNAME for forcesafesearch.google.com.

    We will serve SafeSearch Search and Image Search results for requests that we receive on this VIP.

    Thats what I followed, but used the A host with IP address as we can't do Cnames on our DNS servers.

     

    Only problem is safesearch doesn't work if the student goes to www.google.fr (france) or www.google.de (Germany).

    Thus is there an easy way to block all the other google.?? domains without entering each one individually or entering a DNS domain for everyone of them?

     

    I get paid by the hour so entering each one into the web override is no problem...just don't want to waste my time if there is an easier way.

     

    Bromont_FTNT
    Staff
    Bromont_FTNT
    Staff
    November 25, 2014

    you tried redirecting to forcesafesearch.google.com?

    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    November 25, 2014

    And what if the students use IP addresses instead??

    Content filtering by DNS is a no-brainer for anybody 7+.

    arshadm
    arshadm
    New Member
    November 29, 2014

    Why no use enable safe search which is under Web filter ?

    Jasonhilt
    JasonhiltAuthor
    New Member
    December 1, 2014

    arshadm wrote:

    Why no use enable safe search which is under Web filter ?

    Safe search doesn't work on Google since they force you to use HTTPS.  Safe search works on Bing.  With the redirect of Google to the other address, safe search now works, but only for www.google.com .  It doesn't work for all the other google search sites setup for other countries, unless I manually setup a redirect for them also.

     

    Dave, I'll take a look at your suggestion.

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