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We are trying to block google search at my school and force / redirect to Bing for Schools so all searches are safe. I have it working so if google.com is put in to the address bar it will redirect to Bing but if they search direct from the address bar it will still use google. There is no way to force which search engine is the default. Does anyone know how I might be able to get the address bar search to redirect? Thanks,
Cannot the kiddies change the search settings on bing to allow p***?
There are web safe browsers on the ipad to filter content. Aren't there proxies filtering software that run on a server to filter out unsafe sites?
Robert
No, Bing Safe Search for schools is based on your static IP. You set it up with Bing so that all Bing requests that are delivered to your IP are filtered to be "Safe".
"Safe" browsers are terrible and can not open links from emails and the like.
I have a Proxy set up but if I had to add every bad site out there, I would need a few years...
Shouldn't you be using parental restrictions on the device with a list of allowed/ disallowed sites?
It sure is a pain to manage, but you can allow or block sites that way. I think you can send that out via config profiles or your MDM server. They will get 'access denied' instead of a redirect.
Otherwise your proxy should be configured to filter the sites on these devices. Just bear in mind taking out google.com can also effect google maps on sites that are used for research and think about any teachers who use gmail etc.
Settings>Safari>Search Engine
Set for bing
Remember it can be changed back just as easy
That's what I meant by, "There is no way to force which search engine is the default"
For filtering, you would subscribe to some service that provides you the list. Here are five 'all-in-one' proxy filters. Note k9.
http://lifehacker.com/5312820/five-best-content-filtering-tools
What prevents the kiddie from typing an a url? A search reveals the obvious url names exist.
Robert
You should also be aware that the kiddies can change their effective ip address by using a web based proxy server. Thus, getting around bing filtering.
an example would be. You got to incloak.com then type in your real web address. bing see incloak's ip address. incloak delivers whatever it see from bing to the kiddies web browser.
incloak. com
more details here...
http://www.wikihow.com/Block-Your-IP-Address
Or picking another search engine like yahoo, answer.com, etc.
You should be letting the professionals deal with this not re-inventing a wheel with a leak in it. Using a proxy server such as k9 avoids this hack.
Robert
Poor kids won't learn a thing with Bing. Terrible search engine. Who sold the school on that, rather than using Googles setup which has a school safe setup?
Redirect search from address bar?
