In reply to a post by iand:

So i read this and thought it could not be that easy to bypass, and yes it is on the sky service. just altered dns servers to google 8.8.8.8 and bobs your uncle, up pops the adult sites. To say i am dissapointed is an understatement.

It's pretty pathetic really. I highlighted the issue and gave the outgoing DNS firewall rule fix on the Sky forums ages ago, but they never did anything about it. If they make the filter that easy to bypass, they might as well not have it at all.

Various discussion here: http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Archived-Discussions/Sky...

It satisfies the political masters

Blocking DNS is known to cause issues with some hardware e.g chromecast

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

It satisfies the political masters

But not the parents who wish to protect their children from questionable content. Ah well.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

It satisfies the political masters

But not the parents who wish to protect their children from questionable content. Ah well.

What's stopiping them? The controls work.

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

What's stopiping them? The controls work.

It does work, but I think it's rather to trivial to circumvent.

I do think the people on these forums are far more interested in not having their own access filtered, than they are with providing parents comprehensive tools to block what their children can see. Perhaps it reflects the demographics of the users here.

Can also cause issues with the Roku 3, depending on exactly how it is blocked.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

What's stopiping them? The controls work.

It does work, but I think it's rather to trivial to circumvent.

I do think the people on these forums are far more interested in not having their own access filtered, than they are with providing parents comprehensive tools to block what their children can see. Perhaps it reflects the demographics of the users here.

Are you suggesting that kids could get around it? They could get round any such block by using DNSCrypt. Or VPN.

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Are you suggesting that kids could get around it? They could get round any such block by using DNSCrypt. Or VPN.

Some of the filters block VPN, and not all of the filters rely on DNS like Sky's implementation. TalkTalk's, for instance, is DNS agnostic.

Sometimes parents just have to talk to their kids.

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Sometimes parents just have to talk to their kids.

I'm sure they do. But thing is with kids, they don't always do what their parents say.