Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:43:52 -0600 (CST) From: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> To: Casper <casper@acc.am> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BESS internet filtering Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812261539420.5027-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> In-Reply-To: <3685483B.A759226F@acc.am>
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That would be a good idea, except we lack the resources to constantly update the database whenever someone finds a new pornography site, which i'm guessing 18% of the internet sites are, if not more. I was mostly interested if someone knows about the legal status of doing something like this. Will we lose our carrier status as an ISP, and become provider of internet content? Have you ever heard of someone being sued due to finding pornography when it was supposed to be filtered (even though we will say "This does not entirely remove..."), etc. Thanks for the reply. Phillip Salzman On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Casper wrote: > and what about simply write redirector for squid? You only need some database of > url , that you want to disable .. > > Phillip Salzman wrote: > > > > This may be a little bit off topic, but does anyone > > know much about the BESS filtering system? It is a program > > that filters "unwanted" content from ISPs dialup users. > > > > Some of the things it filters is pornography, with an > > assortment of others. It's up to the ISP on what they > > want filtered. > > > > I was wondering if any of you have had legal problems with > > something like this, or technical. Someone I know told > > me it either runs FreeBSD or Linux, but he wasn't sure. With > > a hacked-up squid, or started with squid. > > > > The website for BESS is at http://www.n2h2.com/ > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Phil > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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