Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:08:09 -0400 From: Terry Zink <tzink@metrocon.com> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd box as a porn filter? Message-ID: <01072416080900.46539@coldstone.metrocon.com> In-Reply-To: <004001c11416$98887400$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <004001c11416$98887400$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Turning the displays towards the checkouts may work but not with everyone. There are many people I know (including my girlfriend, what can i say, she's weird n stuff :) Whho would sit there n go "Ooh, not bad.. nice boobs" on her n look at silly porn related things when she came across them.. Actively searching for them is another thing, but that wont stop people who have no shame :) On Tuesday 24 July 2001 03:59, you wrote: > A number of years ago the public library here started putting in > Internet-connected PC's with the idea that the community members > unable to afford a computer or Internet access could use them for > research, etc. The folks that originally installed them were well > meaning but ignorant in the ways of the big bad Internet. (they > obviously didn't talk to any network administrators before doing it, > but that's par for the course) They almost immediately started > having problems and tried various filtering software, etc. > > Finally about 3 years ago they finally managed to hire someone > smart enough to come in out of the rain, who immediately threw > away all of the filtering software. Then they went through all > the library branches and reoriented all of the systems in such > a way as the screens faced the checkout desks and had unobstructed > visibility. The porno problems disappeared. > > The interesting thing I thought was that back when some fools in Congress > were considering mandating filtering software for schools, the library > here testified against it, as it was expensive and didn't generally work. > > It's kind of a low-tech solution but effective for that environment. > While you can't generally do this in a corporate environment with > offices, most decent managers have their own methods of finding out > what their employees are up to that are just as effective. > > Too many times we in the industry are too quick to attempt technological > solutions to what are basically human problems. > > Ted Mittelstaedt > tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD > Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: > http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > >-----Original Message----- > > From: P. U. (Uli) Kruppa [mailto:root@pukruppa.de] > > >Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 2:12 AM > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > >Cc: Clayton Tycksen; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: RE: freebsd box as a porn filter? > > > >On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> VGA16?!??! What about the Hercules Graphics Adapter? There's a > >> xserver for that! ;-) > >> > >> (they can dither down the hicolor images to 16 colors if they are really > >> desperate) > >> > >> Or maybe you could designate a certain time period during the day > >> as "free porno time" and let them go to town then. :-) > > > >Three or four years ago I'd made fun of this, too. > >But if you care to have a look at my typical users on > >www.2000d.de > >you will see one sometimes has to respect other people's > >sentiments. :-) > > > >Uli. > > > >> Ted Mittelstaedt > > > >tedm@toybox.placo.com > > > >> Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate > > > >Networker's Guide > > > >> Book website: > > > >http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of P. U. (Uli) > >> >Kruppa > >> >Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:17 PM > >> >To: Clayton Tycksen > >> >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> >Subject: Re: freebsd box as a porn filter? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >The best porn-filter is a good old vga16 video-card. > >> >You simply will not be able to see anything. > >> >Perhaps you can tune down XF86 ? > >> > > >> >If you whish to block a particular address you can just add > >> >it to your /etc/hosts . Any request for it will be sent to > >> >your own machine - and there is nothing undesireable. > >> > > >> >Place the workstations in a way that your users can't be > >> >sure not to be watched. > >> > > >> >Uli. > >> > > >> >On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Clayton Tycksen wrote: > >> >> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:58:47 -0600 > >> >> From: Clayton Tycksen <clay@tycksen.com> > >> >> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> >> Subject: freebsd box as a porn filter? > >> >> > >> >> Dear FreeBSD, > >> >> > >> >> I'm relatively new to Unix. A good friend of mine has converted me > >> >> to FreeBSD, and I'm enjoying it. > >> >> I do have a question- as the administrator of a small network, I'm > >> >> wondering if it's possible to set up FreeBSD on a box and have it > >> >> perform filtering of pornography. I realise that I can set up a > >> >> FreeBSD box to perform packet filtering (although I still need to > >> >> figure out how to do that, exactly). But I'd like to prohibit nodes > >> >> on our network from viewing pornographic material, and a few other > >> >> general websites. I do not have an external 'router' per se - We > >> >> have an ISDN connection to our ISP (which does not provide > >> >> filtering). > >> >> > >> >> I've looked at available hardware designed specifically for spam and > >> >> porn filtering for networks, but the price of the hardware is too > >> >> high for my small network of 15 nodes and 2 servers. > >> >> > >> >> Any suggestions? > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Clayton Tycksen > >> >> Network Administrator > >> >> Zoll & Tycksen, LC > >> >> > >> >> tel (801) 685-7800 ext 15 > >> >> fax (801) 685-7808 > >> >> cell (801) 913-2208 > >> >> > >> >> text msg: help@ztlaw.com > >> >> > >> >> ******************************************************************* > >> >> > >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > >> >*--------------------------------------* > >> > > >> >| www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | > >> >| Wuppertal - Germany | > >> > > >> >*--------------------------------------* > >> > > >> > > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > >*--------------------------------------* > > > >| www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | > >| Wuppertal - Germany | > > > >*--------------------------------------* > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Regards, Terry Zink System Administrator Metrocon Communications Phone: (212) 661-6800 x 1553 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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