Too late now....but you could make an analogy to drug smuggling.
I read once that with everything we spend on the DEA and border patrol
(I think it's over a hundred billion per year) we catch about 2% of
illegal traffic.
You'd have to somehow inspect and decrypt every packet to be 100%
successful. The border patrol equivalent would be to stop every vehicle
and strip it down to parts and put it back together. 100% effective at
finding the drugs, but not worth it.
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: 2/6/2018 12:07:28 PM
Subject: [AFMUG] OT Porn ..... (filtering)
Based on all your comments (thank you), I sent the following to the
legislative working group:
(You guys helped me look smarter than I am ).
Some random thoughts.
If you are going to an HTTPS site, it is all encrypted. If you are
attempting to analyze a flow of traffic HTTPS traffic looks the same to
us whether it is porn or online banking.
Do we also block Bit Torrent?
XBox Grand Theft Auto
Any game with online chat. Scrub online chat during games?
All game servers
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube
News outlets
Facebook
Email
Instant messaging
Periscope
Streaming
FTP
IRC
The lowly ping facility has a space for payload. I could send porn via
pings if I wanted.
What is defined as harmful content? Medical, artistic, Bible readings?
Genesis 19, 29 etc etc.
Language, if so what language? Bare shoulders. Knees?
Curtains blowing in the breeze.
How about what I consider pornographic music lyrics.
Do we have to police music. Police Pandora.
There are always ways around.
For every block there is a proxy or VPN that will get you around it.
Filters can give parents a false sense of security. Filters are
gimmicks. Snake oil.
But we do offer them. Not home grown. They are 3rd party.
