Often times there is no clear distinction between what is/is not offensive within a particular site. Take Blogspot, for instance. Most blogs there are tame, but there are some that most definately are NSFW... Using that kind of software you cannot differentiate. It's definately safer to throw out the baby with the bathwater, rather than get sued. ;-)
-- Jeff -------- Original Message -------- > From: Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:58 AM > To: CF-Community <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Need justification to get House Of Fusion and Forta.com > unblocked at work > > offensive sites, yes. In order to reduce their liability for sexual > harassment/child pornography, etc., sure. But all blogs and forums? Because > that is what I am understanding from "catalogued sites." > > On 9/3/06, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Actually, a system that blocks offensive sites makes perfect sense in a > > corporate environment. Keeps the lawsuits down. An employee can actually > > sue the company for harassment if he/she happens to walk by someone's cube > > and notices something offensive on someone else's computer... The issue is > > when it goes too far and blocks perfectly valid sites like House of > > Fusion. > > I had replied earlier, but I think your best route is to ask them to log > > an > > exception for HOF. Even though there may be some "colorful" language on > > this list, and sometimes on the CF-Talk list, the benefits far outweigh > > the > > occasional use of the non-FCC approved verbiage. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jeff Garza > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 4:03 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Need justification to get House Of Fusion and Forta.com > > unblocked at work > > > > yanno... that just does not seem like a sensible use of IT dollars to me. > > But I am sure I am preaching to the already converted on that. > > > > On 9/2/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > They are relying on a service like websense and are globally blocking > > > certain categories of cateloged sites. It is using a proxy and a > > > third party database. > > > > > > On 9/2/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > have you ever asked a question here and gotten an answer? you might > > > > show them a few examples of that. I would imagine that this would > > > > help them > > > see > > > > the value of it. > > > > > > > > Exactly how are they blocking all forums and blogs, out of > > > > curiosity? I only know how to block by ip address or by protocol. Do > > > > they have a list they are getting from somewhere? > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/2/06, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It looks like blogging and forum sites are blocked without regard > > > > > to > > > the > > > > > content or subject. I need suggestions to use to get them > > > > unblocked. The > > > > > mailing lists and content are not "articulate enough" to use. > > > > > > > > > > Give me a few ideas I can pass on to the Networking group. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Russel Madere > > > > > > > > > > -------------------- > > > > > Never Again! > > > > > Rebuild New Orleans with Category 5 Protection > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214862 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
