Josh: I did a little more research on Websense, and they have something like 70 adjustable filters. For instance, in the "bad word" category, my mention of the word "gomblyng" was enough to trip Cubic's customized Websense filter. Yes, I now have to fuzz it, or many of you will not receive this post due to your own corporate filters. I have also been receiving rejection notices, about my earlier listpost, evidenced as follows: When [email protected] sent e-mail to [email protected] (1/1/2)
Message Rejected, You used a bad word! (this is an automated filter, replies are not read) When [email protected] sent e-mail to [email protected] (1/1/2) Message Rejected, You used a bad word! (this is an automated filter, replies are not read) So Brian never saw the list-distributed post, since LECO's filter also thought mention of "gomblyng" was a proscribed topic. Both LECO's & Cubic's IT admins decided to totally block any mention of "gomblyng". Your admins at Printronix must be a bit more liberal, since they allow you to see that "bad word". I don't want to take this thread too far off-topic, as I started with a comment about how you could accidentally limit business access to your regulatory compliance web site by the inadvertent inclusion of a "bad word" (in this case, I suppose DNB said something like "Don't gombly with your marketing schedule; test early & test often!"). Now, I'm finding that I can't even discuss certain topics via email ; many organizations must be using filters now, and they are all customized to whatever level the local IT admin prefers! Let's just leave this messy topic with the heightened awareness that filtering exists, and we must be sure that our company web sites don't contain any "bad words" which might cause "highly retentive" filters to deny access of possible customers. Regards, Ed Ed Price [email protected] Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Services Is Our Specialty Shake-Bake-Shock - Metrology - Reliability Analysis -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Wiseman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:07 PM To: Price, Ed; 'EMC-PSTC List' Subject: RE: Filtering Software Ed, Its funny that you say that. I went to DNB's website with no problems. My company uses the same Websense software. I know some people at DNB and have explained to them the problem. In the mean time here is the link if you want to try again. http://www.dnbenginc.com/ <http://www.dnbenginc.com/> Regards, Josh Josh Wiseman EMC/Product Safety (714) 368-2737 [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] -----Original Message----- From: Price, Ed [ mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 10:37 AM To: 'EMC-PSTC List' Subject: Filtering Software Hi Listmembers: I want to call to everyone's attention an interesting problem with using the net. I was just doing a search for "EMC Test Labs", and had been visiting a number of the web sites. However, when I tried to access the site for "DNB Engineering", I was blocked by my Cubic porn filtering software (Websense). Apparently DNB uses the word "gambling" on their site, and this word triggers the censor in Websense. This is a case of a company (apologies to DNB) accidentally self-limiting their web site access through use of language which is taken out-of-context by "nanny" software. Many of us are attempting to create business exposure for our endeavors. This is an example of why we need to carefully consider all site keywords and every bit of text on our web pages. Regards, Ed Ed Price [email protected] Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Services Is Our Specialty Shake-Bake-Shock - Metrology - Reliability Analysis
