And fortunately URL monitoring/blocking software, such as Elron Software's
Internet Manager affords such functionality...
Best Regards, Donald Kelloway
http://www.commodon.com
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Subject: RE: how to prevent access to adult sites? -reply
> Just refer to a series of articles published in the Boston Herald last
> spring on where Employees of the Commonwealth were spending their time on
> the Internet. Over half of them were visiting pornographic sites, except
> after a little investigation it turned some of the visits from employees
> worked for the State Police and Social Service investigating possible
> abuse of children. So therefore, the URL blocking software must be able
> to be customized to account for legitimate use of viewing pornographic
> sites.
>
> The problem is not hard to solve, URL software developers just have to
> develop the software so that use can be customized for certain sites.
>
> If you look under the Gambling category, Lottery is associated with it.
> Well again, this a boo-boo, what if the organization you worked for was
> the State Lottery commission and you wanted people to be able to web to
> their lottery page to check the daily lotto or Tri-State lotto. Imagine
> if the URL software was not customizable and automatically blocked people
> from visiting the site and not finding out they just became a millioniare.
>
>
> This scenario also happenned..
>
> /mark
>
>
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>
> "mouss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 03/15/00 07:01 PM
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> Subject: RE: how to prevent access to adult sites? -reply
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>
> Mark,
>
> If one has valid reasons (such as the investigations you cited) to search
> for
> sex-criminals or so, then software may help. but te software is used to
> search not to block.
> you need to have an eye until you find what you're looking for.
>
> yes, you may be concerned by the "image" of the company if things get
> known.
> there may be other reasons.
> however, I still believe that the problem is too hard to solve without
> introducing other problems.
> That's certainly my opinion, but I prefer to work in a company where
> employees are tusted and hold responsible,
> assume that they are good at the (minimal?) risk of being deceived, than
> working in a "heavy atmosphere".
>
>
>
>
>
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> > Subject: RE: how to prevent access to adult sites? -reply
> >
> >
> > This a fine how do you do, especially when one could possibly work for
> an
> > organization that has to investigate pornographic, child pornography
> > stuff. Such organizations as local law enforcement need to be able to
> > view these as a necessity to possible investigate some disturbed people
> > out there. So establishing an acceptable use policy around an
> > organization that law enforcement reports to them will be very
> > troublesome.
> >
> > Personally, I don't really care where people go, except when all of a
> > sudden some reporter who hates the local government does a search and
> > basically prints the results in the state paper. Well, guess what
> > you have
> > the local governor demanding that the security group do something like
> > yesterday about fixing a situation that is almost impossible to fix.
> >
> > So technically, you can solve very easily by designing software
> licensing
> > around the organization and then cater the lists around the permissions
> > they setup. If law enforcement they get X key, if everyone else they Y
> > key, otherwise one is out of luck
> >
> > /mark
> >
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