On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Chris G Haravata wrote:
> i am currently using squid/squidguard to limit the access of students, > meaning they can't access porno sites. the problem is, i have to see them > accessing the site before i can ban it. Tough job -- I don't envy you. When a system is able to screen out the standard sites, new sites just spring up. It's like a "outrun-me-if-you-can" game. I don't know if it is worth all that trouble installing "patrol" software. The ideal situation is for the students to peer-police themselves. Also, you can only stop them when they are accessing from your labs. What do you do when they are accessing from their homes via their private ISPs? Another questions is: "How do you define porno?". In one University abroad, the act of downloading a picture or movie that is offensive to the person seated next to you in the lab is a punishable act. No mention of "porno" here. Is the photo of a nude woman pornographic? How about a nude man? Must the nudity be frontal, or frontal AND shown wide? The student insists that the picture is ART but the lab supervisor sees it as porno. So who decides which it is? PMana _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
