It seems obvious that your using SG for commercial purposes, whereas Stefan uses it for his own use.
I as well use it in commercial applications, and when I act as a consultant and the client requests certain things, I may offer my viewpoint -- but in the end I do what the client asks, as he is the one writing the checks. I would love to see the look on a school directors face if I responded "But, shouldn't the kids know whats crap and not take up the schools bandwidth with it out of the kindness of their hearts?" lol We block webmail at one institution, and I have gone as far to write a module for squid that strips all <input type=text...> type fields because they do not want to be responsible for kids putting personal info online, whether its webmail, chat, or who knows. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Craig Baird Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 11:05 PM To: Stefan Furtmayr Cc: C Falconer; Squidguard Mailing List Subject: Re: Blocking free webspace providers? On 1 Jul 2002, Stefan Furtmayr wrote: > i don't know your pupils but don't they want to decide for themselves > what is crap and what isn't? If you follow this line of thinking, what's the point in even using squidGuard or any other filter? Most kids would prefer to have free reign on the net. Using any filtering solution is implying that you don't want them to be able to decide for themselves. You're allowing them to decide for themselves only within the parameters that *you* (or their parents) set. Whether you're comfortable with that or not is up to you, but if you're not, you shouldn't filter. > Do you split your local blacklist into categories? If not could you > please move these things into a "crap" category before contributing your > lists? Nah, go ahead and post your list how it is. If people don't like it, they don't have to use it or they can remove the entries they don't like themselves. It is, after all *your* list. Why should you be expected to tailor it to someone else's needs? Especially when everyone's needs are so different. > btw: Some people seem to block webmail, which i can't understand. > Are you doing that and if yes, why? Viruses? I don't normally block webmail unless the client asks for it. I've got one school doing it, simply because they're tired of cleaning viruses from half the machines in the school every other week. -- Craig Xpressweb Internet Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xpressweb.com
