As an aside, SmartFilter, a similar content filtering software, doesn't have any
restrictions against stunnel.org, although it does ban the entire GO network for
sexual content:)
Mark Felps
CBS Employer Services
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, shucks, I had no idea I might be somehow making any kind of innuendo or
> whatever, but this here "administrator" named "scanmail" has apparently seen
> fit to "quarantine" my (innocent) message on the basis of "Sexual
> Discrimination".
>
> I'm tossing this into the ring here in a simple spirit of
> consciousness-raising -- programmatic semantic interpretation of human
> communication, such as this, both illustrates and raises a host of
> technological and social issues.
>
> Its ever more obvious to me that when evaluating an employer, a key
> consideration (for myself that is) is the social aspects of their security
> policies and practices. I would not want to have my communications filtered in
> such a fashion (or at all).
>
> I'm a newbie to this particular list, and I suspect that this list isn't
> necessarily the appropriate place to discuss the social implications of this
> sort of technology. Does anyone know of a more appropriate list for that?
>
> thanks,
>
> JeffH
>
> ps: there are "newsletter" lists, as opposed to discussion lists, where the
> author(s) expound on such topics, i.e. on the social implications of networked
> computing and such. A prominent (imho) one is the Red Rock Eater News Service,
> an archive of which is available here..
>
> http://commons.somewhere.com/rre/
>
> ------- Forwarded Messages
>
> From: System Attendant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: ScanMail Message: To Sender, sensitive content found and action t
> aken.
> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 23:55:51 -0500
>
> Trend SMEX Content Filter has detected sensitive content.
>
> Place = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ; ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sender = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject = Re: SSL and other protocol usage
> Delivery Time = December 13, 2000 (Wednesday) 22:55:47
> Policy = Sexual Discrimination
> Action on this mail = Quarantine message
>
> Warning message from administrator:
> Notice: A message you sent appears to have violated GE Financial Assurance
> email policies for inappropriate language or content and may not have been
> received by the recipient.
>
> ------- original msg posted to firewalls..
>
> Subject: Re: SSL and other protocol usage
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:53:28 -0800
>
> you should perhaps take a look at..
>
> Stunnel -- Universal SSL Wrapper
> http://www.stunnel.org/
>
> JeffH
>
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