Yes, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [info-tech] Firewall
| Scott, | in my sonicwall under security services, content filtering is a restrict | web features with a checkbox for access to HTTP proxy servers. Is that | what you refered to below. | | Scott Fosseen wrote: | > The Sonicwall at one time had an option to block "Outside Proxy" with a | > check box. I don't know if that is still in place but it may be worth a | > try. | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > *From:* Jim Kerns <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > *To:* info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us <mailto:info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us> | > *Sent:* Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:59 AM | > *Subject:* Re: [info-tech] Firewall | > | > Unfortunately, I do not see a way to avoid the subscription based | > services here. Our filter list has grown from 250 MB 2 years ago to | > almost 750 MB this year, and still growing. We do not use all of | > the filters, but it just shows how much garbage has been added to | > the net in the last couple of years. These remote proxies have been | > a real pain. Even if you block the popular ones like the ones you | > mentioned, myspaceproxy1.com, etc., we have had at least | > one student figure out how to set up a remote proxy on his home | > computer. Try as we may, they will find ways around it.... | > | > Happy holidays!! | > | > | > | > Jim Kerns | > Spencer Community Schools | > 23 East 7th St | > P.O. Box 200 | > Spencer, Iowa 51301 | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > 712.262.0339 | > FAX 712.262.1116 | > | > >>> "Murray Gafkjen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/20/2006 | > 11:27 AM >>> | > | > I've been updating the firewall of late, adding a few more urls, and | > perhaps in futile attempts. | > | > | > | > Take a look at atunnel.com. | > | > Hopefully your filters block this one without any effort on your | > part, but there seems to be a entire industry of webpages designed | > to punch holes through most filters. I also did a search and found | > out that a-ztunnel.com (all 26 of them created holes to use, as well | > as 1-9tunnel.com). Did a search on similar site as atunnel.com and | > found another 50 or so listed, some were blocked by the filter, | > others needed to be added manually... I see a vision of the little | > Dutch boy not knowing which hole to plug.. And I'm not even dutch. | > | > | > | > Hopefully your appliance/software is a little smarter than mine. | > | > | > | > All for now, | > | > | > | > Murray Gafkjen | > | > Clay Central Everly | > | > | > | --- | [This E-mail scanned for viruses by the trv.k12.ia.us server.] | | --- | [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] | | --------------------------------------------------------- | Archived messages from this list can be found at: | http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ | --------------------------------------------------------- | --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ ---------------------------------------------------------
