Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-24 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 06:27:40AM -, Jeremy Price wrote: > And I got bitten by this a few days ago when I discovered that work > had blocked all domain names with the word 'sex' in them. This was > funny until I tried to visit 'www.ExpertsExchange.com' - an online > tech community.

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-24 Thread Jeremy Price
e.g. a simple block of the word "sex" will block all sites referring to the English counties "Sussex" and "Essex" and so on - which would be extremely annoying for a student doing a research project on history or geography of England. it would also block sex-education sites and information about s

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-24 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 06:27:40AM -, Jeremy Price wrote: > And I got bitten by this a few days ago when I discovered that work > had blocked all domain names with the word 'sex' in them. This was > funny until I tried to visit 'www.ExpertsExchange.com' - an online > tech community.

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-23 Thread Jeremy Price
>e.g. a simple block of the word "sex" will block all sites referring to >the English counties "Sussex" and "Essex" and so on - which would be >extremely annoying for a student doing a research project on history or >geography of England. > >it would also block sex-education sites and information

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-23 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:26:26PM +0200, Joachim Schiele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 37 lines which said: > i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the > users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds Interesting set of values

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-23 Thread Craig Sanders
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 12:40:16AM -0400, Robb Kidd wrote: > Craig Sanders wrote: > > a better idea is to have a teacher monitor what's happening with the > > internet terminals while they're in use. > > Would using a filter help if it were configured to alert a supervisor > terminal on sites that

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:26:26PM +0200, Joachim Schiele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote a message of 37 lines which said: > i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the > users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds Interesting set of value

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Robb Kidd
Craig Sanders wrote: > [...] > the correct solution to the problem is teaching the kids to be > responsible, making sure they understand what the rules are for > their internet access, and monitoring them to make sure they're > not getting up to mischief. > > this might mean setting up squid to

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 11:14:21PM +0200, Joachim Schiele wrote: > yes tnx for this advice but, i should have said it, i don't have the > computer-power for running a squid :P we have a 486 with about 32mb or > 16mb ram and 200mb harddrive a 486 with 32MB is adequate for running squid for an entir

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Craig Sanders
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 12:40:16AM -0400, Robb Kidd wrote: > Craig Sanders wrote: > > a better idea is to have a teacher monitor what's happening with the > > internet terminals while they're in use. > > Would using a filter help if it were configured to alert a supervisor > terminal on sites tha

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Robb Kidd
Craig Sanders wrote: > [...] > the correct solution to the problem is teaching the kids to be > responsible, making sure they understand what the rules are for > their internet access, and monitoring them to make sure they're > not getting up to mischief. > > this might mean setting up squid to

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Peter Billson
> i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the > users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds > > is there a possibility to stop that, maybe on the firewall (debian linux) to > block requests like www.sex.de and things (words maybe) like sex,

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 11:14:21PM +0200, Joachim Schiele wrote: > yes tnx for this advice but, i should have said it, i don't have the > computer-power for running a squid :P we have a 486 with about 32mb or > 16mb ram and 200mb harddrive a 486 with 32MB is adequate for running squid for an enti

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Peter Billson
> i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the > users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds > > is there a possibility to stop that, maybe on the firewall (debian linux) to > block requests like www.sex.de and things (words maybe) like sex

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread cfm
look up CHIPA at google. You will find various half-assed programs listed. Realistically, if the school is not willing to use this as a learning experience for the students about the big bad world, then you might be better off just unplugging the box. $.02, cfm On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 11:1

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Joachim Schiele
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 April 2001 22:48, Tim Sailer wrote: > On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:26:26 Joachim Schiele wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > hello dear list members: > > i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to a

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Tim Sailer
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:26:26 Joachim Schiele wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > hello dear list members: > i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the > users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds > > is there a

get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Joachim Schiele
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hello dear list members: i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds is there a possibility to stop that, maybe on the firewall (debian linux) to b

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread cfm
look up CHIPA at google. You will find various half-assed programs listed. Realistically, if the school is not willing to use this as a learning experience for the students about the big bad world, then you might be better off just unplugging the box. $.02, cfm On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 11:

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Joachim Schiele
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 April 2001 22:48, Tim Sailer wrote: > On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:26:26 Joachim Schiele wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > hello dear list members: > > i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to

Re: get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Tim Sailer
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:26:26 Joachim Schiele wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > hello dear list members: > i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the > users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds > > is there

get school connected to the inet

2001-04-22 Thread Joachim Schiele
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hello dear list members: i have to connect a school to the internet but i have to avoid that the users(kids) look at certain webpages with criminal and sexual backgrounds is there a possibility to stop that, maybe on the firewall (debian linux) to