School internet filters

**limbimtimwim** · 2nd November 2007, 11:04

Originally Posted by Jim2

The IT guy at school is not enjoying restricting Internet access, I guarantee it.

I resisted it as best as I could at work. And I really didn't like doing it. None the less I did.

You have to look at something extremely rough for the one I set up here to go off.

A bonus I do like is the inline virus scanning, which stops a remarkable amount of stuff every day.

**Tank** · 2nd November 2007, 11:06

Originally Posted by Jim2

It's not thought police it's the half dozen families of the religious right or extreme hippy left who insist on the rest of us respecting their principles at the expense of our own (or lack thereof).

Its not always thought police - there is a lot of shit out there on 'normal sounding' URLs that I (or any normal person) would not want my kids seeing.

Like when I wanted to look up dereamworld (I think I went to dreamworld.com not .com.au or something like that) with the kids prior to a holiday and ended up on a realllllly porno site - not something I wanted to share with my young 'uns.

Sometimes blocking IS OK. Its common sense and appropriate - not some big conspiracy by thought police and greenies.

**James Deuce** · 2nd November 2007, 11:10

I didn't suggest it was ok to accidentally bang into deviant porn btw, I do understand and agree with what you are saying, however there are reasonable things that are banned from schools and universities because they may offend a very small minority.

**Lias** · 2nd November 2007, 13:40

Originally Posted by jrandom

Yup. It originated at Waikato Uni in the early 1990s or thereabouts, I believe. 1980s, even?

Its written by Simon Travaglia, who still works at the uni afaik.

And as for the topic, as one of the IT guys who blocks access I'm all for it because blocking your access speeds up MY porn surfing

Its only when IT managers start talking about us having equal rights with the users that I start gibbering and screaming.

**Tank** · 2nd November 2007, 14:14

Originally Posted by Lias

Its only when IT managers start talking about us having equal rights with the users that I start gibbering and screaming.

Its more fun asking for the proxy reports of the last 3 weeks worth of IT staff's surfing. Jesus - you should see the paniced look on their faces.

**Lias** · 2nd November 2007, 14:31

Originally Posted by Tank

Its more fun asking for the proxy reports of the last 3 weeks worth of IT staff's surfing. Jesus - you should see the paniced look on their faces.

That is why you sniff the network passwords of the more clueless members of the IT department and surf yoru goatse porn from THEIR accounts :-P

**Gremlin** · 2nd November 2007, 20:07

Originally Posted by Tank

Its more fun asking for the proxy reports of the last 3 weeks worth of IT staff's surfing. Jesus - you should see the paniced look on their faces.

hellooooo there is no report

call it a perk of the job

**Hillbilly** · 3rd November 2007, 01:07

Well, I am the IT guy, so get so do whatever I wish....

.....now, back to compiling those thousands of MP3's from that banned usenet group....

**pritch** · 3rd November 2007, 17:54

Originally Posted by Mikkel

And dodgy IT guys always makes me think of BOfH, it's written by a Kiwi and bloody hilarious. And there's a lot more as well.

I don't know, but I think Mr T is a Pom living in this country. When you read his stuff you just assume it to be set in the UK. That'd be a hard effect to achieve if the writer hadn't at least spent a lot of time there...

My God daughter was a teacher in Auckland (sorry you young blokes, she's currently in the UK). After a visit to Queensland I sent her an email and she was called in to the IT persons office to read my post. I had mentioned Brisbane's favourite brew (not mine) XXXX. So their protection programme decided XXXX was obviously pornographic...

This software still needs work!

**danb** · 3rd November 2007, 18:33

One of the good things working in IT as admins - go straight through the firewall without the proxy turned on. Even staying that I rarely go to this site at work otherwise I would be on it all day.

**Deviant Esq** · 3rd November 2007, 22:40

At my work it's mega control freak - pretty much all websites are blocked apart from a select few. The IT guys have just turned WebMarshall to block everything except specified sites, which are about as useful as a frozen grape.