[plug] Pron blocker

[Andrew Francis]

On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Jason Jordan wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 12:04:43 +0800 (WST), Jonathon Bates wrote:
> Instead of wasting time trying to decided if "breast" was in the context of "breast 
> cancer".  Or whether "www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk" should be allowed, I coded 
> some perl script that simply grepped through the daily logs for inappropriate key
> words and let a real person make the call.  I created a list of sites that could
> be excluded from the pattern match... such as www.virginairlines.com.au and
> *.gov.au and so on.

Not excluding things can help remind people what's going on :)

For instance, at one place I worked, if someone visited
www.<containsvulgarword>.com, they'd receive an email from the support
email address along these lines:

  Hi <real name>

  On <date/time>, you visited <site>. The content or name of the site 
  triggered our automatic filters, so this has been logged for futher
  investigation as per our policy at <http://whatever...>.

  Please note that the filter only makes broad judgments and refers 
  websites to staff for further investigation. If the site is appropriate
  under the Acceptable Use Policy, then no further action will be taken.

  This is an automated message.



By the way, if the school's on an iinet Voyager they're probably worried
about traffic - so the first site I'd block would be www.hotmail.com.

-- 
Andrew Francis
locust at iinet.net.au