This is a very poor choice of link.
Network administrators in schools have a duty
of care to provide a safe and age appropriate
Internet experience. Would you like your children
to be able to look at anything on the Internet. There
are some pretty grim things out there in cyberspace.
Some of them are clearly not appropriate for a child
to be looking at - or do you think that these sort of
things are Ok for kids
Submitted by vonskippy on Mon, 06/30/2008 - 13:21.
FYI - Most Uni's, being bastions of learning/freedom of information institutions don't run any content filters (at least the ones that haven't sold out to the Music/Movie Industry - and then they just filter P2P not content).
Besides, Wired advice was pure crap. If the school is blocking content, they're also blocking redirectors or proxy systems as well. Since most minors don't need financial access (nor is it legal for most minors to do so without parental authority) they block encrypted traffic as well, preventing the use of an encrypted tunnel to an external proxy to bypass the packet inspection filters.
Besides, Wired advice was pure crap. If the school is blocking content, they're also blocking redirectors or proxy systems as well. Since most minors don't need financial access (nor is it legal for most minors to do so without parental authority) they block encrypted traffic as well, preventing the use of an encrypted tunnel to an external proxy to bypass the packet inspection filters.
Vonskippy is exactly correct--Wired advice was pure crap (which is why I didn't respond to this thread earlier).
This is precisely what my (k-12) school district does. Blocking access to redirectors or proxy systems, as well as blocking encrypted traffic does the trick. BTW, many local school districts are required by their state laws/statutes to perform blocking/filtering.
Most k-12 public school districts do not have blocking by school or by grade level either; so the blocking policies are district wide--and kindergarten age students and high school seniors have the same levels of blocking, which causes some frustration. (I specifically recall a high school senior girl complaining last year because she was blocked while trying to do a research paper on breast cancer).
However, last year, over 80% of my (high school) students had internet access at home, which was typically unfiltered in any way.
re: Bypass School Internet Filters
Tsk tsk to Tuxmachines - what's next, linking to articles that tell you how to run with scissors?
bypass school filters
This is a very poor choice of link.
Network administrators in schools have a duty
of care to provide a safe and age appropriate
Internet experience. Would you like your children
to be able to look at anything on the Internet. There
are some pretty grim things out there in cyberspace.
Some of them are clearly not appropriate for a child
to be looking at - or do you think that these sort of
things are Ok for kids
M
re: bypass school filters
I'm so ashamed.
Actually, I do apologize, I was thinking college-type school. I don't think I have many if any at all minors visiting my site.
re: re: bypass school filters
FYI - Most Uni's, being bastions of learning/freedom of information institutions don't run any content filters (at least the ones that haven't sold out to the Music/Movie Industry - and then they just filter P2P not content).
Besides, Wired advice was pure crap. If the school is blocking content, they're also blocking redirectors or proxy systems as well. Since most minors don't need financial access (nor is it legal for most minors to do so without parental authority) they block encrypted traffic as well, preventing the use of an encrypted tunnel to an external proxy to bypass the packet inspection filters.
re: re: re: bypass school filters
Besides, Wired advice was pure crap. If the school is blocking content, they're also blocking redirectors or proxy systems as well. Since most minors don't need financial access (nor is it legal for most minors to do so without parental authority) they block encrypted traffic as well, preventing the use of an encrypted tunnel to an external proxy to bypass the packet inspection filters.
Vonskippy is exactly correct--Wired advice was pure crap (which is why I didn't respond to this thread earlier).
This is precisely what my (k-12) school district does. Blocking access to redirectors or proxy systems, as well as blocking encrypted traffic does the trick. BTW, many local school districts are required by their state laws/statutes to perform blocking/filtering.
Most k-12 public school districts do not have blocking by school or by grade level either; so the blocking policies are district wide--and kindergarten age students and high school seniors have the same levels of blocking, which causes some frustration. (I specifically recall a high school senior girl complaining last year because she was blocked while trying to do a research paper on breast cancer).
However, last year, over 80% of my (high school) students had internet access at home, which was typically unfiltered in any way.