Re: Quick Survey - Does everyone do SOME form of "web filtering"??

[Adam Nave <nave () MACALESTER EDU>]

Ditto for Macalester (no content filtering).

--Adam

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Willis Marti <wmarti () tamu edu> wrote:

> SCHALIP, MICHAEL wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks.....
> >
> >
> > Our Board decided about 3 years ago to require "web filtering" here.  The
> > concern related to "academic freedom" are mitigated through a simple request
> > process.  If a faculty member or student finds that an instructionally
> > legitimate website is being blocked - all they have to do is submit a
> > request to have the website passed through the web filter and they are in
> > business.
> >
> >
> > *My question:  Does everyone do some sort of web filtering?  If you *do*
> > filter your web access - how long have you done so?  And do you have a
> > "bypass" process?*
> No. And I don't keep track of what sites they may visit (a side effect of
> your bypass process). Nor do I check what phone numbers are dialed, or books
> checked out of the library, etc, etc.
>
> We may temporarily block all access to a site serving malware or involved
> in the current phishing scheme, but content filtering belongs in K-12, not
> higher ed.
>
> Cheers,
> Willis Marti
> Director & CISO
> Networking and Information Security
> Texas A&M University



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Adam Nave, CISSP
Linux/Unix Systems Administrator
Macalester College