David Burt on "breast" filtering and IBB keyword list [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: [Politech] Weekly column: U.S. blunders with China,Iran 
keyword blacklist [fs]
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 09:27:23 -0700
From: Burt,David <david_burt () securecomputing com>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>

Declan,

We've been talking about word filtering since the mid-90s, and it amazes me
that there are still programmers that think relying on simple keyword
filtering is a good idea.

Keyword filtering can be useful when used in conjunction with other factors,
such as links to known porn sites, number of images, number of pop-ups,
keyword spamming, and a host of other factors that can provide an accurate
(though not perfect) "signature" for a commercial porn sites for automatic
detection.

But simply relying on detection of words like "breast" doesn't work any
better in 2004 than it did in 1994 when this type of filtering was first
employed.



David Burt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: politech-bounces () politechbot com
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> Subject: [Politech] Weekly column: U.S. blunders with China,Iran keyword
blacklist [fs]
> http://news.com.com/2010-1028-5204405.html
>
> U.S. blunders with keyword blacklist
> May 3, 2004, 8:00 AM PT
> By Declan McCullagh
>
> The U.S. government concocted a brilliant plan a few years ago: Why
> not give Internet surfers in China and Iran the ability to bypass
> their nations' notoriously restrictive blocks on Web sites?
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