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Re: N2H2 Web Proxy/Filter appliance
From: 11a () GMX NET (Bluefish)
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 22:14:36 +0200
Well, as upon the question of "will it stop high school kids"? Remember that people (quite possibly people in this and other mailinglists) sometimes get bored and develops proof-of-concept code. It only takes someone to take the p-o-c and put it on some page about "elite" & "warez", and suddenly all the kids are surfing porn like hell. Most likely a lot of them are doing in just to show off as well ;) Then I would not like being the administrator having to explain why to the boss (I assume the boss to be rather ignorant of technology). So I'd advise administrators to recommend their employer not to install such a feature, or make sure both parties are well aware that the software is broken (as any such software would be). It's usually very good to make it clear that you can't be held responsible for bugs you fear/know will be exploited. In this case you can't get away with the standarized "hackers did it" if you got tons of kids doing it. Just a mere warning from someone who's had to explain to someone important "I can't fix this because not even the vendor knows how to fix it". Not everyone happily accepts the facts of life (= murphys laws etc ;) ..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.. http://www.11a.nu || http://bluefish.11a.nu eleventh alliance development & security team
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