Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 01:47:06 +0400 From: Casper <casper@acc.am> To: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BESS internet filtering Message-ID: <3685595A.3CB86555@acc.am> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812261539420.5027-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>
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You can use database that suppling some firms for thier products ... NetNanny , for instance .... I dontt know anything about legal status of this problem .... but in practice it's unapplicable in 90% , if you are ISP, because what you will do with most of your clients (by our statistics , the porno-traffic :) is about 35-40% )? Phillip Salzman wrote: > > That would be a good idea, except we lack the resources to > constantly update the database whenever someone finds a new > pornography site, which i'm guessing 18% of the internet > sites are, if not more. > > I was mostly interested if someone knows about the legal status > of doing something like this. Will we lose our carrier status > as an ISP, and become provider of internet content? Have you > ever heard of someone being sued due to finding pornography > when it was supposed to be filtered (even though we will say > "This does not entirely remove..."), etc. > > Thanks for the reply. > > Phillip Salzman > > On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Casper wrote: > > > and what about simply write redirector for squid? You only need some database of > > url , that you want to disable .. > > > > Phillip Salzman wrote: > > > > > > This may be a little bit off topic, but does anyone > > > know much about the BESS filtering system? It is a program > > > that filters "unwanted" content from ISPs dialup users. > > > > > > Some of the things it filters is pornography, with an > > > assortment of others. It's up to the ISP on what they > > > want filtered. > > > > > > I was wondering if any of you have had legal problems with > > > something like this, or technical. Someone I know told > > > me it either runs FreeBSD or Linux, but he wasn't sure. With > > > a hacked-up squid, or started with squid. > > > > > > The website for BESS is at http://www.n2h2.com/ > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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