[K12OSN] dansguardian filter

[Mel Wade]

We use and 8e6 content filter.  We whitelist some areas by category
and black list labs with adequate supervision.  We have found it to be
effective in blocking circumventors even in a blacklist environment.
I would state that most filters do not block circumventors and thus
you really are only filtering the honest or stupid.

Mel

On 9/7/07, Kari Matthews <karisue at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a new principal who is, for lack of a more descriptive word,
> paranoid.   After last week's video.google.com scare last week, he had me
> switch our filter to whitelist only.  So I have a little list of websites
> that are allowed; all else is blocked.
>
> The teachers and students are not happy.  This is a K-8 school, and the
> 5th-8th graders feel they are being punished.  I tend to agree.  And when
> research paper time comes (October), what will happen then?
>
>  I promised to look into how other schools handle filtering.  I am scared of
> filtering by keyword -- what if I don't think of all of them?  Are available
> prepared lists thorough and reliable?
>
> I have two needs:
>
> 1.  I need to be able to report how other schools use Dansguardian or
> similar filtering tools.
> 2.  I need to educate the principal on this topic.  Can you think of any
> info I can throw his way to persuade him to let up the screws a little bit?
>
> Thanks for helping,
> Kari
>
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Mel Wade
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