[3435] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: configuring a site to ban porno/violence www access...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Phillips)
Sat Nov 2 21:19:47 1996
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 16:17:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul Phillips <psp@well.com>
To: Frank Knobbe <FKnobbe@ix.netcom.com>
cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <B0000001628@Franks_PC.Home.net>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Frank Knobbe wrote:
> I can't believe the ignorance I read here. www-security has to do with
> world wide web access and security, right? If we talk about security
> at a site protected from incoming connections, or outgoing
> connections. What is there difference?
You are apparently not the only one that did not notice (or does not care
about) the Singapore return address on the original question. The
difference is that most of the time our efforts are aimed at security for
the purpose of furthering free thought, not quelling it. Ethical people
opppose the latter purpose.
> To answer the question: Most proxy server provide the capability to
> 'allow all and filter some' or 'allow some' outgoing requests to http
> sites. Even Wingate provides this feature.
I hope the Singaporean authorities also find a proxy sufficient.
--
Paul Phillips <psp@well.com>
