[3436] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: configuring a site to ban porno/violence www access...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Quantum)
Sun Nov 3 00:07:20 1996
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 22:29:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Quantum <quantum@obsidian.cse.fau.edu>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <3279BEEB.15DF@ncs.com.sg>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
firewalling is your best bet.. but remember.. this is very totaratorial
and thus your users will not appreciate it.
On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Henry Lim Chee Wee wrote:
> I have a question. How well do you manage a "maximum possibly secured
> network" with respect to restricting internal users from accessing
> 'banned sites' from the Internet?
>
> Do you use a URL checking/word pattern matching software like SurfWatch/
> CyberPatrol/NetNanny over and on top of a local Netscape Proxy Server
> and a Checkpoint Firewall?
>
> Or will the Proxy Server and the firewall suffice?
>
> Or is there any other better way of doing it using commericial software
> or hardware combination?
>
> --
>
> Henry Lim
> Systems Engineer, Intranet/Internet
> Desktop Services Centre, Technical Support
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> National Computer Systems Pte Ltd
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>
> Company's webpage:
> http://www.ncs.com.sg
>
