[WEB4LIB] Websense behaviors

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Bill,

Interesting, thanks for posting this message.  I'm in the process of
evaluating Internet filter products (for the State Library of California)
and I just completed my evaluation of Websense for MS Proxy Server.  My
initial evaluation was quite favorable.  I'd be happy to hear more about
your experience with it.

Presumably they update their database daily.  Did you find your site was
freed from it's label within 24 hours of their reclassifying it?

Lori Bowen Ayre
Library Technology Consultant
The Galecia Group
LBAyre at galecia.com
(707) 763-6869


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Drew, Bill
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 1:52 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Websense behaviors


Here is the message I got from websense.  It appears their database loves to
lump all sites from a particular numerical IP together.  It doesn't matter
that my site has its own domain.

Bill Drew
drewwe at morrisville.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Websense DB Update [mailto:databasechange at websense.com]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 5:00 PM
To: 'billdrew at billdrew.net'
Subject: RE: SUGGEST URL


Bill Drew,
The site you submitted was not in our database and is a virtually hosted
site. It was sharing an IP address with another site in our database causing
an accidental overblock.
The site has been added under Information Technology and will be fixed in
the next database published.
Thanks,


The Websense Database Operations Staff
-----Original Message-----
From: billdrew at billdrew.net [mailto:billdrew at billdrew.net]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 9:11 AM
To: databasechange at websense.com
Subject: SUGGEST URL


Name: Bill Drew
Company: BillDrew.Net
EMail: billdrew at billdrew.net
Phone: 315-684-6055
Websense Version: I'm not sure
Platform: I'm not sure
Database Version:
URL 1: ACTION: change category
http://billdrew,net : DNS Lookup Failed
Recommended Category: Education
Reason:
You have wrongly classified my site as a sex site. It is my site for my
professional activates as a librarian and consultant.