Containment rather than filter?

[Steve Hooley!]

        At Henderson Library we have set aside a 'chat pit, MUD wallow and
MUSH room' using old 8088 and 286 computers. These allow telnetting to game
& chat sites and allow students to logon and check their e-mail. We are
checking out a program called ARACHNE which allows these machines to websurf
with a DOS browser - so far it's buggy. But we can throw obnoxious emailers
or chatters out of the Research area and tell 'em to hit the pit. Works
great, so far.
        Now, a Porn Pit might be hard to justify. I can see the Head
Librarian's face now. Ooh.

>Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 15:10:48 -0700
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>Has anyone tried ANY kind of strategy to limit or contain certain
>kinds of web activity to specific machines?  For example, set aside
>a machine or two or ? for "chat" or set aside a machine(s) for private
>viewing away from the main bank of machines?  Or how about a machine
>with a sign "Surf for Smut Here!"  and then refer folks looking at
>potentially offensive sites to sign up for that machine?  Well, maybe
>I'm getting carried away.  It's been a weird Monday.
>
>The idea is to allow unimpeded (as long as it meets "appropriate use"
>guidelines) access but limit that sort of access to some machines, not all.
>One suggestion here is to add machines to the Student Center and limit chat
>to that location, no chat in the library.  Any recommendations?
>
>David Hutchison
>Umpqua Community College
>Roseburg, OR  
>
>
>

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