Death Threat Woes

[Vladislav S. Davidzon]

This is a very valid point... What about CGI forms?  

How far should a library go to prevent unfortunate things like this from
occuring before we start providing security instead of information? ;)  
I see the need for security and preventing e-mail, but there are always
CGI forms as well as various web e-mail services... Any ideas?

Just thought I'd put in my .02

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Vladislav S. Davidzon                     davidzon at tech-center.com 
Technology Assistant                      Farmington Community Library 
Phone: (248) 553-0300                     Fax: (248) 553-3228
32737 W. 12 Mile Road                     Farmington Hills, MI 48334

"It is the province of knowledge to speak, and its a privilege of wisdom
to listen."  - Oliver Wendell Homes
          
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On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Camille Del Vecchio wrote:

> 
> 	Does this prevent people from ising the free web-based email like 
> hotmail, rocketmail etc.?
> 
>   "My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to 
> say, and then to say it with the utmost levity." G.B. Shaw
> 
> Camille DelVecchio
> Penfield Public Library
> 1985 Baird Road
> Penfield, NY 14526
> 716 383-0500
> 
> On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 Michael at rochester.lib.ny.us wrote:
> 
> > Wilfred Drew writes:
> > 
> > > We also do not have e-[m]ail availab[l]e on our public computers in the library.
> > 
> > This is one of the most important points, I think.  Our public terminals
> > use a specially-developped Web browser as front-end to all access - internal
> > and external, which is based on Internet Explorer, but has been secured.
> > Among other things:
> > - it doesn't allow the user to save any Web pages locally;
> > - it doesn't allow the user to send mail;
> > - it doesn't allow the user to telnet or ftp to arbitrary sites;
> > etc.  For those interested, it is called Archimed Explorer (contact address:
> > E.Ruyffelaere at archimed.fr, and no, I don't have any return on that, I just
> > think it is a great stuff to have on public terminals).
> > 
> > Michael Fingerhut
> > Director, Multimedia Library		http://mediatheque.ircam.fr/
> > IRCAM, Paris (France)			http://www.ircam.fr/
> > 
>