[WEB4LIB] websense

[Jean Heriot]

Hmm - I must say I don't think websense is all that great - I've been
randomly blocked from places like the Tacoma News Tribune classifieds, web
pages about the Kalakala (a local ferry boat), and even once from a page on
search engines that had been compiled by a journalist.  And too many others
to keep track of in the heat of searching for some little bit of info. 
(It's just another hassle, since I can telnet to my personal web account
and use lynx when pressed.)

None of the filters make sense to me - I've been told that some public
libraries using surfwatch are blocking my webzine kaspahraster - wherein I
have published authors whose books they buy for their collections (John M
Bennett, Richard Kostelanetz, John Zerzan, etc etc) and that other public
libraries block my review zine archive with cyberpatrol - there might be
some profanity in those pages but there's a lot more sex on prime time tv
than there is here!

Anyway, cheers and happy y2k from Olympia 

-Jean
WSDOT Library
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/hq/library

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> From: Shirl Kennedy <skenned1 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Fw: Re: Staff Web Sites
> Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 8:08 PM
> 
> Geez...
> 
> Recently read Michael Schuyler's column, "Porn Alley: Now at Your Local
> Library," in the November/December Computers in Libraries
> (http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/nov99/schuyler.htm)
> 
> He talks about making filtered PCs available at all of his library
system's
> branches.
> 
> "We found one filtering program, Websense (http://www.websense.com), that
> does not appear to have a political agenda (many apparently do-I'm sorry
> there isn't room to discuss this in depth), and that allows us to filter
out
> porn, but nothing else. We've established, insofar as is possible,
"islands
> of refuge" in every branch where people can use the PCs with little fear
> they may stumble on pornography accidentally or be bothered by someone
next
> to them who went there intentionally. Easy to find and well-marked, these
> PCs are fully capable machines that simply stop the majority of
pornography
> from appearing. The database is updated early every morning. It doesn't
> catch everything and stops a few sites it shouldn't, but technically
that's
> the best we can do today."
> 
> Guess we found one of those "few sites," eh?  John K., if he's reading
> Web4Lib, will unduobtably be amused.
> 
> Shirl Kennedy (going back to Sopranos marathon on HBO)
> Web Doyenne
> City of Clearwater, FL
> http://www.clearwater-fl.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jean Heriot" <heriot at olywa.net>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 10:49 PM
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Fw: Re: Staff Web Sites
> 
> 
> > You will all be intrigued and no doubt impressed to hear that John
> > Kupersmith's site is blocked
> > at my work place by WebSENSE as  "Sex 2"!!
> >
> > Jean Heriot
> > Washington State Department of Transportation Library
> > http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/hq/library/
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Heriot, Jean <HeriotJ at wsdot.wa.gov>
> > > To: 'heriot at olywa.net'
> > > Subject: RE: [WEB4LIB] Re: Staff Web Sites
> > > Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 8:39 AM
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: Jean Heriot[SMTP:heriot at olywa.net]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 5:56 PM
> > > > To: Jean Heriot
> > > > Subject: Fw: [WEB4LIB] Re: Staff Web Sites
> > > >
> > > > Site Lookup
> > > >
> > > >Please enter the full URL,
> > > > including protocol (http://www.websense.com).
> > > >
> > > >Include your name and e-mail address to receive a response from
> Websense
> > > >if the URL you enter is not found in the Master Database.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.jkup.net/other.html
> > > > is Categorized by WebSENSE as Sex 2
> > > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > > From: Shirl Kennedy <skenned1 at tampabay.rr.com>
> > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> > > > > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Staff Web Sites
> > > > > Date: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 4:50 PM
> > > > >
> > > > > You'll find links to some examples at John Kupersmith's "The
Other
> > Home
> > > > > Page:
> > > > > Special-Purpose Entry Points for Library Web Sites"
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.jkup.net/other.html
> > > > >
> > > > > Shirl Kennedy
> > > > > Web Doyenne
> > > > > City of Clearwater, FL
> > > > > http://www.clearwater-fl.com
> >
> >
> >