Roland Perry - "is an ISP a 'Person'?"

[Nexus]

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From: "Andrew McLean" <andrew@at-andros.demon.co.uk>
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> I've come across such systems configured to
>
> - block X-rated sites
> - block "sports" sites (presumably productivity related)
> - block web mail sites (to force the use of official (monitored) e-mail
> systems)
> - warn of sites containing "strong language" e.g. slashdot and
> theregister and the OED! (presumably protecting the employer by
> protecting sensitive employees)
> - not allow access via encrypted links e.g. https (encryption would
> prevent the employer monitoring the communications at the "firewall").
> [This item makes this posting marginally on topic.]
> - *attempt* to limit access to certain content types (e.g. allow PDF and
> HTML, disallow executable code)

Some companies take it even further - email content monitored and if the
message contains anything to do with a CV then a copy is silently forwarded
to the Human Remains dept and other such rules.   This could be interesting
as a real person is viewing the intercepted mail....
It was not ironic in the slightest to find that the mail admins had the
biggest stash of pr0n that I had seen in quite a while, tucked away in a
directory on the server ;-)

Cheers,
            JJ