On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 12:42:29PM -0800, Jen Hamilton wrote:
> described earlier) will not work. However, a proxy-based solution updated
> daily with new URL's that are categorized into types of sites (yes,
> by the filtering company)...
Then we're back to control at the level of the filtering company, not the
individual libraries as you'd stated. I think you might be surprised at
how many incorrectly-categorized pages there are in every filtering system
I've seen. N2H2 (the company you mentioned before) employs underpaid
workers to browse the net and categorize -- they don't seem to do a great
job. And despite their claims, strong evidence has been presented to show
that they do use bots to categorize pages, often with poor results.
> Many comments that I have seen here, in newspapers, and in other
> areas about filtering are made on assumptions about the technology
> without researching the facts about what is available.
That's a very good point. Personally, I have researched them. I was the
administrator of an N2H2 filtering proxy for over a year, and prior to
that tested every other major solution we could find. I've done my
homework, and everything I've seen tells me that filtering *just*
*doesn't* *work*.
--
Aaron Malone ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
System Administrator "Some companies think of training as a
Poplar Bluff Internet, Inc. cost rather than an investment."
http://www.semo.net -- Paul Collins
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