Is the USGS too small to require firewalls that block obviously NSFW websites? At my workplace, going to such sites bring up a page saying the request was blocked before it left the corporate network.
Theres not really any place "too small" for systems like that that I can imagine anyway. we only have 15 people here and we implement filters like that. or in a rough pinch, use one of those free external DNS servers (opendns maybe?) that already have porn filtered out.
The other side Ive seen is "we're all adults, we don't need any filters here" coming from the higher ups. from my experiences, that usually means someone with significant say wants to look at that shit, or more rarely, feels that filters aren't a good use of ITs time.
just CYA on everything in those situations because it usually will end with fingers pointed at IT
USGS is fairly big since they ended up with all the BIE (Bureau of Indian Education) lines. I get the feeling the person who did this doesn't have a problem getting around the firewall / web proxy since they control the thing.
Not in the trivial case. I meant most porn sites. All you have to do is use a reputation service and block uncategorized sites. Cisco OpenDNS actually offers a free DNS resolver that filters out most porn sites.
Also,surprised at the amount of responses on HN today that presume details....
The other side Ive seen is "we're all adults, we don't need any filters here" coming from the higher ups. from my experiences, that usually means someone with significant say wants to look at that shit, or more rarely, feels that filters aren't a good use of ITs time.
just CYA on everything in those situations because it usually will end with fingers pointed at IT