[unisog] Content Monitoring and/or Filtering

[Stephen John Smoogen]

Reg Quinton wrote:
> Lazerwitz wrote:
>>> Just curious if anyone out there is doing any form of web content
>>> monitoring or filtering at their universities.
>> I can think of no faster way to bring the mobs with torches and
>> pitchforks. We have no plans to monitor/filter content.
> 
> Snort has all sorts of rules to alarm on web content. Many are using it to
> detect attacks, compromises, malicious downloads, etc. I will continue doing
> that and have not seen any angry mobs. To the contrary, it is seen as a
> valuable service.
> 
> Ps. I have no plans to use snort to monitor for the kind of content that
> *might* bring out the mobs.
> 

My guess is that it can also depend on what kind of audience and where
money paying for the computers/network comes from. A private institution
might not have to deal with any Federal or State rules.. but a US public
institution could fall under CIPA if it if a case could be made that it
was open to the public and that minor's were able to use it. Depending
on the area monitoring for illegal copyright infringement might also be
required. However, this all falls under the your school legal department
has to figure that out.


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