[Fwd: Mcafee blocking edubuntu.com?]

Jane Weideman janew at hbd.com
Mon Jan 16 14:09:13 UTC 2006


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From: dev.null at rogers.com <dev.null at rogers.com>
Reply-To: dev.null at rogers.com
To: janew at ubuntu.com
Subject: Mcafee blocking edubuntu.com?
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:22:50 -0500 (EST)

--- Don Kelly <karfai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:53:37 -0500
> From: Don Kelly <karfai at gmail.com>
> To: GOSLING members in Ottawa
> <ottawa-gosling at list.goslingcommunity.org>
> Subject: [OTT-GOSLING] McAfee query
> 
> I sent a link to www.edubuntu.org to a family
> member.  They forwarded it to
> a number of teachers working in New Brunswick.  The
> response I got was that
> "the McAfee software" refused to allow them to visit
> the site.  I'm
> currently waiting to hear back from the person I
> forwarded the link (they'll
> have to inquire about the specific software on
> Monday).  When I know the
> full name of the product and version, I'll obviously
> forward the information
> to the Ubuntu project.
> 
> In the meantime, does anyone have any knowledge of
> McAfee's current
> offerings?  Particularly, site blockers and how they
> might be deployed
> within the government.  I know we're talking about
> the NB Provincial
> government (and a particular school board), but I
> don't think that there
> would be a custom installation (list of blocked
> sites) for either of those
> two entities.  I'd like to be able to provide a
> knowledgeable response to
> the person I'm communicating with.
> 
> Don/
> --
> Don Kelly
> karfai [AT] gmail.com
> http://shaolin.dyndns.org/index.html
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