[Fwd: Mcafee blocking edubuntu.com?]

[nigel.kennington at btinternet.com]

It is common for educational networks to also block
sites that offer "software downloads".

--- Jerome Gotangco <jgotangco at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Interesting...even the software used by web crawlers
> to post-process
> the information gathered are smart enough to know
> that our website is
> family oriented and definitely work safe....hmmmm...
> 
> Jerome
> 
> 
> Jerome Gotangco
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> On 1/16/06, Jane Weideman <janew at hbd.com> wrote:
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > 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.
> 
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