[Fwd: Mcafee blocking edubuntu.com?]

[Jerome Gotangco]

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


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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.