Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 16 May 1996 22:04:32 -0400 (EDT) | From | Coolio <> | Subject | Re: tcp/ip filtering |
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> > On the subject of implementing a server based tcp/ip packet filtering > > system... > [more bullshit deleted] > > Sorry to interrupt your conversation, but this has to stop NOW. Linux > is an operating system, not a configurable "network indecency filter".
Agreed, however there are many options that can be added to linux (or just turned on during make config) that increase its capabilities and worth the its users... To users who choose that filtering is a necessity, it WOULD be a worthwhile option, and wouldn't affect those people who choose to not use it. (as in a high school, where provided internet access must be regulated.. since most parents wouldn't advocate leaving pornography available to the students, the sysadmins must make some effort to restrict the accessibility (like I'm trying to do))
> I can hardly believe that someone calls an automatic censorship module > a "bonus" or a "neat demonstration". That's sick.
I agree that censorship forced on unwilling people is wrong, however I also believe that parents (or in this case the replacement for the parents, the teachers) should have some degree of influence over what information is made available to their children. It is definetly much better than censorship regulated by the government with vague terms such as "indecent" and "patently offensive".. It would serve as an example that citizens ARE capable of protecting themselves from such things without the help of the government... (it is an added bonus that linux is free)
> Michael "Tired" Riepe <riepe@ifwsn4.ifw.uni-hannover.de> Get some sleep :)
-Vermont Rutherfoord omnilord@igc.net http://www.igc.net/~omnilord/
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