Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Re: Bing

Microsoft has addressed this issue to make it easier to filter out. We
have adjusted our filter and it works well.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iZRdkXSYpL-rpvfhB58cwxLRc6JQ


Thanks,

Michele Gutierrez
Lower School Technology Coordinator
Durham Academy Lower School
3501 Ridge Road
Durham, NC 27705

http://www.da.org

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Our filter, Web Gateway by McAfee (formerly Webwasher by Secure
>Computing) appropriately blocks the content. Web Gateway enforces "safe
>search" and students are not able to change the option to turn off safe
>search. Additionally, searching porn related terms resulted in content
>that stopped the pages from being displayed.
>
>Stuart Posin
>Director of Technology
>The Buckley School
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Spook
>Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:30 PM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Bing
>
>Has any realized that Microsoft's Bing is a very high powered Video PROXY?
>For those that have really good filters, try logging on as a student then
>BING and go to video - search porn - then put the cursor on one of the
>videos. Preview time.
>
>Spook Hilgartner
>St. Paul's School for Girls
>
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