with HTTPS or HTTP, it is blocked based on Social Networking Category!
Thought I'd share!
Victoria Helland
Network Manager
Hamden Hall Country Day School
1108 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06517
Work: 203-752-2653
Cell: 203-988-9801
vhelland@hamdenhall.org
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A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 12:26 PM -0400 wrote:
>Dear ISED members,
>
>If your school chooses to block the student use of Facebook or other
>social networks on your campus, read on.....
>
>This fall ChildrenOnline.org has been conducting 1000's of surveys of
>students about their online behavior. I wanted to let you know that from
>every school we have collected data, the students are reporting that they
>have a way of getting around the
>school filter to access sites like Facebook. I even discovered this
>simple "work-around" at my school early last spring. (We have St.
>Bernard's iPrism content filter.)
>
>You might block Facebook.com but the kids have discovered that such a
>block is ONLY good for the http protocol and does not block https. So
>instead of using http, the students can simply type
>https://www.facebook.com and access their FB accounts. This
>will also be the case at other sites that allow the https protocol. (Does
>Formspring.me use https?)
>
>I don't know if this by-pass works to get around a SonicWall policy when
>that Sonicwall is also the main firewall that stands between the Internet
>and the school. The work-around seems to work best when a school has a
>firewall on the network in "proxy
>mode". By the way, if your school has cell-phone service, the kids can
>also access their Facebook accounts through their smartphones such as the
>iPhone.
>
>Never a dull moment.
>Doug Fodeman
>
>Co-Director, ChildrenOnline.org
>================================
>Douglas Fodeman
>Director of Technology
> Brookwood School
> Manchester, MA 01944
> http://www.Brookwood.edu
> (978) 526-4500 X6233
>================================
>
>
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