Posted on 06/06/2007 7:36:37 AM PDT by RileyD, nwJ
Access to http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse has been blocked by WebMarshal™
Access to this site was blocked by the rule 'Block pornography'.
Your attempt to access this site has been recorded.
Contact your WebMarshal administrator if you need access to this site for business purposes
What is up with this?
Both times the same message appeared:
Access to http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse has been blocked by WebMarshal™
Access to this site was blocked by the rule 'Block pornography'.
Your attempt to access this site has been recorded.
Contact your WebMarshal administrator if you need access to this site for business purposes.
Your Logon: DRIVERRI2
WebMarshal Server: PUBDCISA (Version: 3.7.3.1040)
A little poking revealed:
Physical Address: 00-18-DE-34-97-30 (wireless)
Physical Address: 00-15-C5-4D-4B-4D (ethernet)
Following the same for both:
IP Address: 10.79.5.23
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway: 10.79.1.1
DHCP Server: 1.1.1.1
Lease Obtained: 6/5/2007 12:12:40 PM
Lease Expires: 6/5/2007 1:12:40 PM
DNS Server: 10.79.1.1
WINS Server: 10.79.1.1
Anyone have any suggestions on how to contact the WebMarshal adminstrator who has designated FreeRepublic.com as pornography?
This sounds like hacker sabotage.
WTF?
I’d find out who runs the city of Dayton’s IT department and grill them. I bet true pornography like DU is allowed to pass...
You’re to blame for this!
/sarc
WebMarshal looks first at metatags > at page content, not specifically at URLs. There may have been active posts that had keywords that was flagged by WebMashal as pornographic.
Obviously, the administrator would NOT hit it.
}:-)4
Any jackbooted thug will work.
Ping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe it was the thread about the Boost?
My guess is that you're triggering on keywords -- FReepers are a salacious lot.
http://www.marshal.com/software/webmarshal/Datasheet_WebMarshal_2006_Marshal_Filtering_List.pdf
Or it could have been the Rudy threads, with all the cross-dressing pictures. That's what the Rudybots were saying, after all.
It is conservative porn.
Sometimes I find myself turning the monitor sideways for the centerfolds. :^P
Ann Coulter, Cathy Z-Jones, etc.
My husband works for the State of NY, They block FR too.
http://www.marshal.com/kb/article.aspx?id=11606&cNode=3U8N3M
Note under the society category:
Governmental Organizations / Non-Profit Organizations: Includes Web sites with content for which governmental organisations are reponsible (e.g. Government branches or agencies, Police Departments, Fire Departments, Hospitals) and supranational government organisations such as the United Nations or the European Community; non-governmental organisations such as clubs, communities, non-profit organisations and labour unions.
..and under the Information category:
Newsgroups / Bulletin Boards / Blogs: This category contains Web sites that enable the sharing of information such as on a black board, including a variety of topics.
Must be all the RuPaul references. :)
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