[Year 12 SofDev] proxy servers

[Russell Curr]

James

we use a combination of tools:

Papercut to control web access - works very well and we give all students 25 meg per week.
Squid to block access to a list of sites
SARG to randomly check who is using the latest proxy unblocker sites

If students do manage to bypass Squid via  proxy unblocker, then they can only access up to their credit limit anyway.

cheers
Russell


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Russell Curr
Network Manager
Avila College
Ph: 9831-9645
Fax: 03-9888-1202
email: russell at avila.vic.edu.au
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>>> jgy at sthelena.vic.edu.au 08/24/07 10:14 am >>>
Hi all,
 
sorry for the cross posts. 
Firstly, thanks to all the people who replied to my query last week about Value Adding through VB programming, it was most helpful. 
I have another problem and would appreciate any advice. lately, we have had a spate of students using proxy servers to bypass the school's internet restrictions. Word is spreading that this can be done amongst the students and it has proved impossible to block all sites that provide proxy access. 
 
At the moment we cancel internet access to those students we catch but we only catch them by fluke and we don't want to end up banning large number of students from the internet but if we let the students know these sites exist it will advertise the fact and more will use them.
 
Has your school had these problems and does anyone have some advice on what to do?
 
Thanking you in advance
 
James Gibney
ICT Coordinator
St Helena Secondary College
Wallowa Rd
Eltham Nth 3095
Ph 03 94388500
Fax 03 94388555
email: jgy at sthelena.vic.edu.au 
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