[H-GEN] Alston's censorship bill has passed

[Marc Dergacz]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Marc Dergacz <excal at kermit.humbug.org.au>)

David Jericho wrote:
> 
> (Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs David Jericho <davidj at in4free.com.au>)
> 
> On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 04:05:07AM +0000, Marc Dergacz wrote:
> > I currently am an admin for a company who
> > administers and install networks etc at schools
> > around brisbane.  To my current understanding, it
> > would be the education departments responsibility
> > to implement all packet filtering firewalls.
> 
> Well, yes. But according to the bill, it'll be the schools job as
> well. To put it simply, if your internet connection supplies end users,
> you have to comply.
> 

Well, it doesnt seem that clear, because
technically you can say that the schools are the
end-users and hence wouldnt be required to do
filtering as such.  I have had a few words to my
boss and he is thinking of making schools sign a
discliamer stating that we are not liable for any
unauthorised access to banned sites from any other
their computers.  In which case, it would be the
teachers responsibility to do their own
filtering.  Good old "Internet Duty".

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