[Politech] Websense on Foxnews.com blocking: blames it on the database [fs]

From: Declan McCullagh (declan@private)
Date: Fri Mar 18 2005 - 15:43:54 PST


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http://www.politechbot.com/2005/03/18/websense-reportedly-blocks/

-Declan

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	FW: www.foxnews.com
Date: 	Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:33:34 -0800
From: 	Websense DB Update <databasechange@private>
To: 	<declan@private>



Hello,

Please be advised of the information below regarding the classification
of ___www.foxnews.com_ <file://www.foxnews.com> in the Websense Master
database.

Thank you,


The Websense Database Services Staff

PL

______________________________________________
*From:  * Websense DB Update
*Sent:  * Friday, March 18, 2005 2:23 PM
*To:    * 'vester@private'
*Cc:    * 'vester@private'
*Subject:       * _www.foxnews.com_ <file://www.foxnews.com>**

Mr. Vester,

Thank you for writing to Websense regarding the filtering of the
___www.foxnews.com_ <file://www.foxnews.com>.

The categorization for the site has been reviewed in our master
database.  Although, it is classified correctly under News and Media, a
value in the database inadvertently associated the site to another that
was categorized under Advocacy Groups and caused ___www.foxnews.com_
<file://www.foxnews.com> to be filtered under the wrong category.  We
have corrected this for today's database publication, and you should
notice the update within the next 2 business days.

In the meantime, please contact your local Websense administrator and
request custom access to the site if you require immediate access.

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you for your assistance,


The Websense Database Services Staff

PL





-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: [Politech] Websense reportedly blocks Foxnews.com (but not 
CNN) as "advocacy" group [fs]
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 11:50:31 +1300
From: till <francistill@private>
To: 'Declan McCullagh' <declan@private>

Declan, fyi -- I checked with Websense and they just told me that: "a value
in the database inadvertently associated the site to another that was
categorized under Advocacy Groups and caused www.foxnews.com to be filtered
under the wrong category.  We have corrected this for today's database
publication, and you should notice the update within the next 2 business
days."

Francis Till
www.nbr.co.nz

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