Comments on: Websense blocked my site http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site Business, Life and SharePoint Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Martin http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site/comment-page-1#comment-339 David Martin Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:45:42 +0000 /blog/archive/2006/03/01/websense-blocked-my-site.aspx#comment-339 I was recently at a hospital in North Carolina visiting a stroke victim. The visitors' room in his ward had a computer with Internet access. I used it to contact some people through my Yahoo webmail account and later decided to go to my web site, http://www.dcdave.com, as a quick way to visit some of my links of interest. I discovered that it was blocked by Websense with an accompanying message that the computer was for official use only. That explanation clearly held no water because it was in the visitors' room and you could see almost anything on it that the Web offers. I wasn't able to get at it for a couple of hours because some Hispanic fellow was watching what looked to be a Mexican soap opera. I suspected that the political content of my site might have been at fault, but then I noticed that the very cutting edge controversial sites, Rense.com, WhatReallyHappened.com, and Infowars.com were not blocked. Then again, savethemales.ca is strangely blocked by SurfControl as a "hate and intolerance" site was also blocked by the hospital's Websense. Surfcontrol, which is owned by Websense, lists my site only as an innocuous blog. I was recently at a hospital in North Carolina visiting a stroke victim. The visitors’ room in his ward had a computer with Internet access. I used it to contact some people through my Yahoo webmail account and later decided to go to my web site, http://www.dcdave.com, as a quick way to visit some of my links of interest. I discovered that it was blocked by Websense with an accompanying message that the computer was for official use only. That explanation clearly held no water because it was in the visitors’ room and you could see almost anything on it that the Web offers. I wasn’t able to get at it for a couple of hours because some Hispanic fellow was watching what looked to be a Mexican soap opera. I suspected that the political content of my site might have been at fault, but then I noticed that the very cutting edge controversial sites, Rense.com, WhatReallyHappened.com, and Infowars.com were not blocked. Then again, savethemales.ca is strangely blocked by SurfControl as a “hate and intolerance” site was also blocked by the hospital’s Websense. Surfcontrol, which is owned by Websense, lists my site only as an innocuous blog.

]]> By: Andrew http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site/comment-page-1#comment-312 Andrew Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:51:18 +0000 /blog/archive/2006/03/01/websense-blocked-my-site.aspx#comment-312 Does anyone know websense's IP address, or caught its user-agent? I would like to block them from my website... Does anyone know websense’s IP address, or caught its user-agent?

I would like to block them from my website…

]]> By: Amar http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site/comment-page-1#comment-254 Amar Thu, 13 May 2010 15:19:09 +0000 /blog/archive/2006/03/01/websense-blocked-my-site.aspx#comment-254 No. You don't need to be a customer. No. You don’t need to be a customer.

]]> By: laoukoura http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site/comment-page-1#comment-201 laoukoura Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:17:43 +0000 /blog/archive/2006/03/01/websense-blocked-my-site.aspx#comment-201 Hi, Do you need to be a customer to fill the request form? My site is also blocked. Thanks. Hi,
Do you need to be a customer to fill the request form? My site is also blocked.
Thanks.

]]> By: tee http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site/comment-page-1#comment-148 tee Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:20:43 +0000 /blog/archive/2006/03/01/websense-blocked-my-site.aspx#comment-148 wow,, that sux!! wow,, that sux!!

]]> By: http:// http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site/comment-page-1#comment-59 http:// Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:45:16 +0000 /blog/archive/2006/03/01/websense-blocked-my-site.aspx#comment-59 God man, i can honestly say that ive been trying to get past websense since september 23rd, its now march 5th and im in no luck..... go i wish i could blow up there building or something but i know i cant... heh, if you ever get around websense lemme know... Jimmydablade@aol.com God man, i can honestly say that ive been trying to get past websense since september 23rd, its now march 5th and im in no luck….. go i wish i could blow up there building or something but i know i cant… heh, if you ever get around websense lemme know… Jimmydablade@aol.com

]]> By: http:// http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site/comment-page-1#comment-58 http:// Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:01:33 +0000 /blog/archive/2006/03/01/websense-blocked-my-site.aspx#comment-58 I hate websense, they are everything that the web is against, censorship! I use a proxy program on my site so I can surf uninterrupted from work. Every once in awhile websense finds it and blocks the proxy. But I just go to another domain from the dozens I have and I am up and surfing again in a matter of minutes! To hell with websense. I hate websense, they are everything that the web is against, censorship! I use a proxy program on my site so I can surf uninterrupted from work. Every once in awhile websense finds it and blocks the proxy. But I just go to another domain from the dozens I have and I am up and surfing again in a matter of minutes! To hell with websense.

]]> By: Brittany http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site/comment-page-1#comment-57 Brittany Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:01:41 +0000 /blog/archive/2006/03/01/websense-blocked-my-site.aspx#comment-57 Websense has blocked everything from us. Sometimes it is literally everything. A lot of times you can't go to any website! If you have a project most of the time you can't get your information becuase it is blocked. We can't play any game but falling sands which gets really old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Websense has blocked everything from us. Sometimes it is literally everything. A lot of times you can’t go to any website! If you have a project most of the time you can’t get your information becuase it is blocked. We can’t play any game but falling sands which gets really old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: http:// http://amargalla.com/Blog/general/41-websense-blocked-my-site/comment-page-1#comment-56 http:// Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:09:58 +0000 /blog/archive/2006/03/01/websense-blocked-my-site.aspx#comment-56 I have wondered about this a lot lately as it seems that the military is blocking two of my websites. The page used to say blocked by websense, but now they just don't come up. Anyway, I really wish that there was an easy way to check to see what filtering software is filtering my site. I have come across a ton of websites that Websense has marked wrong, kind of gives doubt to their claim of every site being reviewed by a human. I have wondered about this a lot lately as it seems that the military is blocking two of my websites. The page used to say blocked by websense, but now they just don’t come up. Anyway, I really wish that there was an easy way to check to see what filtering software is filtering my site. I have come across a ton of websites that Websense has marked wrong, kind of gives doubt to their claim of every site being reviewed by a human.

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