To better protect our students from inappropriate material on the internet we will now filter Internet traffic through the Open DNS servers, a leading provider of security and infrastructure services.
The following site categories are now blocked.
| Adware | Sites that distribute applications which display advertisements without user's knowledge or choice. Does NOT include sites which serve advertising. |
| Alcohol | Sites about alcohol use, commercial and otherwise. |
| Dating | Sites for meeting other people. |
| Drugs | Sites about illegal or recreational drug use. |
| Gambling | Sites that offer gambling or information about gambling. |
| Hate/Discrimination | Sites that promote intolerance based on gender, age, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation or other group identities. |
| Weapons | Sites about weapons, commercial and otherwise. |
| Tasteless | Sites that contain information on such subjects as mutilation, torture, horror, or the grotesque. |
| Lingerie/Bikini | Sites displaying or dedicated to lingerie/bikini that could be considered adult-only. |
| Proxy/Anonymizer | Sites providing proxy bypass information or services. Also, sites that allow the user to surf the net anonymously, including sites that allow the user to send anonymous emails. |
| Sexuality | Sites that provide information, images or implications of bondage, sadism, masochism, fetish, beating, body piercing or self-mutilation. |
| TV |
Sites that promote television shows or offer television watching online. |
| Nudity | Sites that provide images or representations of nudity. |
| Pornography | Anything relating to pornography, including mild depiction, soft pornography or hard-core pornography. |
If you encounter a site that is block you will get the following message.
If you feel a web site is block in error click the "Contact your network administrator" link and fill in the form. This will send an email to the ICT Department.