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Conroy's filtering won't protect us from the dark side, says Cisco
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-10-10 23:38:42
Internet filtering systems which rely on lists of URLs to be blocked are ineffective in blocking content within what Cisco calls 'the Dark Web' and which it says accounts for more than 80 percent of Web content.


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Contentious issues, just add nuts
Written By: David Heath
Section: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

Category: All things technical

2009-09-17 23:55:52
There are nut-jobs everywhere.  Some of them really are in the nut business; others are trying to tell us they have our best interests at heart when it comes to pushing their own barrow.


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Storm water "recharged" into drinking water
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2009-09-17 08:15:06
Australian scientists prove that stormwater can be filtered with natural and human-engineered means so that it is as safe as water purified by traditional means. As an added plus, the process is less expensive and causes fewer environmental concerns that usual water treatment processes. So, drink up!


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WinRoute add-on blocks undesirable web pages
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-07-30 02:50:33
The latest version of Kerio WinRoute Firewall provides an optional feature to block access to any web page that has not been analysed and categorised.


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Democrats name net filtering opponent to direct technology policy
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-07-22 02:01:34
The Australian Democrats has appointed an opponent of Internet filtering, and board member of Electronic Frontiers Australia, Geordie Guy as its new national technology policy coordinator.


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Conroy beats Sarkozy for Internet Villain of the Year award
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-07-12 05:51:56
Controversial Australian politician Stephen Conroy has picked up an online Oscar for his starring role as Internet villain of the year, but let's not forget the supporting cast: the Australian Government. 


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PlayStation Home banned
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT

Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog

2009-06-30 22:23:02
Not really, but the Australian Government’s plan to turn the controversial ISP filter eye towards unclassified interactive entertainment (video games) such as World of Warcraft and Second Life could have further ramifications than the obvious.


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Kapersky integration with Juniper
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-17 00:55:11
Kapersky Lab’s antivirus technologies have been integrated into Juniper Networks SRX series services gateways and J series services routers.


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Even China can't make Net-side filtering foolproof
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-06-08 18:00:23
Australia's shadow communications minister, senator Nick Minchin, has seized on reports that China plans mandatory PC-based filtering as evidence that the Australian Government's plans for mandatory ISP-side filtering of Internet content is a futile exercise.


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The return of Stephen 'e-security' Conroy
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce

Category: Linux Blog

2009-06-01 21:51:19
It's fair to say that in recent times, the Australian communications minister, Stephen Conroy, has been made to look a mite foolish. Sorry, let me give the man his rightful title - minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy.
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Linux finds a role in Australian prison cells
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Open Source

2009-05-29 02:35:56
Cybersource's Linux-based PrisonPC secure desktop system has been installed at another Australian prison. Almost 60 units, plus associated servers, have been installed at the Alexander Maconochie Centre correctional facility in the Australian Capital Territory.


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AVG releases malware solution for Linux
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-05-10 23:36:20
AVG has released a new anti-malware solution for Linux which combines email and file server protection in a single distribution package.
 


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Optus joins ISP filtering trial
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-22 00:32:05
Communications minister Stephen Conroy's much-maligned trial of ISP filtering technology received a substantial boost today with the minister announcing that Australia's second largest ISP, Optus, had agreed to participate.


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Conficker likely to cause rise in spam levels
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-16 04:30:02

That devil of a Conficker worm that’s never far from the surface these days is likely to cause a significant increase in spam levels over the next three months, according to a report by yet another security firm that’s closely monitoring the worm’s exploits.


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Websense Secures Web 2.0
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature

Category: Server

2009-04-06 09:03:17

Web pages are not the static entities they once were; neither are they solely comprised of material sourced from within the publishing organisation.  For threat-detection systems, this can be a problem.


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Filtering the net without delay? No problem says Zscaler
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: ExchangeDaily

2009-04-02 14:48:31
Zscaler, a US startup that promises a unique approach to protecting businesses from web-borne security threats, has opened for business in Australia and claims that its technology could provide Internet filtering without creating excessive delay.


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Conroy jumps out of filter fire into iiNet ire
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2009-04-02 08:50:06
Senator Stephen Conroy's watch as Communications Minister seems to be going from bad to worse after publicly making comments that could land him legal hot water. The comments at a public telecoms conference about a high profile court case involving ISP iiNet have been deemed by a number of sources as inappropriate, defamatory and potentially prejudicial to the case.


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Conroy invokes Russian mob, human error and Moore's Law to support net filter
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2009-03-29 16:36:22
What do the Russian mob, human error and Moore's Law have in common? They were all invoked in the space of 30 minutes to support Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy's drive to impose a mandatory Internet filter at the ISP level on the Australian public.


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Don't mention the filtering trial!
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!

Category: Telecommunications blog

2009-03-25 14:21:31
Communications minister Stephen Conroy, by his own admission can talk under wet cement, and it was a talent he demonstrated in spades when questioned about Internet filtering after opening Cisco's new customer briefing centre in Sydney yesterday.


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SAGE-AU: Ditch compulsory Net filter, ‘it’s a botch’!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Government

2009-03-25 08:17:27

There’s been a warning that publication of the Federal Government’s “black list” of pornographic and violent websites has fatally damaged its proposed compulsory Internet filtering regime.
 


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