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Opendium_Steve

Opendium_Steve

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Anyone having issues with Google Sites and Google Calendar today? We've had them exempted on the student filter previously, but they seem to have gone mysteriously missing again.

There are a _lot_ of online games hosted on Google Sites, by the way - seems to be a common place for students to host their own copies of things to try and get around filtering.

paulkerton

paulkerton

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There are a _lot_ of online games hosted on Google Sites, by the way - seems to be a common place for students to host their own copies of things to try and get around filtering.

Yes, but we also use it for ePortfolios of work, internal intranets and subject sites amongst other things, so we have it unblocked.

 

Most of those online games are Flash, so not entirely worried about the hosted online games element, as we don't distribute flash by default and are able to block the plugin element for student accounts in Admin Console.

Primus

Primus

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There are a _lot_ of online games hosted on Google Sites, by the way - seems to be a common place for students to host their own copies of things to try and get around filtering.

 

There are plenty of legitimate resources on Google Sites and if you're a G Suite school it's a very useful part of the offer.

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andy_b

andy_b

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Can any one test "Request Log Files" for me please.

 

They seem to not be working correctly again and the diagnostic filter is no longer there.

Dom_

Dom_

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Can any one test "Request Log Files" for me please.

 

They seem to not be working correctly again and the diagnostic filter is no longer there.

 

Request log files is working for me, but you can only search for users that are currently logged in apparently...

sister_annex

sister_annex

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Can any one test "Request Log Files" for me please.

They seem to not be working correctly again and the diagnostic filter is no longer there.

It's been intermittent for us since the outage (that wasn't an outage) last week... a couple of refreshes usually gives some functionality however it's hit and miss

andy_b

andy_b

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Mines running between 30mins and an hour behind.

 

But it sorta mixes entries up:

 

03-02-20 15:28:05 +0000decrypt://outlook

03-02-20 15:28:05 +0000https://4.sop

03-02-20 15:28:05 +0000decrypt://4.

03-02-20 15:07:36 +0000https://secu

03-02-20 15:07:35 +0000https://i.ytim

03-02-20 15:07:35 +0000decrypt://i.yti

03-02-20 15:07:35 +0000https://outloo

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Opendium_Steve

Opendium_Steve

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There are plenty of legitimate resources on Google Sites and if you're a G Suite school it's a very useful part of the offer.

 

Absolutely - I wasn't suggesting that it should be completely blocked, just warning that whitelisting it (i.e. turning off filtering entirely) comes with some risks. @paulkerton is obviously aware of those risks and has considered them when setting filtering policy, so that's great (not everyone is as aware of the risks of whitelisting a whole domain :)).

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paulkerton

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Absolutely - I wasn't suggesting that it should be completely blocked, just warning that whitelisting it (i.e. turning off filtering entirely) comes with some risks. @paulkerton is obviously aware of those risks and has considered them when setting filtering policy, so that's great (not everyone is as aware of the risks of whitelisting a whole domain :)).

Absolutely. We also have a poor filtering system provided by our ISP, so we have hurdles to jump there but you have to weigh up risks and benefits. There's plenty of content that could be considered inappropriate on the BBC for example, but the benefits of the content that exists there outweighs any potential risks of exposure.

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Edu-IT

Edu-IT

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No internet for us for several hours. Been told it’s being investigated

Did they give any indication on cause? Usually when it's a big issue it's all over EduGeek but seems to not be the case here?

Mkjarred

Mkjarred

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Did they give any indication on cause? Usually when it's a big issue it's all over EduGeek but seems to not be the case here?

 

No, I was just told there was an outage that was being investigated.

SchoolsBroadband

SchoolsBroadband

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Hi folks,

 

we had an issue affecting about 25 customers. I don't have any more information than that at the moment but will pass on once I've an update from the NOC team.

 

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

 

David

Edu-IT

Edu-IT

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Hi folks,

 

we had an issue affecting about 25 customers. I don't have any more information than that at the moment but will pass on once I've an update from the NOC team.

 

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

 

David

Just to clarify the issue is still ongoing - as I understand - and started at about 10am this morning.

 

Do you agree @Mkjarred?

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Mkjarred

Mkjarred

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Just to clarify the issue is still ongoing - as I understand - and started at about 10am this morning.

 

Do you agree @Mkjarred?

 

Yeah it’s been completely down for us since about 10:15ish and it’s not back up yet

RobMason

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Good Afternoon All,

 

Firstly, apologies about the outage some of you have suffered today. You should all be back online now but if not please reach out to us (or PM me) so we can investigate.

 

Thanks,

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