Blocking Youtube

[tom_newton]

Have a look at Scholar Experience

 

login with username: student password: random1.

 

I suggest only using the yellow IE bar on an isolated machine though.

 

Blocked here! Proxy signature blocking prevents you accessing the proxy at all.

And really... we *will* win.

[aTEK]

Block the proxys then we use programs such as log me in ect and jsut use the internet explorer window to remote control our home machines. There are an unlimited number of DNS's we can use, there are a larger number of us, and we do it for free. So students will always have the upper hand.

[stratisphere]

There is no point in blocking anything at schools!!! Its an unbeatble battle i myself am a student at 6th form and have done large amounts of research into getting past blocking systems. For example Proxy sites render the majority of blocks useless anyway. Yes you can block them but if your Students are intelligen then they just add there emails to a mail list such as peacefire that emails a new set of proxy's every day.

 

Keyword filters are also rendered useless by proxys such as written by several of my friends that swap out keywords for images server side before pushing the page to the client. THese systems simply cant be defeated so is it really worth trying?

 

THere is the argument that even if a patient is dying they shouldnt be abandoned and refused help yet us as students have access to these things at home and will always find ways around blocks at school. As blocking systems become more complicated so do the methods used to circumvent them!

 

Prehaps not such an issue in colleges, but in schools (and especially primary schools) we as staff have a duty of care. Meaning we must ensure they are not put into danger. Sure they wont get shot by browsing porn on the internet. But it sure isnt suitable.

 

We dont block sites for the fun of it. We block sites to keep the students safe. The internet is like the wild west. Anything goes.

 

For example; Jimmy Bloggs goes on Facebook/MySpace/Bebo (delete as appropriate) during lunch. Thinks he's chatting with his "friend" Billy. Arranges to meet up with billy after school. Next thing we know, Jimmy is on the news, he's missing...

 

Sure this could all happen by other means, but if we dont start somewhere then we'll have no chance of protecting the students.

 

As for games, have you ever tried to teach a class of 30 students, keep them on topic with the likes of miniclip.com and youtube.com being unblocked? Impossible in the best schools.

 

I can see your point, when I was a student I shared the same point of view. But as responsible adults and members of staff responsible for other people's children we have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure we do not put them or allow them to get themselves into danger.

 

Oh, as for the whole "you'll never block every way" thing... sure we wont. But as long as we log what you go on and the rules say you shouldnt be using proxies, then your still in the wrong. No matter how "legit" your reasons are.

 

(Welcome to the board BTW)

[stratisphere]

Block the proxys then we use programs such as log me in ect and jsut use the internet explorer window to remote control our home machines. There are an unlimited number of DNS's we can use, there are a larger number of us, and we do it for free. So students will always have the upper hand.

 

On our network anyway;

• EXE's are blocked unless we allow them... logmein... i think not.
  
• All workstations have no rule out. Meaning you HAVE to go through our proxy
  
• Users cant change networking settings
  
• Like I said before... sure you think you have the upper hand... but we have logs, and detention slips
  

[ZeroHour]

Block the proxys then we use programs such as log me in ect and jsut use the internet explorer window to remote control our home machines. There are an unlimited number of DNS's we can use, there are a larger number of us, and we do it for free. So students will always have the upper hand.

 

Thats a pretty silly attitude. You may get around restrictions in some schools but remember you can also be expelled for breaching their rua's for example. Even though you can beat certain filters potentially you still are not necessarily going to get away with it. I would seriously think about your future in IT if you see the computing industry in this way as it is definitely the wrong attitude. Why pupils try so hard is beyond me, its such a stupid thing to do and if we here were to catch you, you would lose internet access if not more. Dont you all just have mobiles that can do this anyway?!

[aTEK]

The reason i try hard is the same reason people become hackers its a thirst for knowledge. It's not so much what im doing its the fact that im doing it. I learn coding languages and find solutions to problems. If there is a problem then there is a solution. By finding the solution you feel happy with yourself. Its like in other subjects when you find a challenge hard you want to find a solution. That is why i try hard.

 

I could channell this energy into other means but what would you preffer? By finding ways around block's ect then you are solving a problem. A key skill for later life. Yes you may get caught or even expelled, however the chances of that are slim if you have my record, and when i find something serious, e.g last year we found out how to shut down sims via the active directory you let the IT department know. That way i am still being responsible.

 

As to the talks about blocking content for smaller children, i have seen the damage they can and very often do to computers (im talking about reception), and as the time continues they will become even more computer literate.

 

I understand they must be prrotected, but is it responsible to hide somebody from the truth or dangers. Surely it is better to educate them against these and give them the choice to follow your advice and rules. A person should be alloud to roam the greatest recource available to them without control. For that was one of the dreams of the internet, to be a place of freedom of speach, a place where people can be whoever or whatever they want. Not locked within walls that society seems ever so ready to place around them.

[dhicks]

The reason I try hard is the same reason people become hackers - it's a thirst for knowledge.

 

Crackers, even.

 

If there is a problem then there is a solution.

 

Good point.

 

--

David Hicks

[stratisphere]

I understand they must be prrotected, but is it responsible to hide somebody from the truth or dangers. Surely it is better to educate them against these and give them the choice to follow your advice and rules. A person should be alloud to roam the greatest recource available to them without control. For that was one of the dreams of the internet, to be a place of freedom of speach, a place where people can be whoever or whatever they want. Not locked within walls that society seems ever so ready to place around them.

 

I'm not going to bother replying to the whole "i'm a hacker... i'm exempt from the rules because im doing it for your own good" because thats just BS.

 

As for the block above. In a perfect world, you are right. In a perfect free world, everyone would have a choice, we would educate them about the problems etc, then they could make their own *informed* (key word) decision. But, in reality, most users do not care about the bad things on the internet. They just want to use it for what they want.

 

Sure I could teach the users about viruses, trogens, scams etc (to a degree we do already), but unless they go out and learn themselves, they will never have the knowledge we (or you) know. Thats the different between people like us (aka, technical minded people) and the general population. As you've put it, we thrive on knowledge, we experiment to learn. Most people (i'm speaking generally here) do not want nor care to do that.

 

Oh, and all things side, breaking into a network you do not own or administer is illegal. If you get caught you will get in deep ****. Experiment at home, do what ever, but it's not worth the risk by trying to break into college networks etc. As an *informed* user, you should no better.

 

This is the last post im making now as this topic has gone completely derailed (thanks ) plus if you don't see the points were trying to make then it wont change your opinion.

[localzuk]

We have it generally unblocked, and teachers can use abtutor control to block it during their lessons if they so please.

 

We did have it blocked universally, but it got silly, with a teacher asking for it to be unblocked for the first period, then another wanted it blocked for the second, then unblocked third etc... Not exactly a good use of my time.

 

Ideally, I'd love to have the internet entirely unfiltered - but the government states that we have to filter things. Also, when a child gets onto something they shouldn't, such as hardcore pornography, we can't simply turn around and say 'well, they didn't listen to us'. No, we get blamed for allowing such access and have to justify it to them.

 

So, for many things it comes to one thing - legal liability. We have a legal responsibility to protect children from various things. Bad things on the internet is one of them.

[Theblacksheep]

So students will always have the upper hand.

 

Depends what school you are in.

[tom_newton]

On our network anyway;

Like I said before... sure you think you have the upper hand... but we have logs, and detention slips

 

Quote of the month for me right there

[aTEK]

I never said I was a hacker or cracker. I was using it to help explain the point. Hackers enjoy solving problems, crackers maliciously go out of the way to destroy and harm people.

 

The Jargon File contains a bunch of definitions of the term ‘hacker’, most having to do with technical adeptness and a delight in solving problems and overcoming limits.

(From http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html)

 

This is what I was referring to when I was talking about a thirst for knowledge not about being a cracker who breaks in for knowledge. And Malicious reasons

Edited November 28, 2008 by aTEK
To not seem like im attacking the response and merly backing up my earlier comment.

[powdarrmonkey]

A hacker's only a hacker when h[is|er] peers deem it so. A self-appointed hacker is no hacker at all.

[aTEK]

That is why I am no hacker. I don't consider myself a hacker however I follow the hacker way of thinking and the hacker way of taking apart a problem. A Self Appointed hacker is somebody with an incredibly big ego!!! or a script kiddy

[stratisphere]

Again, please keep this on topic. We have an issue in school about if we should allow total or limited access to youtube for students. I started this to get an idea of what other schools/colleges do.

 

aTEK, I appreciate your original input, but please discuss the meaning of hacker in another thread. Also, search the forums, there are plenty of occasions when students find this place and do the same thing as you are doing.

 

Thanks

[australiana]

Youtube will always be too messy and 'risky' for schools to use. I am surprised that any LEA would allow students to use it. We use Clickview as it works reliably even when we have hundreds using it and we control whats on it (yeah I know, we're control freaks). Clickview Exchange is also very useful (a bit like a youtube for schools) and has a pretty impressive range of downloadable copied-from-TV programs available for free.

[mossj]

We ban it to students but not to staff, just because youtube can be used for bullying, and its modaration from reporting to removal (no matter how serious, the police where called) is a week or more, even if you phone them and inform them that theres a video making physical threats against students, they still won't take a blind bit of notice.

 

*not to derail this thread.... any further

 

but i wonder how many of us clicked aTEKS profile just to see if we could figure out what schools he is in.

 

Also aTEK we *almost* removed a student from his IT a-level course because of what we caught him doing. If what we caught him doing had been the same as what you say you do, then he would of been out on his ear.

 

You say your grades would stop that happening but if you put users data at risk/the network at risk/hardware at risk/Admin network at risk. Then your grades will mean didly squat.

[mrforgetful]

its modaration from reporting to removal (no matter how serious, the police where called) is a week or more, even if you phone them and inform them that theres a video making physical threats against students, they still won't take a blind bit of notice.

 

I disagree with that.

 

Last week we found a video on Youtube of some students fighting in the school corridor.

 

I was asked to get it removed, clicked the button to flag it as inappropriate, two more to set why.

 

It was removed within 2 minutes.

[IanT]

Sadly for some reason the teachers here NEED youtube open!

 

They demand it open! If I block it I get a bunch of teachers come up moaning to unblock it.

 

I've just blocked it nowwwwwwwww at 9:30AM.............lets see when I get the first email or teacher come up moaning to unblock it

[timbo343]

Sadly for some reason the teachers here NEED youtube open!

 

They demand it open! If I block it I get a bunch of teachers come up moaning to unblock it.

 

I've just blocked it nowwwwwwwww at 9:30AM.............lets see when I get the first email or teacher come up moaning to unblock it

 

Its an easy get out of explaining something to the kids. Many of times I have done random checks to see what people are looking at and some of the teachers are using youtube to either explain something or get the point across or sometimes just a copout.

 

Tim

[LeMarchand]

Blocked for students but not teachers.

 

I personally think it can be a useful tool, but (needless to say) the teachers never employ suitable caution. I've seen them search for a topic whilst projecting their screen to the Smartboard and fail to notice that in the comments below the Martin Luther King clip they were showing were a bunch of CAPITALIZED SWEAR WORDS .

[p858snake]

Sadly for some reason the teachers here NEED youtube open!

 

They demand it open! If I block it I get a bunch of teachers come up moaning to unblock it.

 

I've just blocked it nowwwwwwwww at 9:30AM.............lets see when I get the first email or teacher come up moaning to unblock it

Tell them that you will only approve certain videos on a case by case basis and will only unblock them if they are needed for the lesson, or tell them to send you a link to the video and you will download it and place it on the network for them.

[mossj]

I disagree with that.

 

Last week we found a video on Youtube of some students fighting in the school corridor.

 

I was asked to get it removed, clicked the button to flag it as inappropriate, two more to set why.

 

It was removed within 2 minutes.

 

maybe you got lucky or someone flagged it before you but it took almost a week (5 days shortest - 8 days longest) for the videos to be removed.

[Silvor]

We've been told we have to block YouTube by our BB Consortium and L.E.A - for both staff and students due to 'unfiltered content', which can't be 'filtered appropriately'.

 

Fair enough I suppose.

 

Caused a lot of anger between staff as they loved it for resources - but we just told them to prepare more and (if youtube offers the download link under a video) download it and bring it in.