DAckroyd Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 I'm currently trolling through all the images on the network in the students user areas for inapropreate material but it's taking forever. I am currently doing a search for picture files and *.jpg's and looking through the search results. can you think of a quicker way of doing it or if you have to do the same how do you do it? hope that made sence (brain is switching off atm so not a lot makes sence to me atm)
DevilsAdvocate Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Same as what we do here. Painful and slow, but necessary really.
DrPerceptron Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 I don't know a better way, that's how I've done it... either using thumbnails or just flicking through the windows photo viewer really quicky
mac_shinobi Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Just found this - not sure if this is of any use Introduction - Fast File Search (ffsearch) Am guessing there are actual pieces of software ( dont ask which ) that you could use to search through the students areas to find any image file type ie gif, png, tiff, bmp, jpg etc That or nasty file search http://www.edugeek.net/forums/scripts/346-administrators-nasty-file-search-v2-0-released.html
dhicks Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 can you think of a quicker way of doing it Write a script (probably to run overnight) to search for image files (actually, you could have it try and open each file - that'd stop people hiding things by changing the file extension) and create thumbnails in a central folder where you can look at them a page at a time. -- David Hicks
Corky Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 This little program is rather good. It also helps find 'other' undesirable files. Found on http://www.edugeek.net/forums/edusweep/
matt40k Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 There is software that does it, similar idea to Dansguardian. I believe it's only file based rather then proxy however, basically it works on skin tone, from what I understand it's pretty good. I can't remember the company\product, I'll post something tomorrow (I did remember to write it down!!). No idea of cost.
powdarrmonkey Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 I wrote a small applet to pick out random users from Active Directory to spot check, with a counter so you know how many are done - we do five or ten a day, for example. Randomising it means nobody can assume they are safe.
mattx Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 I wrote a small applet to pick out random users from Active Directory to spot check, with a counter so you know how many are done - we do five or ten a day, for example. Randomising it means nobody can assume they are safe. That's evil - but has given me an idea !!!
maf_001 Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Yeh it sucks doing the searches, but i used to just search for big files over 200kb anything smaller it would not print out very well or would be very pixelated, therefore i just ignored the small pics. Also i found that once you found one big pic they would be a folder full of other pics. It is a long process and sucks, i spent most of my time making sure the pics could never get their in the first place, printing the pics out and sending them home used to do it for my school. For some reason sending indecent images home to parents scares the living hell out of pupils... wounder why
DAckroyd Posted June 16, 2009 Author Posted June 16, 2009 I have just finnished looking though the images in the year10 areas after starting at 7:30 thismorning with about an hour at most doing other stuff but I do have 35 year 10's to remove tomorrow morning (+16 in other year groups who I found when I started by searching all year groups in one go (before thismorning)) Glade thats over - just leaves me with tomorrow for year 9, thursday for year8, and friday for year 7 - or I leave it a couple of days
powdarrmonkey Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 That's evil - but has given me an idea !!! It is? (My bet is you're planning a random home directory nuker....)
mattx Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 It is? (My bet is you're planning a random home directory nuker....) Close.......
DAckroyd Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 would there be any harm in making a backup tape and then wiping out all user data and see who shouts for what? 1
mac_shinobi Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 would there be any harm in making a backup tape and then wiping out all user data and see who shouts for what? LOL Like the thinking.
srochford Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 I have just finnished looking though the images in the year10 areas after starting at 7:30 thismorning with about an hour at most doing other stuff but I do have 35 year 10's to remove tomorrow morning (+16 in other year groups who I found when I started by searching all year groups in one go (before thismorning)) Glade thats over - just leaves me with tomorrow for year 9, thursday for year8, and friday for year 7 - or I leave it a couple of days Just a thought, but is that really a good use of your time (roughly 7 hours assuming you did break for lunch!)? Are you aware of problems caused by the images stored? I can understand that if someone says "I think Joe Bloggs is distributing porn" that you need to check on Joe Bloggs, but checking every image in every home folder??
f21970 Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 I use OP softwares 'Admin's Nasty File Finder'. You still have to exercise caution as some of the images will be coursework related, but great for finding mp3's!!
mac_shinobi Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 I use OP softwares 'Admin's Nasty File Finder'. You still have to exercise caution as some of the images will be coursework related, but great for finding mp3's!! what about video files ( wmv, avi, mpeg, mov ) etc
matt40k Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Sorry for the delay, basically there is a program that will automatically scan through your computer, and determ if they are pornography. Anyway... linky: pixalert.com
mattx Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Sorry for the delay, basically there is a program that will automatically scan through your computer, and determ if they are pornography. Anyway... linky: pixalert.com Just installed the demo version - won't scan networked drives.....will now remove it.
matt40k Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Just installed the demo version - won't scan networked drives.....will now remove it. Didn't know your school network was your family. Sorry, prob my fault, I assumed people would test it on a standalone system before they asked about the enterprise version. Powerful Tool to Audit Network for AUP Compliance | Detect Illegal Images | Porn Detection | Detect Email Porn | Block Porn
mattx Posted June 18, 2009 Posted June 18, 2009 Didn't know your school network was your family. Sorry, prob my fault, I assumed people would test it on a standalone system before they asked about the enterprise version. Powerful Tool to Audit Network for AUP Compliance | Detect Illegal Images | Porn Detection | Detect Email Porn | Block Porn Didn't you ? Never mind eh.... Thanks for the other link....
rdk Posted June 19, 2009 Posted June 19, 2009 Cooliris Firefox plugin works very well as a quick viewer for google image results, and the website says it works on the desktop also, but I haven't tried it. Might work for folders etc Cooliris | Discover More
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