Re: CWD -- Jacking in from the "Keys to the Kingdom" Port

["Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>]

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On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, David Rosoff wrote:

> At 12.10 AM 7/3/96 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> 
> >CyberWire Dispatch // Copyright (c) 1996 //
> 
> >Install the programs and Junior can't access porn. No fuss, no muss, no
> >bother. "Parental empowerment" is the buzzword. Indeed, it was these
> >programs that helped sway the three-judge panel in Philly to knock down
> >the Communications Decency Act as unconstitutional.
> 
> I've wondered .. could a creative child circumvent these filter programs
> using a URL-redirecter, like where you see something like
> http://www.one.site.com/cgi-bin/rd?http://www.porno-site.com/
> or are they not URL-based?

If the child is creative enough, he will be able to boot DOS from a bootdisk
and remove the line from config.sys that starts up the filtering software.

- -- Mark

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