[techtalk] Sick of surf and porn addicts

[Liese]

Hi,

This question is not really linux related but i'm getting desperate.
There are about 300 users in the company where i work. Our website is 
running on a local system, using suse, apache and mysql. Last year we had 
to upgrade our line to the outside world, not because the incoming traffic 
(to the website) was too big but because the outgoing traffic was clogging 
the line.
One year later (today) we have the same problem again. We use a proxy 
server (squid) and only give internet access to those who really need it 
(and only with permition from their manager) but it seems like everybody 
really really needs it (duuh!).
And just giving access to the requested sites isnt possible either or i 
would have a fulltime job entering sites in squid.
Once a month I check our proxy logs to close down all non-work-related 
sites but ...
Its hopeless.. A month later the stats are filled again with different porn 
sites.

And thats just http. Include email in the picture and it will become 
apparent how desperate i really am.. The shit that is send by email is 
unbelievable. Porn, jokes, virusses, hoaxes, ...

We send mails, put up notices, warn people, ask people, beg people but 
nothing helps.

And we are not allowed to step up to a user and say "hey, our logs show 
that last month you've been surfing porn sites for over 20 hours, you must 
stop this", or "We've noticed you have about 100MB of pornography 
attachments on your drive, you are wasting important bandwidth". This is 
against the law because it is a violation of privacy ( i live in 
belgium/europe)

Is there anybody who has been in the same position and found a way to 
control it better, the legal way.. I could press charges, saying that i - 
as a woman - feel sexualy offended by some of the things i come across when 
fixing some of the computerproblems. But I'm afraid of the consequences, 
there should be another way, without making it a personal vendetta.


Thanx,
Liese..


De Vos Liese
NT Domain Administrator
mailto:liese at pandora.be