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529902 2007-03-04 07:48:00 I do some computer consultation for a primary school, mainly setting up the new computers...
The principal called me tonight stating that there was porn found on 3 of the computers at the school.
Does the browsing history give an accurate assessment of the time & websites that were visited?

Any help tonight from anyone who has experience with this type of situation would be appreciated.

The principal needs me to document proof.

Cheers
NZHawk (4093)
529903 2007-03-04 08:58:00 I don't think your browser history gives you time spent on a web site, just which websites you have last visited. It should be possible for the school's IT dept to block a reasonable amount of porn IP addresses through their web server or at least set up some sort of alarm system to notify when students are browsing ban'd porn sites. winmacguy (3367)
529904 2007-03-04 09:05:00 It's quite easy for the students to erase the history. But yes, whatever history is intact will be accurate. Greg (193)
529905 2007-03-04 09:06:00 Thank you for your reply, good night. NZHawk (4093)
529906 2007-03-04 10:01:00 Look at the cookie jar.

You should be running a caching server at least, preferably a web proxy like Squid. You can use them to filter porn sites and create a paper trail of who is looking at what sites etc.
vinref (6194)
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