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Students’ online behavior? Are they at risk?
9:45
Michael Argast Security Analyst from Sophos
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How do we make sure kids stay safe online, both at home and in school?
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Kids will naturally try to hack the system to attempt to bypass the system. It is normal behavior. How can we control it and provide tools and resources in a safe and proper way?
9:48
Poll: rough split of teachers and IT admin in the session
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Almost everyone is blocking facebook and other social networking sites
9:50
a 12-year-old kid set up a proxy from home so he and his friends could surf unresricted in school
9:51
It's not just kids that are at risk, but teachers and other staff as well
9:53
Solutions:
Endpoint - Software on each computer, bypass by proxies, multiple configurations, content/URL filtering.
Gateway - Central control, bypass by proxies, configure once, content/URL/malware filtering
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Proxies are a huge problem when it comes to filtering
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Anonymizing Proxies (AP): Students are the bulk of the users, although it is useful in China where ther gov't filters access
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People who set up AP's get tons of revenue through ads
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Even if we filter, kids will still get to other sites.
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Seeing an overview of how proxies work
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How do we combat the problem of bypassing through proxies?
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New ones always pop up, so it's almost like a game of whack-a-mole
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In January alone, over 5400 proxies were added to Sophos' list
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Over 55,000 are listed in their lists
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Sophos stops 76% of the new proxies in less than 5 minutes
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[Comment From David Cone]
This is a problem at the U of M, too.
10:00
[Comment From David Cone]
http://www.wolverineliberationarmy.com/blog/
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