[OPLINTECH] Filtering

[Technology Coordinator]

Tyson,

I concur with Chad.  OPLIN's Cisco Umbrella has kept us in CIPA compliance
for years.

There are also good instructions on how to bypass the restriction at a
patron's request.  It may take some training for the front line staff for
them to be proficient at it.  There have been very few instances of patrons
requesting it in the last five years.

Mark

Mark Sanzotta

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On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 1:31 PM Chad Neeper via OPLINTECH <
oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> All of the libraries I work with that have content filtering enabled use
> Cisco Umbrella. We only configure filtering to the extent of being CIPA
> compliant (to the best of our knowledge) and to block known malware sites.
> ie. A light touch. Naturally, of course, no content filter is perfect (or
> necessarily even great) and Cisco Umbrella is no exception. Anyone with a
> modicum of computer/internet savviness will be able to bypass the filter.
> That being said, however, I've been quite happy with Umbrella for many
> years now and the staff that remember NOT having the filter in place
> very much appreciate not being placed into as many awkward situations as
> they formerly had been!
>
> 2 cents,
> Chad
>
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> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 1:17 PM Tyson Horton via OPLINTECH <
> oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:
>
>> The Williams County Public Library is currently perusing content
>> filtering on our network. For those that are using the Cisco Umbrella
>> through OPLIN and I am looking for settings suggestions for our filtering
>> policy.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tyson
>> IT Manager
>> Williams County Public Library
>>
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