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We've run into this problem with the DND firewall before - I had a friend who e-mailed me about a month ago to let me know he couldn't read The Torch from KAF anymore. So I asked some folks at CEFCOM what was going on. Here's what I was told via e-mail:
Whether that's the whole story, I don't know. But the blocking seems to be intermittent, not constant - I had another friend who e-mailed me from KAF not a week later to tell me he was reading every day. I can tell you, it's annoying a whole pile of people from Halifax to Kandahar that want to access the blog through the DWAN. You could try talking to your IT help desk, or you could just read it from home.
The funny part is that there was a story written about The Torch in a recent issue of The Maple Leaf. But when people tried to click on the link in the electronic version, they'd find their access blocked... :
Damian,
Further to the DND blocking Blogspot sites discussion, it would seem that this is purely a technical issue rather than an attempt to specifically target site content.
Here is a brief explanation from a technical aspect:
Many sites use technologies which are not well supported by the current firewall configuration. For technical or security reasons these technologies are being blocked (ie.: JAVA, ActiveX, VBScript). This often results in poor functionality on certain sites. If an essential site functionality is being blocked, please contact your local Helpdesk with the specific URL of the site and a short description of the problem.
So, if The Torch posts a link to a JAVA script, it may be blocked by the firewall. If the next post is purely text, the site will likely be accessible. Regardless when a site is blocked, DWAN users do have the option to contact their IT help desk to get permission to view the site if there are no technical or security concerns. Over the coming days we'll see if the site continues to be blocked at KAF, or whether this is a result of site content at the time that the member was trying to access.
Hope this helps to clarify.
Whether that's the whole story, I don't know. But the blocking seems to be intermittent, not constant - I had another friend who e-mailed me from KAF not a week later to tell me he was reading every day. I can tell you, it's annoying a whole pile of people from Halifax to Kandahar that want to access the blog through the DWAN. You could try talking to your IT help desk, or you could just read it from home.
The funny part is that there was a story written about The Torch in a recent issue of The Maple Leaf. But when people tried to click on the link in the electronic version, they'd find their access blocked... :