[ale] Library is blocking my web site!

[Jim Lynch]

William Bagwell wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 June 2008, Jim Lynch wrote:
>   
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I have at least two sites that I
>> have complete control over including root access.  
>>     
>
> Is the blocked site on shared hosting?
>
> Podunk little testing and backup site I maintain is on a shared host, and 
> while I have not yet found it blocked anywhere. The main site is hosted in 
> the Netherlands and also on a shared host. It is (or was) totally blocked at 
> Appalachian Tech because one of the other sites at that IP is hard porn. (No 
> I do *not* have the link handy.)
>
> http://groupsearch.alt-config.net/engine.html and
> http://groupsearch.aacity.net/engine.html if anyone wants to see if there net 
> nannies at work or school are blocking either.
>   
Yes it is, but they  (the shared hosting site) have a rule about porn 
and seem to be pretty good about policing it.  The librarian said it was 
a "vehicle" site.  She didn't seem to know what that meant.  It does 
involve some sort of a vehicle if you can consider a 41' sailboat a 
vehicle.  In any case I have no idea why a library would block vehicle 
web sites.

Thanks,
Jim.