A Peek Inside the Top Secret CyberNOT List

What Tom Menino Doesn't Want You to See!

The following scans were run against the CyberNOT list released on 2/24/97. A new version is released every Monday.

***Scanning for hiroshima***

http://serv.city.hiroshima.jp/city/abo Militant/Extreme Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity

This blocks information from the City of Hiroshima homepage concerning the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb.

***Scanning for jewish***

http://www.jewish.com/bk9 SexActs
http://www.jewish.com/jb SexActs

This blocks the Jewish Bulletin and its back issues--a Bay Area journal for the Jewish community.

***Scanning for zmag***

http://199.172.47.21/zmag/art SexActs

This blocks the articles of Z Magazine, perhaps America's most respected progressive publication.

***Scanning for villagevoice***

http://www.villagevoice.com/cho SexActs
http://www.villagevoice.com/d SexActs
http://www.villagevoice.com/law Quest/Illegal/Gamble SexActs
http://www.villagevoice.com/per Quest/Illegal/Gamble SexActs

This blocks a large part of the site for The Village Voice.

***Scanning for motherjones***

http://motherjones.com/ Militant/Extreme

This blocks the progressive journal, Mother Jones.

***Scanning for journalism***

alt.journalism* Intol
alt.journalism.gay* Violence/Profanity SexActs Intol

This blocks all Usenet discussion groups for journalists. Although the additional blocking of gay journalists is redundant, they apparently didn't want to take any chances.

***Scanning for fright***

http://www.fright.com/ Cult

This blocks an interesting and informative page devoted to horror fiction and horror movies.

***Scanning for bradley.edu***

http://lydia.bradley.edu/exh FullNude

This blocks a juried award-winning digital photography exhibit.

***Scanning for .mit.***

http://alpha-bits.ai.mit.edu/~sp FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://athene.mit.csu.edu.au/~93 SexActs
http://athene.mit.csu.edu.au/~smul Militant/Extreme SexActs
http://orchid3.lcs.mit.edu/ FullNude PartNude
ftp://AENEAS.MIT.EDU/ Militant/Extreme
http://WWW-POLISCI.MIT.EDU/bos Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://RPCP.MIT.EDU/~re Quest/Illegal/Gamble Gross
http://ANXIETY-CLOSET.MIT.EDU/act Militant/Extreme Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross Intol Cult Druggy
http://ANXIETY-CLOSET.MIT.EDU/afs Militant/Extreme Quest/Illegal/Gamble Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross Intol Cult Druggy
http://ANXIETY-CLOSET.MIT.EDU/people/bte Militant/Extreme Quest/Illegal/Gamble Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross Intol Cult Druggy
http://ANXIETY-CLOSET.MIT.EDU/people/mjb Militant/Extreme Quest/Illegal/Gamble Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross Intol Cult Druggy
http://ANXIETY-CLOSET.MIT.EDU/people/mkg Militant/Extreme Quest/Illegal/Gamble Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross Intol Cult Druggy
http://ANXIETY-CLOSET.MIT.EDU/people/twm Militant/Extreme Quest/Illegal/Gamble Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross Intol Cult Druggy
ftp://BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU/ Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross
http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/phi FullNude PartNude
http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/pho FullNude PartNude
http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/photo FullNude PartNude
http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/zoo FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross
http://NARN.MIT.EDU/cha Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://NARN.MIT.EDU/law Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://tarragon.lcs.mit.edu/~iz Gross
http://LYRE.MIT.EDU/~po Violence/Profanity
http://ARACHNOPHOBIA.MIT.EDU/afs/ath SexActs Gross
http://ARACHNOPHOBIA.MIT.EDU/sim Violence/Profanity FullNude SexActs Gross
http://THE-TECH.MIT.EDU/~ga Booze/Cigs
http://belladonna.media.mit.edu/people/rho SexActs
http://luis-bunuel.media.mit.edu/icp Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://fishwrap.media.mit.edu/hac Quest/Illegal/Gamble
http://fishwrap.media.mit.edu/new Quest/Illegal/Gamble SexActs

This is what is blocked at a major university. I found especially interesting their decision to block the Media Lab's site devoted to Luis Bunuel, a universally acclaimed master of world cinema.

***Scanning for fem****

alt.fem* Violence/Profanity Intol
soc.fem* Violence/Profanity SexActs

Usenet feminist discussion groups.

***Scanning for women***

http://www.women.com/bod SexEd
http://worcester.lm.com/women/is Intol
http://www.wywomen.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.redhotwomen.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.bbwomen.com/ FullNude
http://mature-english-women.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
alt.women* Intol
soc.women.les* Violence/Profanity SexActs

More Usenet feminist discussion groups. www.women.com is the homepage of Women's Wire. What is blocked is their health-and-fitness page.

***Scanning for .ppca.org***

http://www.ppca.org/ SexEd

Not surprisingly, they block the entire web site of Planned Parenthood.

***Scanning for condom***

http://www.condomania.com/ SexActs
http://www.condom-sense.com/ SexActs Gross
http://www.condom.com/ SexActs
http://www.condomnation.com/ SexEd
http://condomsonline.com/ SexActs

***Scanning for abort***

alt.abort* Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity Druggy

This blocks the Usenet abortion discussion group.

***Scanning for gay***

http://www.gay.com/ SexActs
http://www.gayuniverse.com/ SexActs
http://priscilla.freedom.co.uk/gay Quest/Illegal/Gamble
http://adult.harmony.net.au/gay FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://204.137.163.12/gay FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://laonline.com/gay Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross
http://www.wolfe.com/gay SexActs
http://www.gays.com/ FullNude SexActs
http://www.gaystud.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.gay.net/ SexEd PartNude SexActs
http://www.gaylook.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.gaystudslive.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.gaysource.com/ Violence/Profanity
http://www.gayindy.org/ SexActs
http://GayMart.com/ SexActs
http://207.110.41.14/gay FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.aj1.com/gay Militant/Extreme Quest/Illegal/Gamble Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross Intol Cult Druggy
http://www.gaylounge.com/ Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross
http://www.gayspace.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://gaybiznet.com/ SexActs
http://gayvid.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.texaslink.com/gay FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.gayxxx.com/ Militant/Extreme Quest/Illegal/Gamble Booze/Cigs Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross Intol Cult Druggy
http://www.gayguys.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.aaagay.com/ FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://www.gaywired.com/ FullNude
alt.journalism.gay* Violence/Profanity SexActs Intol
clari.news.gay* Violence/Profanity SexActs
gay-net* Violence/Profanity SexActs Gross Intol
shamash.gay* Violence/Profanity SexActs
su.gay* Violence/Profanity SexActs
uiuc.soc.gay* Violence/Profanity SexActs
uk.gay* Violence/Profanity SexActs

Is anyone surprised? clari-news.gay* contains wire service stories about gay issues.

***Scanning for les****

alt.les* Violence/Profanity SexActs
alt.shoe.les* SexActs
aus.culture.les* Violence/Profanity SexActs
soc.women.les* Violence/Profanity SexActs

Usenet lesbian discussion groups.

***Scanning for homo***

alt.homo* Violence/Profanity SexActs

Usenet homosexual discussion groups.

***Scanning for queer***

http://ishtar.queer.org.au/qrd SexEd
http://queernet.queernet.org/ FullNude SexActs
http://www.queervision.com.au/vid FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://cyberqueer.rainbow.net.au/boy FullNude PartNude SexActs

More homophobia.

***Scanning for qrd***

http://bizo.biz.usyd.edu.AU/qrd/aid SexEd
http://bizo.biz.usyd.edu.AU/qrd/hum SexEd Intol
http://ishtar.queer.org.au/qrd SexEd
http://abacus.oxy.edu/qrd/cul Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://celebrian.otago.ac.nz/qrd FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://qrd.tcp.com/qrd/aid SexActs
http://qrd.tcp.com/qrd/cul Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://qrd.tcp.com/qrd/ele Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://qrd.tcp.com/qrd/med Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://qrd.tcp.com/qrd/mis Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://qrd.tcp.com/qrd/ori Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity SexActs
http://qrd.tcp.com/qrd/usa Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity SexActs Gross
http://qrd.tcp.com/qrd/www Quest/Illegal/Gamble Violence/Profanity SexActs Gross

Qrd stands for the Queer Resources Directory.

***Scanning for hiv***

http://florey.biosci.uq.edu.au/hiv/aid SexEd
http://florey.biosci.uq.edu.au/hiv/cdc SexEd
http://florey.biosci.uq.edu.au/hiv/hep SexEd
http://hivpositive.com/ SexEd

***Scanning for aids***

http://aidsauthority.org/ SexEd SexActs

***Scanning for aid****

clari.tw.health.aid* Violence/Profanity SexActs

***Scanning for world.std.com***

http://world.std.com/~mc FullNude PartNude
http://world.std.com/~am Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://world.std.com/~dw Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://world.std.com/~ki Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://world.std.com/~ma Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://world.std.com/~me Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs
http://world.std.com/~sa Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross
http://world.std.com/~uw Violence/Profanity FullNude PartNude SexActs Gross

These are the sites blocked at my internet service provider, world.std.com. Note Cyber Patrol's clever trick of abbreviating the end of a URL to its first three characters. Thus the string ending ~ki blocks this page, and every page at my web site -- http://world.std.com/~kip/. Note also that my site is blocked for both full and partial nudity. My site contains precisely two graphics, both done by my partner Jim D'Entremont using PC Paintbrush. One is of a helmeted Prussian soldier silencing someone. The other is of our cat, Eric. Eric is arguably nude, but we only show him from the neck up. (If you irritate these people, they may block you in totally inappropriate categories.) Further note also that if another world customer -- call her Kim -- were to put up a totally innocuous, apolitical G-rated site, Cyber Patrol would block her as well. Go figure.