As previously stated, the only way to truly block Myspace is by only allowing specific sites to be accessed. I am a high school student in a relatively large school system. My peers are complete Myspace addicts. No measure taken thus far has succeeded in preventing the general populace from accessing Myspace.
It usually goes something like this:
-Proxy being used to access Myspace gets blocked.
-Bored nerd gets on Google.
-New proxy is found, and has circulated the student population within 48 hours.
My school system has even gone so far as to block any URL with the string "myspace" in it (including news articles on sites such as The Register). This only makes things slightly harder by requiring the use of a proxy that encrypts the URL (which also makes any kind of logging filter pointless, because you can't read the URL being visited). Google searches for any search with the string "proxy" in it have also been blocked, but again, it only requires a little more creativity.
In essence, an AUP that you actually enforce is the only way you're going to discourage people from visiting Myspace and other social networking sites. A determined enough individual, especially one with a computer literate friend that knows how to set up and/or find web proxies.
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As previously stated, the only way to truly block Myspace is by only allowing specific sites to be accessed. I am a high school student in a relatively large school system. My peers are complete Myspace addicts. No measure taken thus far has succeeded in preventing the general populace from accessing Myspace. It usually goes something like this: -Proxy being used to access Myspace gets blocked. -Bored nerd gets on Google. -New proxy is found, and has circulated the student population within 48 hours. My school system has even gone so far as to block any URL with the string "myspace" in it (including news articles on sites such as The Register). This only makes things slightly harder by requiring the use of a proxy that encrypts the URL (which also makes any kind of logging filter pointless, because you can't read the URL being visited). Google searches for any search with the string "proxy" in it have also been blocked, but again, it only requires a little more creativity. In essence, an AUP that you actually enforce is the only way you're going to discourage people from visiting Myspace and other social networking sites. A determined enough individual, especially one with a computer literate friend that knows how to set up and/or find web proxies.