We are using a site blocker (Websense, I call it webnonsense) to block URLs that are potentially dangerous or that the business deems 'un-worthy'.
Stack Overflow's avatars are blocked by Websense.
Any ideas why it does that?
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Sign up to join this communityWe are using a site blocker (Websense, I call it webnonsense) to block URLs that are potentially dangerous or that the business deems 'un-worthy'.
Stack Overflow's avatars are blocked by Websense.
Any ideas why it does that?
Gravatar permits X-rated photos as avatars (sites can exclude them, as well as R- and PG-13-rated ones, from display). As such, it's not particularly surprising that Websense blocks it - they're notoriously trigger-happy.
I'm unclear -- are you referring to the gravatar image URLs or the http://gravatar.com site itself?
Can you see this image?
If you can see that, then the gravatar images, at least, are not blocked.