Defense

Chaplains blocked by Church’s website

Some military chaplains trying to access the Southern Baptist Convention website this week were surprised to find it blocked with a message that it contained "h...

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April 26, 2013 10:19 am

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Some military chaplains trying to access the Southern Baptist Convention website this week were surprised to find it blocked with a message that it contained “hostile content.” The problem left military officials having to explain to leaders of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination that it was an unintentional software glitch. A Defense Department spokesman said the problem seemed to be with the commercial software the military uses to protect its network. The software blocks access to prohibited sites, like those for pornography or gambling, as well as sites that might have some type of malware associated them.