Re: Content Filtering Question

[PCSC Information Services <info () pcsage biz>]

From my understanding of content filtering, unless there is a third  
party proxy on
another server in your network, your Cyber Patrol software is  
performing this
proxy filtering on your machine. This means that the site is  
downloaded and then
parsed for inappropriate keywords. A certain weight of keywords is  
calculated
and the site is displayed or an error message is displayed depending  
on the
keyword score.
I would think that Cyber Patrol installs itself as exactly this, a  
content filtering proxy
server that all users connect through. Therefore, all content unless  
part of a blacklist
will be downloaded to check to see if the content requested will pass.

I hope this helps.

Sean Swayze
PCSC Information Services

On 3-Apr-06, at 3:48 PM, Anton Chekhov wrote:

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> Hie, I downloaded a trial copy of Cyber Patrol.  I loaded up  
> ethereal, and
> then tried to connect to a page that was blocked
> (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=guns).  When I went back to  
> ethereal
> I found that the html for the site was sent to the browser, but the  
> browser
> still displayed a page saying the site was blocked.  I was  
> wondering how
> the software would keep the browser from displaying the page (I'm  
> guessing
> it works like some sort of extension for firefox) and if that meant  
> that a
> specially made browser would display the page.
>
> Thanks for any and all help.
> Ross K.
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