Process for Categorizing a Site:
Percentage of Category Decisions Reviewed by Human:
Description of Each Content Category with Example URLs:
Categories Vendor Recommends for CIPA Compliance:
Granularity of Your Block List:
Block by IP address
Block by hostname
Block by top level domain
Block to page level
Examples of Each Item Selected Above (Granularity):
* Access policies can be defined based on client IP or IP ranges
* Access policies can be defined based on user-names and user-groups (created within SafeSquid Web Interface)
* Access policies can be defined based on user-names and user-groups from an external authenticating server, like Active Directory or LDAP
* Granular access policies for full access, mild filtering or strict filtering, based on IPs, IP ranges, user-names and/or user-groups
* Blocking websites to specific or all users/groups, based on website category, e.g. games, email, news, adult, etc. (31 categories)
* Blocking web pages to specific or all users/groups, based on specific keywords and phrases found in the page
* Blocking applications to specific or all users/groups, based on signatures, e.g. MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Download Accelerators, Media Players, etc.
* Blocking access to specific or all users/groups, based on time and/or day
* Blocking content to specific or all users/groups, based on content/file/mime type, e.g. audio, video, application or .mp3, .zip, .flv, etc.
* Blocking cookie exchange between specific or all users/groups, and unwanted hosts, e.g. Ad servers
* Blocking unwanted ads and banners from web pages to specific or all users/groups
* Real-time blocking of Pornographic Images from almost any source
* Enforcing SafeSearch option to specific or all users/groups, on search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, by overriding user preferences, to prevent users from searching for, or search engines from displaying unwanted content in search results.
* Enforcing YouTube Safety Mode to specific or all users/groups, by overriding user preferences, to prevent users from searching for, or YouTube from displaying unwanted videos in search results.
For details, see - http://www.safesquid.com/html/portal.php?page=110
Frequency of Updates to Blocked Site List:
Continues process, real-time updates
Description of How Updates are Applied:
Whenever a user requests for any website, the cProfiles module verifies if the website is listed under the specified categories. It first checks its cache for an entry. If the entry is found in the cache, cProfiles adds the profile instantly to the request. If the entry is not found in the cache, the cProfiles module sends a query to SafeSquid's Content Categorization Service (CCS), and caches the results. cProfiles uses DNS technology to query the CCS.
Unlike legacy technologies that forces users to store huge databases, cProfiles caches only 'really visited' websites and therefore, utilizes very little system resources. Since the categorization happens in real-time, users do not have to regularly download updates to keep their database up to date.
For details, see - http://www.safesquid.com/html/portal.php?page=132
Block Page Displayed or Blocking Transparent to User:
Additional Comments on Blocking:
You can create your own custom html pages (with company logo and custom messages) that should be displayed to users, when a requested content is blocked. Different messages can be displayed for different events, based on users/groups, or type of content blocked, e.g. pages blocked when unwanted words are found, websites blocked by categories, time-based blocks, etc.
Items that Can Be Included on Block Page (if applicable):
Category causing the block
Customizable message
Password override
Does filter provide dynamic filtering of pages as they are accessed?:
Does content filtering work on a weighted system controlled by administrator:
Describe how dynamic content filter can be changed by administrator, if applicable.:
Can filter by file type:
Can block by extension--applies to all categories
Can block by extension within a category
Can block by MIME type--applies to all categories
Can block by MIME type within a category
Can block by protocol--applies to all categories
Can block by protocol within a category
