Overriding
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| Awareness Technologies Web Filtering | BASCOM Patronus—Filtering Designed Specifically for Libraries | ContentWatch NetNanny and ContentProtect | CyberPatrol Online Protection PRO | CyberPatrol Parental Controls | CyberPatrol SiteSURV Web Filtering | Cymphonix Network Composer | IBOSS WEB FILTERS | NetSentron | Netsweeper | OpenDNS Enterprise | SafeSquid - A Web Filtering Proxy | SmoothWall Guardian Web Filter | SmoothWall Guardian Web Security (Filter + Anti-Malware) | Untangle Education Standard Package | Websense Web Security | Website-Echo | |
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| Can Filter be Turned off at the Workstation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Describe Process and Options Available for Turning Off Filter at Workstation | If the ability to disable at the local workstation is desired, administrators must assign a secret hotkey which brings up a password box. If an admin password is entered correctly, the software can be paused or uninstalled locally. | Patronus gives librarians the ability to instantly override the filter for a specified period of time using a profile that provides adult access. An adult profile can be created to provide completely unrestricted access to everything except malicious sites. This gives Librarians local control so access can be opened for adults as needed. Different levels of access can be provided for workstations used by adult patrons, young adults, and children. Patronus also offers the option to create a WiFi hotspot on their network. For patrons using their own laptops, an Acceptable Use Policy page displays requiring agreement to Internet guidelines before accessing the Internet. Can also use screen to alert patrons of vital information. The AUP screen can be excluded on specific computers and/or IP ranges of computers. | With admin rights and only if you want it to. | Since the system settings are managed via an online system, filter settings can be modified from any machine with a browser and an internet connection. | The admin can log into the "control" panel on each machine and turn filtering on or off. | The administrator has access to the Appliance from any workstation...from any computer anywhere. | The override password can be enabled. Temp passwords can be set to expire. Or an admin can bypass the machine for a set time. | Based on the MAC address of the PC, set the IP and turn off the content filter. - permanent. If a temporary bypass is required then issue the user a bypass password. | By deploying the Netsweeper client module, filtering can be disabled through the use of a username and password. | To adjust Web content filtering on a network, OpenDNS Administrators must log in to the OpenDNS Dashboard. Under Settings for: select the network to be adjusted (you must have appropriate permissions for that network) and click on the Web Content Filtering link. Choose the filtering levels or specific categories and click Apply. Settings made to one network can be applied to all networks if multiple networks exist. Once you apply the new settings, it may take up to 3 minutes before they are in effect on all OpenDNS global servers. After you make Web content filtering changes, OpenDNS recommends that you clear the local DNS cache to ensure that new settings are made effective. To do this, see Clearing the DNS Cache. | Can only be turned off by an administrator, from the server, with browser based GUI Interface | Administrator Portal | Administrator Portal | Administrator only through Web-UI. | Must be done by the Administrator | ||
| Blocked Page Can Be Overridden by Admin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Describe Process and Options For Overriding a Blocked Page | Thie is controlled from the web-based control panel. | Can login and temporarily override filter. Can be mapped to Directory Services and have filtering settings applied by object or user type. | Two clicks | Overrides can be done at the work station by entering the password defined by the administrator when the software was installed. | Overrides can be done at the work station by entering the password defined by the administrator when the software was installed. | Administrator can configure the block page so that a password can be supplied in order to override. | From within the block page an option is provided. An admin with override abilities would use their LDAP credentials. | A blocked page can be whitelisted or grey listed by the administrator. Or the administrator can give the end user an override password. | The Netsweeper Deny Page Override feature enables a user override a deny page originally served up. In doing so, the user will gain access to that site for a specified period of time. This time interval is again set by the system administrator. | Block Page Bypass is an innovative feature that allows the granting of special permissions to bypass filtering settings without the use of any software or appliance. This feature enables you to assign individual users, such as your marketing managers, the ability to access specific filtering categories, such as social networking, or individual domains that are normally blocked on your network. Bypass privileges can be granted persistently on a per-user basis or through use of a bypass code, which grants access for one hour to 10 years. | Administrators can override blocked pages, for specific or all users/groups, from the server, with browser based GUI Interface | Administrator Portal | Administrator Portal | User Bypass Some organizations may wish to allow certain users to bypass the ESoft Web Filter. This option is available under "User Bypass." If User Bypass is set to None no users will be allowed to bypass the block page. If User Bypass is set to Temporary users will be allowed to bypass the block page. If User Bypass is set to Permanent and Global then users will be allowed to bypass the block page and bypassed sites will be added to the permanent global pass list. User Bypass is best when combined with Policy Manager so that only certain users are allowed to bypass. | |||
| Admin Can Turn Filter Off for a Period of Time | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Process and Options for Turning off Filter for a Period of Time | Can be done from web-based control panel and also from local PC (if configured to allow that). | Can temporarily set the number of minutes for overriding the profile settings. Can set the workstation IP address to a profile and set it back when finished. | Overrides can be set to "time out" after a period of time. When the override times out, filtering goes back to previous settings for that machine/user. | Overrides can be set to "time out" after a period of time. When the override times out, filtering goes back to previous settings for that machine/user. | Administrator can turn off filtering for a specific user for a specified period of time--totally customizable. | From within the interface or block page. | The system administrator as the power to disable filtering using the system WebAdmin controls for a specified period of time, for all users or for a specific group by managing the policies that have been set-up in the system. This time based segments are ideal in a library setting when students are more apt to be in the library. Further, these policy settings can be established for different computers, thereby ensuring that computers in the children's section of a library are more restrictive regarding adult content than are computers in other sections of the same library. | Because OpenDNS is managed with the web dashboard, administrators can adjust content filtering settings in realtime, as they wish. | Administrators can create time-based rules for turning off filter for specific or all users/groups. These rules can be very granular, and can be create in advance, for specific events. For example - (1) Between 2pm to 3pm (2) every Saturday (3) between 25th December to 31st December 2010 (4) between 25th December to 31st December every year | Administrator Portal | Administrator Portal | Policy Manager allows you to set-up times for certain types of traffic where as other types of traffic can be limited. | |||||
| Additional Comments on Overriding Options | Patronus has a new Anywhere Filter option that provides security for mobile devices. For additional information on the Anywhere Filter, visit AnywhereFilter.com | Can bind to local user or through directory | Giving the authority to override the networks filtering controls must be considered carefully. Netsweeper offers a number of solutions that will enable this practice with greater controls that have clearly benefitted the libraries that have adopted Netsweeper. | SafeSquid's configuration allows you to very precisely define situations. Each situation thus defined, is referred to as a 'Profile'. Each Profile can be defined (or bound) by a programmable set of conditional parameters. Profiles are used as a conditional parameter in almost all of the various filtering sections in SafeSquid. You can thus ensure that filtering action happens exactly, as required. SafeSquid's Profiles feature allows you to accommodate the demands of extremely granular rules for Internet Access privileges and restrictions. You can deal with most complex situation, as long as you can accurately defining a situation, and thus properly Profile a situation. For details, see - http://www.safesquid.com/html/kb.php?mode=article&k=15 |