Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS)Platform for Inter. This document is not currently maintained as PICS has been superseded by the Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER). W3C encourages authors and implementors to refer to POWDER (or its successor) rather than PICS when developing systems to describe Web content or agents to act on those descriptions.
A brief document outlining the advantages offered by POWDER compared with PICS is available separately. The Current Status Page lists the PICS Recommendations and in each case includes a link to the document that supersedes it. Contact details of the individuals named below and links to other documents may no longer be active. The PICSTM specification enables labels (metadata) to be associated with Internet content. Table of Contents See also PICS Frequently Asked Questions Introduction For introductory materials, we suggest: PICS Statement of Principles and Statement on Using PICS Well. Participating W3C maintains two electronic mailing lists for public use: What's New Governments Media. Setting up Windows Vista Parental Controls. Table of Contents Introduction With the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft has introduced a new security feature called Windows Parental Controls. Windows Parental Controls allows a parent to configure, on a per user basis, various restrictions on what that user can do on the computer.
These settings range from blocking websites to controlling what games they can play. Having access to these types of controls allows a parent to feel comfortable with their children using a computer and at the same time gives them the flexibility to customize these settings to their specific needs. It is important to note that not all programs are compatible with Windows Parental Controls. One of the more powerful features of this new service is that you will be able to view reports of the activity for each user that you have configured Parental Controls.
Most recent websites blocked. In this guide we will go into detail on how to use Windows Parental Controls to restrict a user's activity. Figure 1. Games. Parental Controls for Windows Vista. Purpose As part of the Family Safety efforts of Microsoft, Windows provides Parental Controls functionality to monitor and limit exposure of selected computer users to online dangers and inappropriate content.
The Parental Controls technology in Windows is intended to assist diligent parents or guardians in ensuring access to appropriate materials by age or maturity level for those under their guardianship. It provides an extensible infrastructure in addition to built-in capabilities. Developer audience Independent software vendors (ISVs) of products that potentially expose users to safety risks or that are currently working to protect users from such risks are encouraged to integrate Parental Controls.
Run-time requirements This functionality was introduced in Windows Vista. In this section. DansGuardian. DansGuardian Phraselist Updates Here you can find the latest development phraselists. Beware that while our testing shows that these existing lists generate fewer false positives and higher catch rates, the new lists may generate more false positives. Please send feedback if you find that phrases are causing false positives for you. October 23rd 2007 Update You can download here in two formats: Zip File or TarBall . Note that some of the changes/lists are ALPHA quality.
October 8th 2007 Update You can download the new lists from: Note that some of the changes/lists are ALPHA quality. Please direct any comments, criticism and suggestions to phrasemaster@dansguardian.org. May 31st 2006 Update August 10th 2005 Update Note that some of the changes/lists are ALPHA quality. May 31st 2005 Update Note that some of the changes/lists are ALPHA quality. May 2nd 2005 Update. URLBlacklist.com. NPS Internet Filter & Policies. Internet Filter & Proxy Servers The Norman Public School District has thousands of desktop, notebook, and tablet computers that need to access web pages from the Internet.
Every network device on the Internet needs an IP address to send or receive information. Our district only has a couple hundred public IP addresses so we use private IP addresses for our district computers and printers. Computers with private IP addresses are not allowed to surf the Internet directly. Our district proxy server filters (intercepts and blocks) some of the requests for web pages before they reach the Internet. We describe a valid use of a proxy server above. Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) The Schools and Libraries Division of the USAC (the folks who administrate the federal E-Rate program) require schools and libraries to have an Internet filtering system that protects against access by adults and minors to visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minors.
Local. Naomi - freeware internet filter. Poesia Project. DansGuardian - True Web Content Filtering for All. Open Source Filtering. Tuesday, April 01 2003 @ 12:06 PM UTC Contributed by: cmurdock (Originally posted on opensourceschools.org) By Cindy Murdock Network Administrator Meadville Public Library/Crawford County Federated Library System Because of the recent regulations in the U.S. resulting from the passage of the Children's Internet Protection Act, schools and libraries seem to be in the same circumstances in regards to filtering.
To be brief, if a library or school receives Erate funding for Internet access or internal connections, they are required to place filters on their computers with Internet access. Arguments about the appropriateness or efficacy of filtering aside, standard commercial filters have many faults in comparison to open source filtering options. Commercial filters are often expensive, especially when deployed on a large number of computers, as would be the case in a school computer lab or in a medium or large library with many computers for patron use.