Lukol Directory: Computers: Internet: Proxying and Filtering: Content Filtering

Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck (as much)
Basic introduction to hosts file usage.
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

Privoxy
A web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other Internet junk. Based on Internet Junkbuster.
http://www.privoxy.org/

PureSight
PureSight is a password protected, easy to use program, that runs silently on the computer and controls all of the communication to and from the PC.
http://www.puresight.net/

SquidGuard
A combined filter, redirector and access controller plugin for Squid.
http://www.squidguard.org/

8e6 Technologies
Maker of stand-alone external Internet content filtering appliances. [Windows]
http://www.8e6.com/

Proxomitron, The
General proxy with text-matching rules for transforming and filtering pages and HTTP headers. Includes filters for animated GIFs, pop-up windows, ad banners, and dynamic HTML.
http://www.proxomitron.info/

NETcomply
Solutions for businesses, Internet Service Providers, schools, and libraries. News, product comparisons, Internet usage statistics. [Unix, Windows]
http://www.netcomply.com/

Rabbit
Freeware for any OS with JAVA. Proxy designed to speed surfing over slow links, by removing adverts and compressing the data stream using gzip and jpegs. Innovative approach.
http://rabbit-proxy.sourceforge.net/

Norton Internet Security
Commercial software for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Mainly used as a firewall and anti-virus checker, but has ad blocking and parental control capabilities.
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/

LANguard
Keyword-based content filtering and virus scanning for Microsoft ISA Server.
http://www.gfi.com/dsec/

Muffin
Open-source cross-platform filtering Web proxy server written in Java. It has a public API to create additional filters.
http://muffin.doit.org/

FilterProxy
An HTML-rewriting proxy with Web-forms based configuration and modules for XSLT, GIF deanimation, and compression. [Perl]
http://filterproxy.sourceforge.net/

Configuring Your Mac to Work With Filter Proxy Settings
Instructions and links to relevant tools.
http://macfilter.freeyellow.com/

WebSense, Inc.
Internet access management system allows an organization to monitor, report, and manage employee Internet use. Products, news, investor relations, and contacts.
http://www.websense.com/

WebFilter
Extension to Cern's httpd web server to filter out annoying parts of web pages.
http://www-math.uni-paderborn.de/~axel/NoS...

X-Stop Internet Access Management Solutions
X-Stop allows homes and schools to provide safe Internet access and corporations to manage their employee's Internet usage. It facilitates an organization's goal of maintaining employee and network productivity while reducing the risk of legal liability.
http://www.xstop.com

N2H2, Inc.
They produce software solutions that permit organizations of any size to control, manage, and understand their Internet use.
http://www.n2h2.com/

Application-Specific Proxy Servers as HTTP Stream Transducers
Paper from W3C discussing research on an application specific Web proxy.
http://www.w3.org/Conferences/WWW4/Papers/...

Internet Data Filtering Talk
Presentation by Christopher Browne to the North Texas Linux Users Group (NTLUG) in October 1997.
http://cbbrowne.com/info/ifilter.html

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