Best Adult Content/Porno Blocking software.

[eno]

I have a client wanting to have their system not display adult content. I have never used any of these software titles before, but sure in time once I have kids I will become a expert in which is best. So far I am not sure if their system is bugged up with garbage. But considering their system is clean and they just don't want to have to accidentally see or purposesly see adult content, what is a good program to use or should I just turn on the IE content blocker?

 

[mamisano]

A few choices, you can throw in a Smoothwall Firewall with a Content Filtering plugin. This software is Linux based and free, requires minimal hardware. My smoothwall is a P2-350 with 192MB Ram -> www.smoothwall.org

Commercial software like SurfControl (www.surfcontrol.com) that can be deployed in many different ways...

 

[Velk]

Nothing is perfect. There's no software in existence that can tell that imgs.photobucket.com/~someguy/0001.jpg is adult content.

So be aware that any solution will only be useful for things which voluntarily identify themselves as such via name or metadata.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Velk
Nothing is perfect. There's no software in existence that can tell that imgs.photobucket.com/~someguy/0001.jpg is adult content.

So be aware that any solution will only be useful for things which voluntarily identify themselves as such via name or metadata.

Some people want the filter so they don't "stumble" upon it. Don't think you can pull up photobucket in searches.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Velk
Nothing is perfect. There's no software in existence that can tell that imgs.photobucket.com/~someguy/0001.jpg is adult content.

So be aware that any solution will only be useful for things which voluntarily identify themselves as such via name or metadata.

Some people want the filter so they don't "stumble" upon it. Don't think you can pull up photobucket in searches.

No, but you can click on a link in a forum... As if that never happens? Not to mention a forum that allows pictures to be pasted in and could be hosted from photobucket and display pornographic pictures.

 

[statik213]

try http://childcontrols.com/ape/

 

[ZimZum]

cybersitter

 

[GullyFoyle]

cybersitter

When I was looking a few years back, it was rated in the top three, and was the only one without subscription fees. It allows you to filter content by topics, and claims to be able to block types of traffic such as newsgroups, peer-to-peer programs, image searches, and others. (I never seriously tested it for this stuff)

 

[swtethan]

why block porn?

 

[talyn00]

These blocking programs require their filter lists to be updated pretty often, correct?