http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com News, analysis and opinion about the Internet filtering industry. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:55:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Monday, November 24, 2008 NetNanny released the latest version of NetNanny.  New features mentioned in the release where. PC Games Blocking - Restrict games based on ESRB rating. IM Alert and Analysis - Monitor chat for cyber bullying, predators, etc. Social Network Monitoring - Monitor your child's Facebook profile. Secure Website Filtering - ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/11/netnanny-60-released/ This week the Australian government called for "Expression of Interest" from ISP's in Australia to begin a live pilot of ISP Level filtering.  They have asked all ISP's to lodge questions by November 18th, and hope to begin testing as early as December 24th 2008.  The estimated length of the ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/11/australia-calls-for-live-isp-filtering-pilot/ Neil Rubenking from PC Magazine took a look at CyberParol 7.7 and published his review a few days ago: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2334004,00.asp. CyberPatrol ranked a 4 out of 5. Other Notable PC Magazine Reviews of Parental Controls: Safe Eyes 5.0 4/5 Editor's Choice NetNanny 5.6 4/5 Editor's Choice Webroot Parental Controls 3.5/5 http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/11/pc-magazine-review-of-cyberpatrol-77/ The Age, Melbourne's #1 newspaper, ran a story on page 3 about Senator Stephen Conroy's proposed ISP-Level filtering initiative.  Read: Filtering out the fury: how government tried to gag web censor critics This article comes just days after Senator Conroy was questioned on the $44.2 million Internet filtering plan by the ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/10/more-on-australias-isp-filtering-plan/ October, 20, 2008, D-Link announced that it is brining its SECURESPOT 2.0 services to three of their Internet gateway routers.  This was previously only available on the stand alone DSD-150 Internet Security Adapter. The SECURESPOT services include: Firewall Internet Filtering Internet Usage Reporting Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Popup Blocker and Spam Blocker In addition to the DSD -150 the services ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/10/d-link-announces-parental-controls-on-three-routers/ October, 20, 2008 Crisp Thinking announced the availability of IMSaferPlus.  Available for both PC and Mac, IMSaferPlus sells for $23.95 per year.  However, their website currently lists a "Lifetime" membership for $32.95. IMSafer monitors Instant Messaging for inappropriate content and reports on information posted on Social Networking profiles. The plus version includes ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/10/imsafer-introduces-imsafer-plus/ Russ Neumeier who contributes to the GeekDad blog for Wired Magazine recently conducted a review of Safe Eyes.  Calling Safe Eyes a "Safe Bet for Home Internet Filtering."  Unlike many reviewers he actually installed and used the software in his home instead of doing a "Lab" style review.  You can ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/10/wireds-geekdad-blog-review-of-safe-eyes/ There has been a lot of chatter on the internet in the last few days about the ISP level filtering initiative underway in Australia.  The main topic of discussion has been around the concept that there will be no opt-out for people that don't want the filtering. Mark Newton, a network ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/10/australias-clean-feed-will-there-be-an-opt-out/ A couple months back a customer asked me over lunch "Why can't you just block the bad videos on YouTube?"  I started into a technical explanation of how difficult filtering video streams is.  Part way through the answer an idea sprang to life.  I could barely wait to get back ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/10/internetsafetycom-announces-clip-by-clip-youtube-filtering/ There has been much talk about the availability of Internet access while in flight.  The airlines were already planning on filtering high bandwith applications and things like VOIP that might be an annoyance onboard.  However, the idea of filtering for content has been a different issue. American Airlines was originally saying ... http://www.insideinternetfiltering.com/2008/10/delta-decides-to-filter-in-flight-internet/