Re: CWD -- Jacking in from the "Keys to the Kingdom" Port

[declan@well.com (Declan McCullagh)]

Sameer's www.anonymizer.com is not blocked -- yet, at least. Some of the
programs release weekly updates, so as soon as it's reported by some
Net-groping pornhound, I'm sure it'll end up in there.

But the blocking apps do more than just check on URLs -- which do
constitute most of the databases. (I mentioned that CyberPatrol lists 4,800
web sites.) They also block by keywords. So going through a URL-redirector
to "playboy.com" or "xxxpix" would fail.

CyberPatrol is free for the download. Check it out! http://www.cyberpatrol.com/

-Declan



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>At 12.10 AM 7/3/96 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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>>CyberWire Dispatch // Copyright (c) 1996 //
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>>Install the programs and Junior can't access porn. No fuss, no muss, no
>>bother. "Parental empowerment" is the buzzword. Indeed, it was these
>>programs that helped sway the three-judge panel in Philly to knock down
>>the Communications Decency Act as unconstitutional.
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>I've wondered .. could a creative child circumvent these filter programs
>using a URL-redirecter, like where you see something like
>http://www.one.site.com/cgi-bin/rd?http://www.porno-site.com/
>or are they not URL-based?
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