I’ve mentioned Blue Coat’s K-9 software before. I am very impressed with it’s ability to filter and monitor Internet content. The program is free, and you sure do get a lot for a free program. The software is installed on all our computers, and it has blocked out quite a number of malicious sites that otherwise would have been shown.
If I have any complaint, it is the way the Internet activity is organized. The program will display every little image and media file independently of the website visited. This makes for a lot of drudgery, sorting over the urls. I dislike this feature very much. But K9 is a superb parental filter– it does the job.
You can check out the main website here. I highly recommend it. It is updated from time to time. Be sure to flush out the url history to keep the program from filling up your hard drive.
January 10, 2009
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