Why do I need to install an Internet Filter on my school or library
network? 
Congress has mandated that schools and libraries protect minors from harmful internet
content. The law is called the Children's Internet Protection Act or CIPA for short
View CIPA Text
What is CIPA and has it withstood legal Challenge?
CIPA stands for the Children's Internet Protection ACT or CIPA for short. The Supreme
court has ruled that CIPA is constitutional.
Read more on the
supreme court ruling
What type of Filters are there?
There are "blacklist" filters and "whitelist" filters. Black
list filters work by excluding objectionable sites on a list. Whitelist filters work by
allowing only predetermined sites to be accessed. All other sites are blocked. Family
Internet safety offers both black list and whitelist filters.
More on filter
methodology
Which Filters do you offer for
Schools and libraries?
We offer two types of filters:
The S4F filtercube (hardware) or Filterpak (software) which is an exclusionary
(blacklist) type filter; and the
Educationet filter which is an inclusionary (whitelist) type of filter.
More on S4F Filterpak
(Filtercube is an internet appliance with the S4F filter built-in)
Filterpak
Review by eSchool News Online
More on Educationet (Educationet is a
modified form of Kidsnet made more robust to incorporate the needs of schools and
libraries to easily manage filter needs).
What is the price?
We offer discounted pricing to schools and libraries. Please contact us for a quote.
Do your offering PC Monitoring?
Yes we offer a fine product for Monitoring PC called Policy Manager.
For a
review of Policy Manager by eSchool News Online click here
For Pricing, click here to
request a quote. |
