Solving schools' Internet connectivity demands requires a solution that scales to educational needs to meet the current growth of the Internet. SafeServer can be used to increase security, performance and bandwidth of a network, while effectively implementing acceptable use policies and allowing students to have a safe and structured learning environment for educational exploration. The technology is trained to detect English-language pornography. SafeServer evaluates each incoming web page for inappropriate material. If the page is unacceptable, the browser displays a block page explaining why the page was refused and suggesting alternative sites.
Most products use list-based filtering, which prevents access based on lists of unacceptable sites.
Users pay subscription fees to get updated lists, but with new web sites appearing an average of every 18 seconds, no list can be absolutely current. With SafeServer, incoming pages are screened in real time, thus filtering is always current, eliminating lists and subscription fees. SafeServer is typically deployed at a single location through which all web traffic flows. The product can be configured as a stand-alone or chained to a proxy server. For schools already using a firewall or proxy server, SafeServer can be inserted inside the firewall, and may take on the name and IP address of the existing proxy.