Although this legislation will certainly be challenged in court by the ACLU, legal analysts are confident that the bill will hold up. Certainly, the Supreme Court has already hinted that it looks favorably on efforts to filter content. Several other states are expected to follow suit in short order. The server relies heavily on a list of blocked sites to filter Web access. Marketing Strategy - N2H2 markets the filter as a service rather than a product.
Organizations pay a monthly service fee based on the number of workstations being filtered.
N2H2, in turn, maintains and administers the Bess filter, updating the site list daily and providing monthly usage statistics. The CyberPatrol Proxy Filter runs on Windows NT in conjunction with Netscape or Microsoft Proxy servers. Using these lists an organization can restrict access or allow access only to approved sites. Marketing Strategy - CyberPatrol sells the filter as a packaged product that can be easily installed by network administrators. The product is available for download and free trial.