Selecting the right Internet filter for your school is more involved than just picking a solution that another school uses, or one with a nice sales presentation. At its simplest level the filter needs to be placed between the network and the router and check each and every IP request that passes through the filter, comparing the request with the list of blocked sites. This filtering process can create a bottleneck, especially when there is heavy Internet usage and large lists of blocked sites to check. All filtering solutions involve hardware and software. Some are self-contained, with their own hardware, operating system and application software.
Some filters can do both.
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