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There is lots of software and hardware solutions available for people to filter their web browsing from their side of the network - eg hardware firewalls or proxies with content filters, or software installed on individual computers, or even using third-party services. Below are some suggestions. (These are only linked for your information, we cannot endorse these products/services, and cannot vouch for their quality or effectiveness)
There is lots of software and hardware solutions available for people to filter their web browsing from their side of the network - eg hardware firewalls or proxies with content filters, or software installed on individual computers, or even using third-party services. Below are some suggestions. (These are only linked for your information, we cannot endorse these products/services, and cannot vouch for their quality or effectiveness)

==Internet Safety==
*A good starting point is the Governments [https://www.getsafeonline.org Get Safe Online] site and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_safety Wikipedia Internet Safety] page



Here are some suggestions for filtering web pages on your own network:
Here are some suggestions for filtering web pages on your own network:
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*[http://www1.k9webprotection.com K9 Webprotection] is software for various devices to filter internet activity
*[http://www1.k9webprotection.com K9 Webprotection] is software for various devices to filter internet activity
There are other commercial solutions, eg from Symantec, Barracuda, Microsoft and many more etc, your browser or operating system may already have some level of filtering available. Still be careful when using filtering systems, as there is probably not 1 that can 100% guarantee its effectiveness.
There are other commercial solutions, eg from Symantec, Barracuda, Microsoft and many more etc, your browser or operating system may already have some level of filtering available. Still be careful when using filtering systems, as there is probably not 1 that can 100% guarantee its effectiveness.

==General Internet Safety==
*A good starting point is the Governments [https://www.getsafeonline.org Get Safe Online] site and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_safety Wikipedia Internet Safety] page





=More Information=
=More Information=

Revision as of 08:38, 6 August 2013

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Filtering Ports

AAISP don't block any ports on the Internet services we provide, we do suggest that customers use FireWalls to protect their networks.

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Network Cache

AAISP don't run any http proxies or caches.

Filtering Web Pages

We support the IWFs efforts to take down websites at source.

There is lots of software and hardware solutions available for people to filter their web browsing from their side of the network - eg hardware firewalls or proxies with content filters, or software installed on individual computers, or even using third-party services. Below are some suggestions. (These are only linked for your information, we cannot endorse these products/services, and cannot vouch for their quality or effectiveness)

Here are some suggestions for filtering web pages on your own network:

There are other commercial solutions, eg from Symantec, Barracuda, Microsoft and many more etc, your browser or operating system may already have some level of filtering available. Still be careful when using filtering systems, as there is probably not 1 that can 100% guarantee its effectiveness.

General Internet Safety



More Information

Please see these pages on the main AA website: