There are so many reasons you may need to block porn sites. The most obvious is you have children that use the Internet and do not want them subject to that type of material. To block porn sites you want to use some kind of parental control software.
No matter what type of parental control software you choose to block porn sites, it should have website monitoring to keep track of what your child is viewing online and also a blocking program to stop them from getting to sites you do not want them visiting.
The better programs have a database of Internet sites to avoid or to block and sites that are considered safe. It makes it a much easier time for parents to block porn sites by having access to a program that furnishes this good site or bad site list.
If you have a older aged child you need to block porn sites. The program should offer some kind of cloaking ability. That means the ability to run unseen on the computer and unable to be disabled by a computer savvy child. This is also called stealth monitoring. The reason for this is no parental control software can block porn sites if the child has disabled it.
Does your child visit MySpace, Facebook, or any other site for social networking? Do they use email, webmail, chat rooms or Instant Messaging? If they do you may look to see if pro-active content filtering to control the use of these applications. This is due to porn images may be sent over these sites.
So in conclusion, here are the must have things parental controls need to block porn sites from your computer.
1. URL/website blacklisting
Allows everything except for the sites/categories you purposefully block
2. URL/website whitelisting
Blocks everything except for the sites/categories you have specifically allowed access to.
[Note: This is the most aggressive blocking available.]
3. Content filtering
Scans web pages in real-time, but will block all pages before they’re displayed if they contain words you’ve banned.
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