WinProxy: SmartFilter Categories

SmartFilter Categories

WinProxy's comprehensive site filtering allows you to block access to sites containing objectionable material. Predefined lists are updated regularly and cover Sex, Drugs, Hatespeech, Crime, Extreme, Mature, and Nude. An additional 23 categories can be added by upgrading to the SmartFilter.

Secure Computing SmartFilter Control List

Internet access is managed and monitored through the dynamic SmartFilter Control List. The Control List provides the industry's most comprehensive and proven database of URLs available today, featuring more than 500,000 entries. Secure Computing uses automated tools to continually search the Internet for new sites and pages that meet the content criteria for the 30 Control List categories. Candidate sites are then added to the Control List, after being viewed and approved by our Control List technicians.

The 30 SmartFilter Control List categories represent general content types, encompassing a wide variety of materials. All sites defined within each category are deemed potentially inappropriate for today's typical workplace or educational environment. In the broad context of cultural norms and individual taste, what is considered inappropriate may be debatable. However, Secure Computing considers the sites in the 30 Control List categories to be non-business related and unproductive for most employees or students to view in a standard business or educational environment.

Identifying sites for inclusion in one of the SmartFilter categories is an ongoing task, and Secure Computing does not guarantee that all potential sites within a given category have been identified. Therefore, users are encouraged to consult our SmartFilter "where tool" to determine whether a specific site is defined in the current SmartFilter Control List. Sites may also be submitted by users for indexing.

SmartFilter Control List Categories

Anonymizers/Translators
Art & Culture
Chat
Criminal Skills
Cults/Occult
Dating
Drugs
Entertainment
Extreme/Obscene/Violence
Gambling
Games
General News
Hate Speech
Humor
Investing
Job Search
Lifestyle
Mature
MP3 Sites
Nudity
On-line Sales
Personal Pages
Politics,Opinion & Religion
Portal Sites
Self-help/Health
Sex
Sports
Travel
Usenet News
Webmail

The following is a brief description of all 30 SmartFilter Control List categories.

Anonymizers/Translators

Socks/Tunneling

Anonymizers enable anonymous Web browsing through an intermediary to prevent unauthorized parties from gathering personal information, but also allow users access to ANY Web page and bypass blocking software. Language translators that provide input of whole URLs for translation also act like anonymizers. Also included in the Anonymizers/Translators category are HTTP tunneling programs that encapsulate non HTTP traffic in HTTP packets. Language translators that translate only TEXT are not blocked. Some examples of sites and topics include:

anonymizer - Type Transaction anonymizer-based translation site

Art and Culture

Art Exhibits, Artists, & Art History

Web sites in this category contains virtual art galleries and other cultural topics, such as museums and country customs, including:

Visual Jazz Art Gallery - contemporary and fine artClip Art ServerCartoon Factory Animation

Chat

Chat Rooms, Instant Messaging, & Message Boards

This category contains Web-based chat groups. Chat rooms allow people to come together online to discuss current events, hot topics, and common interests. This category also includes forums, message boards, discussion groups, guest books that allow threads, and sites for CHAT software downloads. Some examples ofsites and topics include:

Talk City The Chat Room Directory

Criminal Skills

Bombmaking, Burglary, & Murder

This category includes either instructions or identification of methods to promote, encourage, or provide the skills to commit illegal, criminal activities. This includes such examples as bomb making instructions, lockpicking, computer hacking, burglary, murders, rapes etc. Some examples:

The Stalking PageSpectre Press - Spying information, computer hacking, bomb making, CB scanner, electronic warfareGuide to Lock Picking Bank ATM Secrets

Cults/Occult

All Cults, The Occult, & Satanism

This category includes any URLs that reference cults or the occult. Some examples:

Occult supplies Satanic Publications - Guide to satanism The First Church of Commonsense

Dating

Personal Ads, Dating Services, & Dating Discussions

This category covers dating and relationship topics, such as listings, personal advertisements, tips for attracting a companion, and online dating services, including:

About.com's People/Relationships section - Dating Callgirlescorts -- Escorts/Call Girls Together Dating - One of the original online dating services Shy Man's Guide to Success with Women

Drugs

Marijuana, Cocaine, & LSD

URLs in this category provide information on the purchase, manufacture, and use of illegal or recreational drugs, including:

Freespeech.org - Drug/Marijuana archive FYI - recreational Drugs -- The Cocaine Tester's Handbook

Note: The drugs category does not include sites that relate to prescription drugs.

Entertainment

Movies, TV, Internet Radio, & Hobbies

The entertainment category includes URLs devoted to movies, television, music, hobbies, clubs, and amusement parks. These sites may be fan-club style (e.g., the Brad Pitt Fan Club) or sponsored by specific companies (e.g., Warner Bros.). This category also includes personal pages related to movies and TV shows. Sites include:

Internet Movie Database Hollywood On-line - Information, photos, and movie reviews Aunt Annie's Craft Page

Extreme/Obscene/Violence

Bondage, Excessive Violence, & Mutilation

The Extreme category includes URLs that may fall into other categories, but push the limits of acceptability because of their particularly graphic nature. These URLs are typically extremely violent, gory, or horrific in nature and may be related to sex, bodily functions, obscenity, or perverse activities. Sites include:

The Butt Page - Rectal foreign body page Bondage Pornographic rape, violence, bestiality

Gambling

Bingo, Bookmaker, & Lottery Pages

The gambling category contains URLs that encourage placing monetary or other bets on the outcome of games and contests. It includes sites offering gaming, bookmaker odds, lottery pages, and bingo. Fantasy football leagues may also be included in this category, sometimes in combination with the Sports category.Some examples of sites and topics include:

On-line Betting The New York Lottery Page

Games

Backgammon, Dungeons & Dragons, & Chess

This category focuses on traditional board games, and role-playing games like Battleship and Dungeons and Dragons. The category also includes video and online games, game reviews, and any URLs that promote game makers, such as Mattel. Sites include:

Hasbro ToysBattleshipInteractive WWW Games

General News

Newspapers, Journals, & Magazines

The general news category applies to most online news and mainstream trade publications, such as business and medical journal, including:

Wall Street JournalJAMAUSA TodayCNN

Hate Speech

Racism, Anti-Semitism, & Sexism

This category is dedicated to any sort of propaganda that encourages the oppression of a specific group of individuals, including such content as derogatory speech against women, minorities, and the disabled. Sites include:

Ku Klux Klan PageAryan NationsNational Socialist MovementDid Six Million Really Die?

Humor

Jokes, Comic Pages, & Comedy Clubs

The humor category includes sites featuring general jokes, comic pages, and comedy clubs. An example is the Dilbert site at www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert. Other sites include:

Best Jokes of 1995- Onward.ComedyNetCollege Humor Page

Investing

Stocks, Discount Brokers, & Money Forums

The investing category includes sites dealing with personal investments and investment options. URLs in this category may contain stock quotes, money management forums, online publications, discount brokerage services, trading stock/mutual funds, portfolio setup, and more. Sites include:

Stock Investing Advice BookPrudential SecuritiesNational Discount Brokers On-lineMoney Management By Mail

Job Search

Classified Ads, Resume Guides, & Job Databases

This rapidly growing category includes anything related to a job search. It encompasses sites concerned with resume writing, interviewing, changing careers, and classified advertising. It also includes large job databases, career development sites, and individual URLs within otherwise uncategorized sites that list job-related opportunities. For example, many corporate Web pages list the company's job openings. Sites include:

CareerMosaic - employers, networking, resume writing, job fairs, and moreRensselaer Career Development Center - career resource, resume book, job database, etc.Employment Search Productions - offers videos related to interviewing and job searchesCareerResume - online resume writing service

Lifestyle

Vegetarianism, Gay & Lesbian, & Naturism

URLs in this category may contain discussions or material relevant to an individual's personal life, characteristics, or orientation. The sites may include such topics as straight men's groups, gay and lesbian discussions, senior citizen clubs, transgender issues, vegetarianism, naturism, and more. Sites include:

World Guide to VegetarianismNaturism - promotion of clothes-free lifestyleGay Universe - guide to alternative lifestyles

Mature

Adult Humor, Tobacco, & Some Profanity

This category contains URLs that advertise or sell products that require visitors to be of majority age to purchase, such as tobacco, alcohol, and firearms. Other topics categorized as mature are adult humor; provocative but not transparent lingerie photos; detailed text and images explaining sexual problems and products; some adult topics in non-fiction, fiction, poetry and entertainment; and some usage of profanity. Some examples of sites and topics include:

Choice Tobacco 800 Microbrew Anatomy of the Penis/Mechanics of Intercourse

Note: This category also includes URLs showing women or men dressed in seductive or sexually suggestive clothing

MP3 Sites

Music files, Music Players, Peer-to-Peer File Sharing, & Streaming Media (Internet Radio, Movie Trailers)

This category contains URLs that are for downloading, uploading, or trading of MP3 files. Media streaming and high-bandwidth download sites are also included in this category if they are entertainment oriented. Some examples of sites and topics include:

MP3 player downloads and resources Ugo Napster

Nudity

Non-pornographic images, Classic sculptures & Detailed medical illustrations

This category contains URLs that include non-pornographic images of the bare human body. Classic sculpture and paintings, artistic nude photographs, some naturism pictures, and detailed medical illustrations are included in the Nudity category. Some examples are:

Jaedas Fine Art - Commercial photography of artistic nudes Museum paintings Ceramic Arts/Classical Nudes - Classical nude sculpture

Online Sales and Merchandising

Non-Business Sales, Catalogue Sales & Market Promotions

This category includes any form of merchandise sales or service that benefits the individual only, such as the sale of clothing, accessories, appliances, pets, and more. This category may overlap other categories, such as the sale of sex-related merchandise, sports memorabilia, and hate speech paraphernalia. It also includes market promotions and catalog sales (e.g., LL Bean). This category does not include merchandise or services that may benefit a normal business, such as business and computer supplies or business-to-business selling. Some sites include:

Mall of the InternetNetBuys On-line Shopping Networkalladvantage.com

Personal Pages

Individual Opinion & Student's Discussions

Personal pages generally are created by two main groups: students and subscribers to dial-up Internet service providers. Typically, the content in this category relates to the personal or recreational activities, hobbies, and interests of the page's author. Some sites include:

Zig's Stray Thoughts PageBink's Home Page

Politics, Opinion, and Religion

Elections, Abortion Discussions, & Religion

These sites include discussions covering politics, religion, social values, and other non-work-related topics, including:

Spiritual Spectrum - discussions of spiritual issuesCARNAL - California Abortion and Reproductive Action League

Portal Sites

Yahoo, AOL, & Search Engines

This category contains URLs that serve as a major starting point for users when they get connected to the Web. Examples are Yahoo, Excite, Lycos, CNET, Microsoft Network, AOL.com, and many large Internet Service providers (ISPs). Some services that may be offered by portal sites include a directory of Web sites,a search engine, news, weather information, email, stock quotes, phone and map information, and sometimes Chat rooms, message boards and forums. Some examples include:

Alfy - Portal for kids Altavista - Search Engine/Portal Freeserve - ISP Portal

Self-Help

Diet, Nutrition, & Herbal Remedies

This category includes anything related to improving an individual's wellbeing. Sites may provide information on new medications, health-related sex or drug therapies, or support groups. Sites include:

Ask the Dietitian� - advice on health and diet questionsFriends in Recovery - list of recovery related sites including AA world servicesDivorceCare - support for divorceesTeenHelp - provides information to help your teen on drugs

Sex

Pornography & Sex Discussions

This category contains URLs that reference, discuss, or show photographs, pictures, illustrations, or videos of sexual activities or sexually oriented material. Sites in this category may feature nudity, soft- and hard-core pornography, sado-masochism, bestiality, and child pornography. Sites include:

PORN USAPlayboy

Note: In the broader context of cultural norms and individual taste, it may be debatable what is considered sex or pornography or simply a form of entertainment. However, in a standard business or educational setting, URLs contained in this category are considered unproductive.

Sports

Sports Scores, Sports Debates, & Sports Merchandise

This category contains URLs related to sports, such as: sports teams, sport discussions, sports scores, and sports merchandise. Fantasy football leagues may also be included in this category, sometimes in combination with the Gambling category. Some examples of sites and topics include:

ESPNET SportzoneSportsLine USA - sports news, merchandise, contestsAllSports - features news, odds, scores, and real-time chat with current players and coaches

Travel

Reservations, City Events, & Sight-Seeing Guides

This category includes travel-related activities, such as popular travel destinations, travel reservation services, discount travel listings, special events in various cities, and sightseeing guides. Sites include:

Internet Travel Network - reservations, and flight options1800FlyCheap - discount travelInteractive Travel GuideAlaska One - travel guides, parks and recreation

Usenet News

News Groups & Web Access

The Usenet News category contains sites that provide Web access to Usenet news groups, including:

DejaNewsReal News - Provides Usenet News to individuals, ISPs, corporations, and educational institutions

Webmail

Email & Topics

This category contains Web sites offering Web-based e-mail and access to sites offering IP telephony as well as other types of non-business communication. Some examples of sites and topics include:

HotMail - Free e-mail Cool Jargon of the Day www.net2phone.com

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