Categorify a CleanBrowsing Categorization Engine
CleanBrowsing is a content filtering platform that leverages DNS filtering to create one of the most effective filtering platforms for pornographic and obscene content. But how does the CleanBrowsing filtering work? Hello Categorify – A Domain Categorization Engine At the core of our filtering technology, you will find Categorify. Categorify is a free tool…
Read MoreAccounting for IPv6 in Your Content Filtering Strategy
If you’re implementing a content filtering strategy using DNS as the support technology stack, you have no choice but to be familiar with basic network terms like IPv4 and IPv6. in this article we’ll provide a basic primer, and provide you with some things to think about when deploying your filtering solution. What is IPv6?…
Read MoreAccounting for Ad / Tracking Domains That Impact How a Site Performs
Via the CleanBrowsing platform, a user can proactively block predefined categories like Ads / Tracking. As the name implies, it’s designed to block domains that have been used, and flagged, for some form of data collection and / or advertisements. The problem, however, comes in the way that websites implement these trackers. In many…
Read MoreHow to Block Instagram
If you manage a network at home, or an office, you might want to take control of what is happening on your network. There are different solutions available, but one of the most effective options is to leverage the Domain Name System (DNS). Because of how DNS works, you don’t have to use a…
Read MoreHow to Block Facebook
If you manage a network at home, or an office, you might want to take control of what is happening on your network. There are different solutions available, but one of the most effective options is to leverage the Domain Name System (DNS). Because of how DNS works, you don’t have to use a…
Read MoreVPN’s and Content Filtering
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) create a private tunnel that keeps curious eyes out of your online activities. They were designed to help systems outside of trusted environment access the trusted environment, but over the years have grown as a staple of good security hygiene amongst online users. While we don’t believe everyone needs one,…
Read MoreBrowser Extensions Function as a Gateway to the Outside World
We recently shared some of our insights around Encryption, explaining what it is, and how it’s affecting families and small network owners. In those articles we explained how it’s quickly becoming the #1 preferred mechanism to bypass network controls because of it’s ease of use. I alluded to VPN’s, but didn’t talk much about…
Read MoreEncrypted DNS: What it Is and Why we should Care
Encrypted DNS itself is not new, it’s been around for a decade. What is changing is how it’s being deployed and made available. While some of the changes can be applauded, many of the deployments are proving to be problematic to parents, schools, and other organizations looking to create family-friendly environments for kids. …
Read MoreHow Encrypted DNS is used to Bypass Content Filtering Services
Encryption is a mechanism by which you make things that are traditionally readable, unreadable. It’s the technology that helps keep those that should not be able to see something, from seeing something. As a security professional and privacy advocate, it’s a great thing! As a parent, or a network administrator, charged with creating family-friendly…
Read MoreOnline Pornograhpy Ranks #2 for Reported Harmful Content on the Internet
The Reports Harmful Content (RHC) organization is a impartial dispute resolution service that works with organizations and users to report content that is deemed harmful. What is harmful is, obviously, very subjective so to address they analyzed community guidelines across multiple industry platforms and defined eight (8) content types that fit into the harmful classification:…
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