Sameer's www.anonymizer.com is not blocked -- yet, at least. Some of the programs release weekly updates, so as soon as it's reported by some Net-groping pornhound, I'm sure it'll end up in there. But the blocking apps do more than just check on URLs -- which do constitute most of the databases. (I mentioned that CyberPatrol lists 4,800 web sites.) They also block by keywords. So going through a URL-redirector to "playboy.com" or "xxxpix" would fail. CyberPatrol is free for the download. Check it out! http://www.cyberpatrol.com/ -Declan

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Install the programs and Junior can't access porn. No fuss, no muss, no bother. "Parental empowerment" is the buzzword. Indeed, it was these programs that helped sway the three-judge panel in Philly to knock down the Communications Decency Act as unconstitutional.

I've wondered .. could a creative child circumvent these filter programs using a URL-redirecter, like where you see something like http://www.one.site.com/cgi-bin/rd?http://www.porno-site.com/ or are they not URL-based?

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