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Newsgroup

A newsgroup is an Internet location where users can read messages, exchange files, and post messages for others to read. Many newsgroups are devoted to specific topics.

Many newsgroups have no moderator and may include inappropriate files or discussions.


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PICS (Platform for Internet Content Selection)

The Platform for Internet Content Selection is a cross-industry working group with a rating system for interactive media, including the Internet. See: http://www.w3.org/PICS/

Ping

Ping is a utility (not included with Cyber Patrol) that allows you to send a message to a remote site requesting a return acknowledgment. This tool is meant to determine if the communications software at each site and the connections between the sites are working correctly.

Cyber Patrol does not affect the operation of the Ping utility. Ping provides no harmful information to either the originator or the recipient.

Profile

A profile is the name of a person or a group that has distinct Cyber Patrol settings.

Protected

Protected means that someone is accessing the Internet under Cyber Patrol protection. The user has not bypassed Cyber Patrol. All Cyber Patrol restrictions are in effect.

Proxy server

When you connect to the Internet, you may be connecting through a proxy server. A proxy server is often used in combination with a firewall, to protect your computer from unwanted access by outside computers.

If you connect through a proxy server, your computer sends a site address to the proxy server. The proxy server connects to the Internet site, and retrieves the information you want. The proxy server then sends the information to your computer. Typically, this is invisible to you.


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Remote Procedure Call (RPC)

RPC is a protocol for sending commands from one computer to another in a client-server environment. Typically, a corporate network administrator might set up RPC support so that other computers in the company can be easily controlled from the network administrator's computer. Few, if any, home users set up RPC support.

Although convenient, RPC support can leave a company vulnerable to hackers.

Restricted Application

An application is restricted when it is included on the list of Restricted Applications in Setup:Applications. Restricted applications are filtered by Cyber Patrol according to selections in Setup:Time and Setup:Access.

RSACi (Recreational Software Advisory Council for Internet rating)

The RSACi standard provides a rating for each site based on its levels of violence, sex, nudity, and language. See www.icra.org.


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Server

A Server is a computer that supplies files or services, such as file transfer, remote logins, printing, etc., to other computers in a network.

In Cyber Patrol Setup:Keywords, server is the domain name portion of an Internet address (URL). For example, in the URL www.example.only/directory1, "www.example.only" is the server name.

Service port

Each Internet service that you install is assigned a port, or service port, number.

Service port numbers are assigned by the Internet Standards Committee, and are always the same for everyone. For example, the service port number for FTP access is always 21.

To find your service port numbers, you can look in the files that were placed on your computer when you installed your Internet browser, you should find a list of services and port numbers. Because the files and directories differ with each Internet browser, we cannot give you exact file names.

SOCKS server

When you connect to the Internet, you may be connecting through a SOCKS server. A SOCKS server is often used in combination with a firewall, to protect your computer from unwanted access by outside computers.

If you connect through a SOCKS server, your computer sends a site address to the SOCKS server. The SOCKS server connects to the Internet site, and retrieves the information you want. The SOCKS server then sends the information to your computer. Typically, this is invisible to you.

Startup profile

The startup profile is the user profile displayed in the Cyber Patrol toolbar when you start Cyber Patrol, and the profile that Cyber Patrol reverts to when the idle timeout period expires. One profile must always be designated as the startup profile.


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Toolbar

The Headquarters toolbar provides status messages, allows you to select user profiles, and also provides access to Cyber Patrol Headquarters.


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Uninstall

Uninstall means to remove a program from your computer.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

A Uniform, or Universal, Resource Locator is an Internet address such as: http://www.abcxyz.com/CYBER/.One of the ways you can have Cyber Patrol block a site is by specifying a URL, or a server or directory within the URL.


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Web site

See URL and www.

Week

A week, as defined for Cyber Patrol, is one calendar week beginning on midnight on Sunday morning through midnight on the following Saturday evening.

Window

A window is the specific screen or dialog that you see through the Cyber Patrol Headquarters program. You provide information to the program, make choices, and take actions through the program windows.

World Wide Web (www)

WWW is also known as "The Web." The World Wide Web is an Internet service that permits anyone attached to the Internet to use a Web browser (such as Netscape or Internet Explorer) to view thousands of pages of text, files, pictures and even sounds and video clips. From one Web site, you may be able to easily connect to other Web sites thousands of miles away.

The protocol used to communicate with a Web server is called HTTP. The address for a Web site is called a URL.


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