
Introduction
Cyber Patrol provides filtering to help create a safe, productive Internet environment.
Filtering
Cyber Patrol has many ways to filter. Some of them are time, Internet access type (such as website, newsgroup, IRC chat), PICS rating, and Internet address.
When filtering by Internet address, Cyber Patrol compares the address you try to visit with lists of addresses, and then allows or blocks access to the site. Cyber Patrol provides several lists, called CyberLISTs, including the CyberNOT List of inappropriate sites. In addition, you can create lists of your own sites to be allowed or blocked.
Cyber Patrol Administrator
After you install Cyber Patrol, you administer it through Cyber Patrol Headquarters. As Cyber Patrol administrator, you set up filtering, set up a schedule for downloading updates of the CyberLISTs, and purchase subscriptions to CyberLIST updates.
Headquarters is password-protected, so that unauthorized people cannot make changes. Remember the password after you set it!
Getting Started
Filtering starts automatically when the installation finishes. As shipped, Cyber Patrol includes a user
profile with standard filter settings that you can change through Headquarters. Until you add other
user profiles, anyone using the Internet is filtered with this profile.
If you want to customize Cyber Patrol, there are many choices of filter settings. For example, you can
create user profiles for specific people or groups, so that each is filtered with their own settings.
(Settings for one profile can be copied to another profile.) You can add your own sites to be allowed
or blocked, and choose which CyberLISTs and content categories to use. You can limit the amount of time
spent on the Internet.
Information about the specific product you've installed is available at a special Cyber Central Internet
site, including pricing, online purchase forms, online support, news about product upgrades, and more.
For more possibilities, as well as information on how to open Headquarters and work with Cyber Patrol,
browse through the Help file.
If you ever want to remove Cyber Patrol from your computer, be sure to use the Cyber Patrol Uninstall.
DO NOT TRY TO DELETE FILES USING OTHER FILE UTILITIES --
THAT IS TAMPERING AND YOUR INTERNET ACCESS WILL BE DISABLED !!!!!!
Authorizations and Activations
Regularly, Cyber Patrol checks with Cyber Central to find out if there are any authorizations waiting for you. If there is an authorization, Cyber Patrol activates, or enables, whatever features or product behavior the authorization allows.
Some examples are:
- The first authorization check occurs during installation, to activate basic product behavior.
- An authorization is created for you when you purchase a CyberLIST subscription, to activate an extension of your current subscription period.
- From time to time, an authorization may be created that applies to many users, including you. The authorization-activation system is one way that changes can be communicated to you through your product.
Overview
These are some parts and features of Cyber Patrol:
CyberLISTs |
At the heart of Cyber Patrol filtering are the CyberLISTs, which are lists of sites that have been
researched and categorized according to their content. The best-known list is the CyberNOT List of inappropriate sites.
Updated lists are provided regularly. Because sites are added to and removed from the Internet daily, it is
crucial that you keep the CyberLISTs updated. Otherwise, if you filter with an old CyberLIST, users may be able to
access sites that should be blocked.
To receive the updated lists, you must have a current CyberLIST subscription. |
Headquarters |
If you want to change filter settings, create user profiles, add sites to a list, or otherwise administer Cyber Patrol, go to Cyber Patrol Headquarters.
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Deputy |
If you temporarily want full, unrestricted Internet access without changing any filter settings, go to the Cyber Patrol toolbar and select Deputy. From Deputy, you can also temporarily block all Internet access.
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Filter settings |
Some of the choices in filter settings include:
- Access. You can block all access, allow unrestricted access, or filter access to web sites, news groups, and IRC chat groups.
- Applications. You can block all access, allow unrestricted access, or filter access to selected applications.
- Content. You can select which CyberLISTs to use in filtering, and which content categories within those lists to use.
- Additional sites. You can supplement or override the CyberLISTs by adding sites that you want to block or allow.
- Keywords. You can filter Internet access according to keywords, such as "sex" or ".com", that are found in part of the site's Internet access.
- Ratings. You can filter Internet access according to Rating Services such as RSACi.
- Time of day. You can set limits on when and how long access is allowed, by day and week.
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Profiles |
You can create user profiles, each with its own name, password, and filter settings. For example, one profile might have settings that are appropriate for an older teen. Another profile might be designed for younger children.
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Cyber Central and GO buttons |
Information about the specific product you've installed is available in a set of Internet sites, known as Cyber Central. Information includes pricing, online purchase forms, online support, news about product upgrades, and more. Cyber Central is accessible from Headquarters, through GO buttons that launch your browser and take you to the appropriate pages.
When Cyber Patrol checks for authorizations, it looks in Cyber Central.
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Tampering |
Cyber Patrol is designed to foil unauthorized attempts to bypass filtering, or tampering. If tampering is detected, all Internet access may be disabled.
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Help
Help is available through any Help button in Headquarters. It consists of simple HTML pages that can be read directly with your Internet browser.
You can browse from page to page using the arrows at the top.
Thank you and safe surfing!
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