Advertising
Ad Blocking via CSS, Ad Extinguisher, Ad Filtering programs, Ad Muncher, AdsCleaner, AdSubtract, Adzapper, Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File, Cut the Crap (CTC), Gorilla Design Studio Presents: The Hosts File
PICS Ratings System
Against labelling (ICRA/RSACi), Anti-Defamation League HateFilter 2.0, EFA: Content Rating and Filtering, ESRB Online Game Ratings, Internet Content Rating Association, Microsoft Content Advisor, Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS), SafeSurf, Two Early PICS-Based Ratings Systems, Vancouver Webpages Rating Service
Software
Client, ADL Hate Filter, American Family Filter, Blocking Software FAQ, Cloudmark SafetyBar, Cyberpatrol, Cybersitter, DansGuardian, iPrism, iWatch, Kid's Internet World Explorer
8e6 Technologies
Offers category based website filtering. Hardware and software solutions available. Product details including performance test results, free trial version, support pages. [Windows]
Alfajor
An http cookie filter written in Python with an optional GUI. It acts as an http proxy and can either contact sites directly or work with a second proxy (eg. a cache).
Application-Specific Proxy Servers as HTTP Stream
Paper from W3C discussing research on an application specific Web proxy.
ClearServer
Internet Management's ClearServer Proxy/Caching appliance is a cache rack which provides server-based keyword and URL based filtering by 27 blocking categories.
Configuring Your Mac to Work With Filter Proxy Set
Instructions and links to relevant tools.
FilterProxy
An HTML-rewriting proxy with Web-forms based configuration and modules for XSLT, GIF deanimation, and compression. [Perl]
Internet Data Filtering Talk
Presentation by Christopher Browne to the North Texas Linux Users Group (NTLUG) in October 1997.
LANguard
Keyword-based content filtering and virus scanning for Microsoft ISA Server.
Muffin
Open-source cross-platform filtering Web proxy server written in Java. It has a public API to create additional filters.
Mutating Web proxy (RabbIT)
A Java application which will cache, compress images and remove unwanted content in order to speed up the browsing process.
N2H2 Inc.
Through Internet Filtering, N2H2 Inc. delivers a suite of products that makes the Internet a Safer and more Productive resource.
NETcomply
Solutions for businesses, Internet Service Providers, schools, and libraries. News, product comparisons, Internet usage statistics. [Unix, Windows]
Norton Internet Security
Commercial software for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Mainly used as a firewall and anti-virus checker, but has ad blocking and parental control capabilities.
Privoxy
A web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other Internet junk. Based on Internet Junkbuster.
Proxomitron, The
General proxy with text-matching rules for transforming and filtering pages and HTTP headers. Includes filters for animated GIFs, pop-up windows, ad banners, and dynamic HTML.
PureSight
PureSight is a password protected, easy to use program, that runs silently on the computer and controls all of the communication to and from the PC.
SquidGuard
A combined filter, redirector and access controller plugin for Squid.
Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck (
Basic introduction to hosts file usage.
WebFilter
Extension to Cern's httpd web server to filter out annoying parts of web pages.
WebSense
Internet access management system allows an organization to monitor, report and manage internal Internet use.
X-Stop Internet Access Management Solutions
X-Stop allows homes and schools to provide safe Internet access and corporations to manage their employee's Internet usage. It facilitates an organization's goal of maintaining employee and network productivity while reducing the risk of legal liability.