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How a 'denial of service' attack works

February 10, 2000 One by one, leading sites on the Web have been brought to their knees by so-called denial of service attacks. CNET News.com shows you how such attacks work and how companies can prevent them. TAGS: denial of service, attack, Web server, filter, request, server, connection

School filters vs. home proxies

May 3, 2006 Some schools let filter bypassers off the hook if they'll reveal how they did it. Plus: Rating professors online; and sites that may be scarier than MySpace. TAGS: margin, school, proxy, filter, teacher, student, Pennsylvania, parent, MySpace

Australia to give away porn-filtering software

June 21, 2006 Country's IT minister says $86 million allocated for free online downloads of a Web application, yet to be chosen. TAGS: Helen Coonan, minister, filter, initiative, Australia, representative, family, home PC, Internet Service Provider, download, information technology

Do Web filters protect your child?

January 24, 2006 A renewed federal push for an antiporn law raises questions about just how effective filters are. TAGS: porn, filter, McAfee Inc., agency, U.S.

More parents keeping track of teens online

March 18, 2005 American parents are latching on to filters, other methods to prevent their kids from accessing objectionable content, study shows. TAGS: teenager, parent, study, filter, survey, children

Net porn ban faces another legal setback

March 22, 2007 Federal judge says 1998 law targeting Web sites deemed "harmful to minors" goes too far and violates the free speech rights of American adults. TAGS: Child Online Protection Act, setback, minor, law, porn, First Amendment, prosecutor, federal judge, court, filter, Bush Administration, material, professor, response, opinion, America Online Inc.

iMesh's music filters skipping a bit

November 3, 2005 With many bands' works still available for free, the network shows blocking of copyrighted songs online is tricky task. TAGS: iMesh, MusicNet, file-swapping, file-swapping network, fingerprint, song, Napster Inc., filter, digital music, work

Yahoo Mail puts words in your mouth

July 17, 2002 Yahoo uses an automated filter to search e-mail and swap out a handful of words that pertain to Web code known as JavaScript. TAGS: Richard Smith, JavaScript, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, filter, command, word, MSN Hotmail, HTML, MSN, password, security, e-mail, message, Web browser

Police blotter: Antispam activist fights lawsuit

January 19, 2007 In this week's installment, the Osirusoft list defends suit brought by a firm claiming it was erroneously included. TAGS: Police Blotter, junk e-mail, anti-spam, activist, content provider, filter, provider, spam, section, server, e-mail
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