As a guy that has been on the Internet since 1991, I can tell you that I’ve seen just about every form of filtering out there. The majority of them just don’t work. Plus, savvy kids that have grown up with the Internet know how to usually get around the filters as well. In short, none really are worthy of any price they charge. That is until I found Safe From Sites.

Founder Shaun, whose last name we’re withholding to protect him from the porn industry, ran into a situation at his employers while in charge of its IT infrastructure. The employees were visiting porn sites which in turn brought to the network virus issues. Trying to figure out how to resolve the problem from a central point, for easier manageability, Shaun went to the source: DNS. DNS, or Domain Name Server, is what translates the SvenOnTech.com and other sites into numbers which the computers need to connect to a site. By changing ones DNS to point to Safe From Sites servers, this then gives the ability for Safe From Sites to weed out the objectionable sites and send you to door mat on their site stating you’ve been prevented from going to a naughty site. Protecting you from porn, viruses, phishing, and other harmful sites, Safe From Sites does what it says.

With hundreds of thousands of sites blocked daily, Safe From Sites really does work. SvenOnTech tested it for weeks on end and found very little legitimate sites being blocked. Safe From Sites was quick to make the needed corrections to their servers and we must note that we were using it during the beta phase of development, too. We were pleasantly surprised to find even certain pictures on “safe” sites such as AutoBlog blocked (and based on the revealing captions, we knew the block was from Safe From Sites.)

Not only is Safe From Sites great for home users but essential for businesses. With sexual harassment a sticky thing to deal with in the work place, removing any objectionable material from ones screen will aid in reducing reports to HR. Since Safe From Sites works using DNS, this solution works for all devices from PDAs, to cell phones, to PCs, to Macs, to even X-boxes and PlayStations. Configure once, block all.

Safe From Sites is an affordable alternative to other filters and this one works. ISP and IT departments can also join Safe From Sites profit sharing program.

6 Responses to “Internet Filtering that Really Works: Safe from Sites”

1. Shane Says:
   February 19th, 2007 at 19:16

   Awesome dude! I just signed up.

2. Paul Evans Says:
   February 21st, 2007 at 10:50

   Please, dns will not work, you need a filter that cannot be disabled. Visit http://www.onlineguardianangel.com for professional filtering.

3. Shane Says:
   February 21st, 2007 at 12:35

   I disagree.

   We use Covenant Eyes at home and it works wonderfully. But it does have one draw back, as do all “filtering” service. It does not actually stop you from seeing stuff if you really want to. Yes your partner will know where you have been and what you have seen, but you still saw it.

   This is a great tool in addition to Coventant Eyes (www.covenanteyes.com). This will stop the content from reaching you, and more importantly, your kids. My router is password protected so the kids can not get around it. AS well if I wanted to really protect things I could have my wife be the only one to know the password to the router, then even I could not get around it.

   This is a cool tool.

4. Tellis Says:
   January 11th, 2010 at 17:23

   I like your blog. I have been reading a lot here. Thank you for all your work!

5. Paisley Says:
   January 11th, 2010 at 17:30

   I just found your site and bookmarked it. Thanks for posting. I’ll read more later:)

6. Krummel Says:
   January 15th, 2010 at 20:31

   I don’t usually post on blogs but I found yours interesting. Keep up the good work. I’ve enjoyed reading here.

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