WebMinder

WebMinder was a content blocking system implemented in the UK by Brightview Internet Services[1] and used on their ISPs such as Madasafish, Global Internet and Waitrose.Com. It was similar in purpose to Cleanfeed, BT's blocking system and used a list from the Internet Watch Foundation. In addition to this it claimed to stop images from these sites being transmitted as email attachments.[2]

WebMinder was a two-stage process using Cisco's Web Cache Communication Protocol version 2 (WCCPv2).[3] and was architecturally similar to Cleanfeed.

WebMinder was retired after BT's purchase of the Brightview Group in 2007,[4] and the ISP's using it were moved to BT's Cleanfeed system.

References

  1. ↑ Brightview announces blocking system for child abuse websites
  2. ↑ Webminder:The Solution
  3. ↑ http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rnc1/cleanfeed.pdf
  4. ↑ BT opens wallet for Brightview

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