iWayPatrol for Libraries is a filter designed specifically for the public library and responsive to the First Amendment concerns and the concerns of the American Library Association about the function of the library as an open source of access to all information.

Filters Hardcore Ponography
The iWayPatrol filter has four classes of sexually problematic sites. 1) The Child Pornography sites depict young boys and girls in sexual activities. 2). Hardcore includes sites which are self declaired as unsuitable for children. Also included in this group are scatological, fetish, beastiality and masosistic sites. 3). Sites classified as softcore do not meet the criteria for pornography and includes nudism, modelling and glamore images. 4). Hardcore related sites include portals for sex sites, seach engines and non-current sites with domain names suggestive of their eventual use as hardcore sites.

Adult Filter Control and Override
iWayPatrol for Libraries offers several methods of dealing with filter managment. One method is librarian control of filtering via an administrative screen. A second method is the adult log in, either by id and password or via a swipe reader that either uses the patrons id or the adult access terminal user card. The third method is based on the iWayPatrol filter override. In this case the patron only becomes aware of the filter if they attempt to access a blocked site.  A popup message indicates a site has been blocked and the patron is given an opportunity to enter authorization from either an id/password, a patron card or an "adult" access card.

Site Blocking Control and Override
iWayPatrol for Libraries is based on a list of bad sites, self labeling by the Web Page producers, DNS compliance and content pattern recognition.  The library has complete control over all the filter components.   The librarian can add and delete items from the blocking list, the librarian can adjust the level of blocking for self labels.  The librarian can turn off, modify or tune the content filter.   This product is the only system on the market designed to keep the librarian in charge of what goes on in their library

Easy to Install and Use
iWayPatrol for Libraries is a system level transparent proxy filter.  It is installed as a turnkey operation by iTECH personnel.   No proxy settings are required in the browser software. All workstations pass through the filter. If the workstation is non-filtered or in an override mode, no filtering is done.  

Easy to Maintain 
Maintenance of the blocking lists are carried on via the Internet, by iTECH personnel on a daily basis.  Local control of the override data base is via easy-to-use browser screens.  All site adjustment and filter parameter option modifications are also carried out via browser based administrative screens. iTECH reviews the additional sites and the "overblocked" sites in response to the librarian actions.