Geek Software of the Week: Naomi

The recent post about the Bush Administration wanting Google search info to fight porn on the Internet, prompts this find for our Geek Software of the Week. For all you parents that want to block bad sites on the Internet… it can be EXPENSIVE! But, never fear! There is a FREE software package that is actually pretty neat! It is small, doesn’t drag down system performance, and effectively blocks sites by shutting down the browser (or other application) that accesses certain contect:

Naomi Internet Filter

“Naomi is able to constantly monitor all internet connections, protecting children from inappropriate online material – such as obscene or violent contents; pornography, pedophilia and erotism in the form of images or texts; sites that popularize drugs; gambling games; terrorism; hate propaganda; occultism; sects; blasphemy, etc.

Naomi does not rely on a simple list of banned sites; instead, it examines in real-time all the data being transmitted and received through any internet application – such as web browers, chat programs, news readers, etc.

The filtering technology employed in Naomi features:

Heuristic analysis capable of recognizing new material automatically.

Semantic analysis of web pages contents and analysis of their addresses and links.

Recognizes all the major languages (10+).

Recognizes ICRA labelling system.

Monitoring is not limited to web sites, but covers the whole local internet traffic.

Works with all service providers and software applications, and does not alter settings.

Allows blocking of file-sharing applications.

Password-protected (the password is chosen during the installation).

Easy to use: does not require configuration.

Can be used on slow connections (it does not perform any download in background).”