What is K9
Free, enterprise-class security software designed for home computers
Malware attacks are increasing exponentially every day. In fact, August 2009 set a record with more than 56,000 documented phishing attacks. To protect your home computer from online threats of all kinds, you need a robust security solution that’s updated in real time.
With Blue Coat K9 Web Protection, you don’t have to wait for the latest security patch or upgrade, which can leave your computer vulnerable to new and evolving Web threats. K9 delivers the comprehensive protection you need automatically. With K9, you get the same advanced Web filtering technology used by enterprise and government institutions worldwide — all with a user-friendly interface that allows you to control Internet use in your home.
With Blue Coat K9 Web Protection, you don’t have to wait for the latest security patch or upgrade, which can leave your computer vulnerable to new and evolving Web threats. K9 delivers the comprehensive protection you need automatically. With K9, you get the same advanced Web filtering technology used by enterprise and government institutions worldwide — all with a user-friendly interface that allows you to control Internet use in your home.
Blue Coat’s Web filtering technology enables you to block entire categories of content, such as pornography or gambling, or block specific Web sites, such as Facebook.
In addition to filtering the categories or sites you choose, K9 also offers:
- Real-time malware protection — Blue Coat WebFilter helps identify and block illegal or undesirable content in real time, including malware-infected sites. You also benefit from the WebPulse cloud service, a growing community of more than 62 million users who provide more than six billion real-time Web content ratings per day.
- Automatic content ratings —New Web sites and pages are created every minute, and no one person can possibly rate or categorize all of them. To ensure protection against new or previously unrated Web sites, Blue Coat’s patent-pending Dynamic Real-Time Rating™ (DRTR) technology automatically determines the category of an unrated Web page, and allows or blocks it according to your specifications.
- Continuous protection that won’t slow down your computer —Caching is the method your Web browser uses to save frequently used data, which increases efficiency by reducing the amount of information requested over the Internet. K9 uses Blue Coat’s unique caching technology, so your Internet experience is always as fast as possible.
Internet Parenting
As if being a parent isn’t hard enough...
The Internet has made your job a whole lot tougher. As soon as your child is old enough to get online, you have to safely guide him through a whole new world: the virtual one. How can you encourage your child to explore wonderful new places that stimulate creativity and learning while ensuring he or she doesn’t wander into dangerous territory?
If that’s not enough, the rules change as your child matures. With younger children, parents have far more control over Internet use. But as children enter the teen years, you have to loosen the controls on Internet activity while still setting appropriate limits. Where and with whom can they visit? What kind of information can they safely reveal about themselves online? What times of the day are they allowed Internet access?
The reality is, you can’t be with your child at every click, so you have to teach them how to make good decisions. Most importantly, you have to have to encourage them to share their experiences with you — the good and the bad. You also have to be careful about falling into one of two traps:
If that’s not enough, the rules change as your child matures. With younger children, parents have far more control over Internet use. But as children enter the teen years, you have to loosen the controls on Internet activity while still setting appropriate limits. Where and with whom can they visit? What kind of information can they safely reveal about themselves online? What times of the day are they allowed Internet access?
The reality is, you can’t be with your child at every click, so you have to teach them how to make good decisions. Most importantly, you have to have to encourage them to share their experiences with you — the good and the bad. You also have to be careful about falling into one of two traps:
Over-blocking:
Some security solutions might be too restrictive, and block many sites you or your children need or want to see. An overly restrictive solution can be frustrating for you and your family if you have to unblock sites on a regular basis.
Under-blocking:
On the other hand, if your security software does not have sophisticated Web filtering capabilities, it may not block enough inappropriate or dangerous content. As a result, your children may wander into (or intentionally find) the sites you don’t want them to see.
K9 helps you avoid the pitfalls.
K9 Web Protection offers superior coverage (to minimize under-blocking) and accuracy (to limit over-blocking). We have one of the best coverage rates in the market, because our Web filtering technology can recognize and categorize Web content — even if it does not yet exist in our database. And our technology is also highly accurate, because we apply a detailed set of criteria to characterize every site that is requested.
K9 helps you avoid the pitfalls.
K9 Web Protection offers superior coverage (to minimize under-blocking) and accuracy (to limit over-blocking). We have one of the best coverage rates in the market, because our Web filtering technology can recognize and categorize Web content — even if it does not yet exist in our database. And our technology is also highly accurate, because we apply a detailed set of criteria to characterize every site that is requested.
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How is K9 different?
K9 filters content in real time
K9 is not antivirus, anti-spam or firewall software. K9 is a Web filter that determines where the computer user can go inside your Web browser. You use K9 in conjunction with other antivirus, anti-spam or firewall products from vendors such as Computer Associates, McAfee, Symantec, ZoneLabs, Microsoft and others.
While some product suites include Web filtering, these filters may not be as robust or detailed as Blue Coat’s technology. We recommend that you use K9 instead of the Web filter you find in a product suite, unless it’s based on Blue Coat’s K9 technology.
K9 replaces parental control solutions from AOL, MSN and others. Most of these other solutions suffer from under-blocking or over-blocking problems, which is why Blue Coat decided to introduce a consumer product of our own. We wanted a solution for our homes that was as good as what we were delivering to our enterprise customers.
Best of all, as part of the Blue Coat Community Outreach Program, K9 Web Protection is free. And, because K9 Web Protection uses the same technology we offer our enterprise customers, we continue to improve our security features to respond to the latest threats and customer needs. Unlike static security products, our technology is continuously upgraded on your computer to fight malware in real time.
While some product suites include Web filtering, these filters may not be as robust or detailed as Blue Coat’s technology. We recommend that you use K9 instead of the Web filter you find in a product suite, unless it’s based on Blue Coat’s K9 technology.
K9 replaces parental control solutions from AOL, MSN and others. Most of these other solutions suffer from under-blocking or over-blocking problems, which is why Blue Coat decided to introduce a consumer product of our own. We wanted a solution for our homes that was as good as what we were delivering to our enterprise customers.
Best of all, as part of the Blue Coat Community Outreach Program, K9 Web Protection is free. And, because K9 Web Protection uses the same technology we offer our enterprise customers, we continue to improve our security features to respond to the latest threats and customer needs. Unlike static security products, our technology is continuously upgraded on your computer to fight malware in real time.
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Product Features
Easy-to-use technologies that give you peace of mind
Content Categories
You can easily block entire categories of content by choosing from any of K9’s 69 categories, including:
- Personal pages and blogs
- Content servers
- Suspicious
- Extreme
- Non-viewable
- Web applications
- Placeholders
Safe Search
Safe Search is supported by many leading search engines as a way to block search results for offensive topics. For example, Safe Search might not show any results in a search for adult photos. K9 Web Protection also enables you to force users to use Safe Search with the following search engines: Google, A9, AltaVista, Microsoft Live, Yahoo, Ask and Orange.co.uk.
In addition, you have the option to block the use of search engines that do not support Safe Search.
Personal firewalls and Internet security products
K9 Web Protection is compatible with the following third-party personal firewall and Internet security products:
- Personal firewalls: Comodo
- Anti-virus products: Avast, Avira
- Internet security suites: McAfee, F-Secure, Norton/Symantec, Computer Associates and Check Point ZoneAlarm
NightGuard
In addition to enabling you to allow or block Web access during certain times of the day, K9 Web Protection offers NightGuard — a convenient way to block all Web access during certain times of the day or night. For example, using NightGuard, with a few clicks you can disable all Web access between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. every day.
Logging features
You can also keep track of K9’s activity with convenient, detailed logs that enable you to:
- Organize logs by time of day, secure Web sites blocked and unsafe search blocks
- Remove old log entries
- Store logs on the computer in a format that is readable only by K9 Web Protection
