Barrier Security Software

Product Comparison

	Cyber Fence	Net Fence	CYBER Patrol	CYBER Sentinel	CYBER Sitter	Norton Parental Controls	McAffe Parental Controols	SecureKidsOnline
Videos with adult content
Blocks viewing of pornographic videos	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES*
Blocks editing of pornographic videos	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES*
Blocks transfer of pornographic videos	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES*
Blocks pornographic videos on CD, USB.	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES*
Architecture
Client	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Stealth Options	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES
Administration
Stealth Options	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Filter Engine
Dynamic Content Analysis	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES
Black List	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
List Stored Locally	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Filter Setting
Adjustable Filter Settings	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES
Warning Dialog Page	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Override Blocked Page	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	YES	YES
Monitoring
Adjustable Filter Settings	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Control
Program execution	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Prevents personal information leakage	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Reporting
Adjustable Filter Settings	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Time Management
Internet Time Restriction	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES
Time Allowance	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES
Prevents Chat	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
File Transfer
Blocks Peer-2-Peer	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES
Forensics & Prosecution
Preservation of evidence	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Cooperates with local polices agencies	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
User Settings
Individual User Policy	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES
User Password Protection	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
User Updates
Manual Updates	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Automatic Updates	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Miscellaneous
Blocks E-mail Access	NO	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES
E-mail/Spam Filtering	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO
Scans for Inappropriate Material	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Supported Platforms
Windows Vista	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES
Windows 2003 Server	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Windows 2000 Server	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Windows NT Server	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES
Windows XP	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Windows 2000	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Windows NT	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Macintosh	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Linux	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Technical Support
Online	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Limited (1yr)	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
E-mail	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Limited (1yr)	No	NO	Unlimited
Phone	Unlimited	Unlimited	$16.99 per call	NO	Limited (1yr)	$29.95 per incident	$39.00 per incident	Limited (1yr)

(*) With additional BarrierSoft CyberBarrier module.