JANET Web Filtering Service

About the service

The JANET Web Filtering Service is a centralised web content filtering service, provided by Research Machines plc (RM) and based on the RM SafetyNet Plus product. It is now available to all eligible JANET organizations.

The service lets each organisation manage its own list of blocked or permitted URLs by filtering in accordance with the organisation’s local policy, and tailor these filters to its exact needs. The filter settings are managed by authorised individuals at the organisation. The service also supports hierarchical filtering policies. This feature enables the creation of a JANET-wide filtering list and for each organisation to create its own additional filter list via the administrative web interface.

The major functional components allow the organisation to:

manage their filter lists through a web-based administrative interface
quickly permit or deny access to a specific page on the Internet
choose whether or not certain words or search terms are appropriate
prevent users from downloading particular file extensions such as .mp3 or .exe, that can waste Internet bandwidth or pose security threats
choose from pre-built Filtering Lists, taking advantage of the pre-built filtering categories that the service supplier has developed over years of experience: for example, a pre-built list of pages containing sexual content.