peterhodgson

I'm sorry - I'm new to this and cannot find your other comments. What I can tell you is that I, either in the position of MD of N2H2 Limited or now as MD of Telocator Limited, have been the sole point of presence for distribution of N2H2 in Europe since 1999 and we have never ever sold customer data or given the solution away. Furthermore, since the takeover by Secure Computing, the N2H2 and SmartFilter databases have been merged and this solution is the most robust that money can buy, including as it does 70 categories, including daily updates and Real Time updates of phishing, spyware and malware sites. This all happens in the background with no administrative involvement required. There are cheaper solutions such as Dans gaurdian but in the schools arena in particular using such a list is a false economy - or as one of our customers put it - using a sieve in a rainstorm.

This is complete and utter nonsense! The facts are that more than 5 years ago, N2H2 had a proxy server based web filtering soluiton, whereby every acceptable (allowed) page was served to the PC by the N2H2 server. N2H2 decided to offer a service in the US, whereby the customer paid nothing at all for the solution, N2H2 provided the hardware, software, support and upgrades, in return for the ability to post banner ads on the pages served, and an ability to sell AGREGATE data on surfing habits of schoolchildren. This data did not refer or relate to individual children, or even individual schools but was based on compounded statewide data. N2H2 made one such sale of data, but by that time the internet had moved on, the solution was made available as software, the pages were not served by a proxy server, there was no banner advertising and any data collected was by the customer themselves. N2H2 was purchased by Secure Computing Inc. in 2003, and the award winning database amalgamated with Secure's SmartFilter solution. To-day that solution is employed in more schools and major corporates worldwide than any other.

This is complete and utter nonsense! The facts are that more than 5 years ago, N2H2 had a proxy server based web filtering soluiton, whereby every acceptable (allowed) page was served to the PC by the N2H2 server. N2H2 decided to offer a service in the US, whereby the customer paid nothing at all for the solution, N2H2 provided the hardware, software, support and upgrades, in return for the ability to post banner ads on the pages served, and an ability to sell AGREGATE data on surfing habits of schoolchildren. This data did not refer or relate to individual children, or even individual schools but was based on compounded statewide data. N2H2 made one such sale of data, but by that time the internet had moved on, the solution was made available as software, the pages were not served by a proxy server, there was no banner advertising and any data collected was by the customer themselves. N2H2 was purchased by Secure Computing Inc. in 2003, and the award winning database amalgamated with Secure's SmartFilter solution. To-day that solution is employed in more schools and major corporates worldwide than any other.