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many other pieces of software available for web filtering in that it is designed to filter web content. That, however, is where the similarities end. The differences between Willow and other solutions are significant, and these differences make Willow the first really usable internet filter. In addition to being the first web filter to really work, Willow was also designed to make life easy on network administrators. To this end Willow supports the following: * HTTPS tunneling * response caching * filtering based on any part of the request or response (domain, url, headers, etc.) * through-the-web management * authentication to a Windows NT/2000 domain * authentication through unix password files
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Willow is a content-filtering proxy server. It bears one similarity to the
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many other pieces of software available for web filtering in that it is
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designed to filter web content. That, however, is where the similarities
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end. The differences between Willow and other solutions are significant, and
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these differences make Willow the first really usable internet filter.
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In addition to being the first web filter to really work, Willow was also
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designed to make life easy on network administrators. To this end Willow
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supports the following:
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* HTTPS tunneling
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* response caching
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* filtering based on any part of the request or response (domain, url,
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headers, etc.)
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* through-the-web management
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* authentication to a Windows NT/2000 domain
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* authentication through unix password files
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