N2H2 URL filtering software, contains a list of offensive and inappropriate URLs that are categorized under headings such as 'Adults Only', 'Weapons' etc. Currently, N2H2 have a list of approximately 40 categories containing objectionable content. To enable easier administration on NetPilot, these categories can be grouped together.

The following list provides examples of the kinds of potentially objectionable content that is filtered by N2H2 proprietary technology.

Caution: certain users may find the material offensive.

Adults Only

Sites that the author or publisher labels as being strictly for adults. Such labels include "Adults Only," "You must be 18 to visit this site," "Registration is allowed only for people 18 or older," and "You must be of legal drinking age to visit this site. "Examples:

http://www.riddler.com/

http://community.parachat.com/adult.html

http://www.match.com/

Alcohol

Sites that advocate or promote the recreational use of alcoholic beverages. This category includes, but is not limited to, sites that contain information about drink mixes, home-brew recipes, and drinking games.

Examples:

http://www.realbeer.com/

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/drinks.html

Auction

Sites that offer access to online auctions. Online auctions are rarely monitored, and can contain rapidly changing content that may expose users to material that would otherwise be filtered under categories such as Pornography, Weapons, Lingerie, or Violence.

Examples:

http://www.ebay.com/

http://auctions.yahoo.com/

http://auctions.amazon.com/

Chat

Sites that offer access to online chat rooms, or allow users to download chat software that enables the online posting and receiving of real-time messages.

Examples:

http://www.talkcity.com/

http://www.icq.com/community/chat.html

http://www.easy-chat.com/

Discrimination

Sites that specifically target a group of people based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or ethnicity in a hateful, derogatory manner. The language of these sites often includes racial slurs and is insulting, abusive, and sometimes violent.

Examples:

http://www.stormfront.org/

http://www.godhatesfags.com/

http://www.whitepride.com/

Drugs

Sites that promote or advocate recreational drug use. This category is not limited to controlled substances. Sites that promote or advocate recreational use of prescription drugs are also included. The Drugs category includes sites that contain information about topics such as growing, buying, or selling marijuana, glass pipes, or bongs; mixing a legal substance with alcohol, running methamphetamine labs, or inhaling various forms of fumes.

Examples:

http://www.hightimes.com/

http://ecstasy.org/

Electronic Commerce

Sites that allow users to make online purchases. Many e-commerce sites pose a risk to users by offering direct access to items that would normally be filtered under other categories such as Weapons, Profanity, Lingerie, or Pornography.

Examples:

http://www.amazon.com/

http://www.cdnow.com/

Free Mail/Web Mail

Sites that offer Web-based e-mail accounts. Web Mail sites can expose users to harmful content delivered via e-mail file attachments.

Examples:

http://www.hotmail.com/

http://www.netaddress.com/

http://mail.yahoo.com/

Free Pages

Sites that provide Web page hosting for their users such as homepages that share a common domain. These sites include those provided by ISPs, University/education servers, free Web page hosts, etc. Although many of these Web page providers post rules and regulations for content, they do not always adequately monitor this content. Users often abuse Web page services by posting offensive content under multiple pseudonyms. Because this category contains hundreds of millions of pages, it is not practical to assign more granular categorization to individual pages. However, any page can be added to your local block and allow list, enabling access to specific content even if the category has been selected to be blocked.

Examples:

http://geocities.yahoo.com/

http://angelfire.lycos.com/

Gambling

Sites that provide online gambling, casino games, and information relevant to gambling such as gambling links, tips, sports picks, etc

Examples:

http://www.intercasino.com/

http://www.luckyrollcasino.com/index2.html

http://www.casinolee.com/

Games

Sites that offer online games and related information such as cheats, codes, demos, and emulators. The Games category also includes contests or role-playing games that can be played online.

Examples:

http://www.gamesdomain.com/

http://www.excite.com/games/

http://www.zone.com/

Gross/Tasteless

Sites that include content such as tasteless humour, excretory functions (vomiting, urinating, or defecating), graphic medical or accident scene photos (containing blood or wounds), and some extreme forms of body modification (cutting, branding, or genital piercing).

Examples:

http://www.joecartoon.com/

http://www.doodie.com

http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case80.html

Illegal

Sites that promote illegal activities, or offer instructions or advice that can be used to commit illegal activities. Such activities include making or distributing child pornography, making bombs, hacking (breaching computer security), phreaking (breaching phone security or phone service theft), lock picking, selling pirated material (such as music, videos, software, or fake IDs), and counterfeiting.

Examples:

http://darron.net/family/think/stealthisbook.html#2.08.5

http://come.to/anarchy/

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_cultivation1.shtml

Job Search

Sites that provide direct access to employment resources, such as job listings.

Examples:

http://www.monsterboard.com/

http://www.hotjobs.com/

Jokes

Sites that post jokes, humorous stories, or other forms of humour.

Examples:

http://www.netfunny.com/

http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/jokes/

http://dobhran.com/humor/GRhumor274.htm

Language

Sites that contain crude, vulgar, or obscene language or gestures. Words used in a context that the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines as "considered vulgar" or "considered obscene". Sites that include excessive use of letter substitution, such as "f@ck, sh*t, @ss, P*Ss" are still considered to fit into the Profanity category.

Examples:

http://www.krug.org/unit/scripts/dogs.html

http://www.theonion.com/archive/archive_kornfeld.html

Lingerie

Sites that provide photos of models wearing lingerie, underwear, or otherwise scant attire.

Examples:

http://www.threewisheslingerie.com/

http://www.victoriassecret.com/

Loopholes

Sites that offer a loophole that can be exploited to access pages which would otherwise be filtered out from your service. This includes proxy evasion directions, Peer to Peer software, anonymizing services, and some Web translators. etc. Unless this category is selected, the system's Internet Content Filtering protection can be compromised.

Examples:

www.imesh.com

www.grokster.com

http://www.kaza.com

www.loopholesoftware.com/

www.zeropaid.com/

MBB - Message/Bulletin Boards

Sites that permit messages to be posted and read immediately or daily message posts.

Examples:

http://www.oregonlive.com/forums/

http://www.waynesvillecycle.com/wwwboard/faq.html

News

Sites that contain material reported in a newspaper, periodical, or a newscast, whether it is current or archived.

Examples:

http://www.cnn.com/

http://www.seattletimes.com/

Nudity

Sites that contain photos or images of bare or visible genitalia, pubic hair, buttocks, or female breasts. This category includes only sites that contain non-pornographic nudity (that is, nudity that is not intended to be sexually arousing or erotic).

Examples:

http://carolinafoothills.com/

http://www.bodyscapes.com/

Personal Information

Sites that gather personal information (such as name, address, credit card number, school, or personal schedules) that may be used for malicious intent.

Examples:

http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/santacall/

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/9956/wam.html

http://www.billyworld.com/blackbook/blackbook.html

Personals

Sites that contain personal advertisements, including information about mail-order brides, dating services, escort services, or pen pals.

Examples:

http://personals.yahoo.com/

http://www.match.com/

Pornography

Sites that contain material that are intended to be sexually arousing or erotic. This includes photos, animation, cartoons, and stories. This also includes child pornography.

Examples:

http://www.clublove.com/

http://www.porno.com/

Recreation/Entertainment

Sites that contain information about various recreation and entertainment pursuits such as motion pictures, television shows (excluding News and Sports), theatre productions and music.

Examples:

http://www.thestranger.com/current/calendar_toc.html

http://www.moviefone.com/

http://www.cbs.com

School Cheating Information

Sites that promote plagiarism or cheating by providing term papers, written essays, or exam answers.

Examples:

http://www.schoolsucks.com/

http://www.essayxstacy.com/

Search Engines

Sites that offer unfiltered, unrestricted, unverified, search engines.

Examples:

http://www.altavista.com/

http://www.lycos.com/

http://www.yahoo.com/

Search Terms

This category restricts access to search result pages based on key words that are known to return offensive results, but does not block access to search engines.

Examples:

Examples of these key words are very offensive, so are not included here.

Sex

Sites that contain descriptions or depictions of sexual acts, specifically those without the intent to arouse (sites which contain material intended to arouse fall under the Pornography category). Sexual merchandise and fetish sites fall under the Sex category.

Examples:

http://www.handbooktogreatsex.com/

http://members.aol.com/Sebringsil/

http://www.joaniblank.com/sexuality.htm

Sports

Sites that include updated information about professional and collegiate sports, such as game scores, player status, trades, and commentary.

Examples:

http://espn.go.com

http://www.nhl.com/

Stocks

Sites that include information about stock trading, stock quotes, or the stock market.

Examples:

http://dynamic.international.nasdaq.com/

http://www.rightstock.com/

Suider Suicide/Murder

Sites that offer information about committing murder or suicide, or that contain photos of crime scenes or autopsies. Sites containing galleries of "death pics" are included in this category.

Examples:

http://www.tornadohills.com/dahmer/

http://crimelibrary.com/

http://www.celebritymorgue.com/

Swimsuits

Sites that contain photos of models in swimwear, especially fashion swimwear photos.

Examples:

http://www.swimslim.com/

http://www.kiana.com/

Tobacco

Sites that advocate or promote the recreational use of tobacco.

Examples:

http://www.smokers.com/

http://www.finckcigarcompany.com/

Violence

Sites that contain graphic images or written descriptions of reckless violence or grave injury (for example, mutilation, maiming, or dismemberment). The Violence category includes graphically violent games.

Examples:

http://www.fangoria.com

http://www.carpenoctem.tv/killers/

Weapons

Sites that contain information about buying, making, modifying, or using weapons such as guns, knives, swords, or ammunitions.

Examples:

http://www.zmweapons.com/

http://www.cfiarms.com/