In an interview with ISNA, Alireza Manafi, manager of an Information Technology lab of a governmental research institute, said the new application finds the popular websites based on the number of their visitors, studies their content and updates the blacklist based on it.
Using URL recognition and content analysis techniques, the application takes 10 seconds to review each website, he added.
'Intelligent Filter' is going to be tested on Telecom Company of Iran and if successful, it will be used by all Iranian internet providers.
Source: ISNA
Posted at November 12, 2004 02:19 AM