Most of these other solutions suffer from under-blocking or over-blocking problems, which is why Blue Coat decided to introduce a consumer product of our own. K9 replaces parental control solutions from AOL, MSN and others. We recommend that you use K9 instead of the Web filter you find in a product suite, unless it’s based on Blue Coat’s K9 technology. While some product suites include Web filtering, these filters may not be as robust or detailed as Blue Coat’s technology. You use K9 in conjunction with other antivirus, anti-spam or firewall products from vendors such as Computer Associates, McAfee, Symantec, ZoneLabs, Microsoft and others. K9 is a Web filter that determines where the computer user can go inside your Web browser. K9 is not antivirus, anti-spam or firewall software. K9 uses Blue Coat’s unique caching technology, so your Internet experience is always as fast as possible. Continuous protection that won’t slow down your computer - Caching is the method your Web browser uses to save frequently used data, which increases efficiency by reducing the amount of information requested over the Internet.To ensure protection against new or previously unrated Web sites, Blue Coat’s patent-pending Dynamic Real-Time Rating™ (DRTR) technology automatically determines the category of an unrated Web page, and allows or blocks it according to your specifications.
With Blue Coat K9 Web Protection, you don’t have to wait for the latest security patch or upgrade, which can leave your computer vulnerable to new and evolving Web threats.