Re: patch needed for Content Advisor

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/02/05 

Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 19:18:52 -0600

"The Bicycling Guitarist" <Chris@TheBicyclingGuitarist.net> wrote in
message news:c8FBd.5242$5R.3301@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com
> Service Patch needed, Windows Update or whatever.
> How much coding would it take for the Content Advisor to change how
> it reads the PICS tags? If it's not too much, please change it to
> help parents who want to filter adult content from their children's
> surfing experience.
>
>
> I have corresponded with ICRA tech op many times, and there is no
> doubt that Internet Explorer's Content Advisor is not reading their
> PICS rating tags correctly, passing adult-rated sites as kid-safe
> because the CA apparently reads the domain as "gen true" and then
> doesn't pay attention to the "gen false" for a specific page. The
> PICS recommendations clearly say that the longer URL should take
> precedence.
>
> Please at least post a reply to this message, as my previous one and
> the two times I wrote Microsoft.com had no response that I know of.
>
> Thanks. Chris Watson a.k.a. "The Bicycling Guitarist"

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