| 摘要 |
A system for filtering of network content, comprising: a network gateway; a remote or cloud content filter; a remote or cloud access controller including filter 5 policies; a user device database; and a user device authenticator; wherein the network gateway is configured to receive a request for network content from a user device, to identify a MAC or equivalent address of the user device in the request, to pass the address of the user device to the user device authenticator for authentication, to assign to the user device a network address 10 allocated to the user device received from the authenticator for use in giving effect to the request, and to transmit the network address and the content request to the content filter; the authenticator is configured to authenticate the user device, to allocate the network address to the user device if authenticated, and to transmit the network address to the network gateway; the access 15 controller is configured to maintain the user device database and control the user device authenticator; and the content filter is configured to receive the network address and the request from the network gateway, and to respond by identifying from the filtering policies any applicable policies that are applicable to the user device. 5280750_1 (GHMatters) P96784.AU Internet 1 Cloud User 14 12 filter devicess Controlled sCloud ----- gateway hosted access controller Figure 1 Controlled gateway 16-- Memory 22, .Filtering 32 -policies cache Processor |Traffic 26 24, inspectorP Messaging 28 LayerI Policy 30 manager Figure 2 |
