Systems and methods for site access

Abstract

Monitoring site access via an intervening control layer within a client is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a computerized system includes a plurality of sites, a monitoring server, and a client. Each site has content referenced be addresses. The monitoring server maintains a database of permissible content on at least one of the plurality of sites, where the permissible content is also referenced by addresses. The client has an intervening control layer within an otherwise standard mechanism by which programs running on the client access the content on the plurality of sites. The intervening control layer polls the monitoring server to determine whether a program attempting to access content on one of the sites as referenced by an address should be permitted to do so.

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       38 . A system comprising:
 a computer that has access to one or more destination sites, the one or more destination sites being hosted on one or more servers and having content referenced by one or more addresses; and   a monitoring server that is distinct from the one or more servers, the monitoring server having one or more rules that govern access to the one or more destination sites, and wherein the computer is denied access to one of the destination sites if the one or more rules disallow such access.   
   
   
       39 . The system of  claim 38 , wherein the computer comprises:
 a processor;   a random-access memory;   a read-only memory; and   one or more storage devices.   
   
   
       40 . The system of  claim 39 , wherein the one or more storage devices are selected from a group consisting of a hard disk drive, a floppy disk drive, an optical disk drive, and a tape cartridge drive. 
   
   
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