Technical Requirements

The only requirement for ISPs is the integration of a Barefruit BIND or djbdns patch into their DNS Software installations running on existing DNS Resolvers. No extra hardware is required.

To implement the Barefruit HTTP solution it will be necessary to use a proxy device to intercept returning HTTP errors. Barefruit software patches or policies are available for Blue Coat, Squid and NetCache proxy systems. For Blue Coat systems there is no requirement for extra hardware and for this and others reasons is a preferred choice. For Squid and ICAP solutions, it will also be necessary have a Barefruit ICAP server installed in close networking proximity to the proxy device. Alternatively a proprietary Barefruit proxy device can also be provided at no cost for ISPs who do not currently use any of the above hardware.

The SmartError browser plug-in has been written specifically for Internet Explorer and currently runs under IE6 and Vista. Versions are in development for other popular browsers