Some things are better old-school.
Your web filter? Not so much
Let's face it: the Internet isn't what it used to be.
Unfortunately, many IT teams still rely on filter strategies that go back as far as 2000, when CIPA was first mandated in schools.
But legacy filters and tactics can’t keep up with today’s dynamic digital environment.
Our content-aware hybrid filter is designed to address modern challenges head-on — without straining your resources.
Book a call with our team to to learn more about how Linewize can help your district stay ahead.
Your next-generation filter is here.
Some things are better old‑school —
like vintage vinyls and polaroid pictures.
like vintage vinyls and polaroid pictures.
But a filter stuck in the past puts your district at risk.
Linewize Filter is a content-aware, real-time hybrid filter
designed to adapt alongside your district as education evolves.
Today’s tech-savvy students are racing ahead of the very solutions designed to keep them safe. In a digital world, modern solutions are the best way forward.
Introducing the next generation of filter features.
Content-Aware Filtering
Real-time filtering for a safer, balanced learning environment.
Prevent inappropriate content from slipping through the cracks with real-time image blurring (including AI-generated photos).
See beyond the URL to assess the context behind every click to see the full picture.
Dynamically analyze content to prevent over-filtering — without comprising safety.
Hybrid Filtering
Combine timeless, reliable hardware with cloud flexibility.
Eliminate proxy problems, tunneled traffic, and middleman servers.
Get your inline appliance back, reducing network strain and ensuring continuity — even during outages or time of high traffic.
Gain full visibility with a cloud-first approach to managed devices, paired with an appliance that handles unmanaged devices
Full-Path Filtering
Block threats hidden beyond the homepage.
Analyze entire URLs — not just domain names — for greater, granular control beyond the slash.
Gain insights into all data streams, including non web-based traffic.
Prevent policy circumvention with greater accuracy, avoiding harmful filter workarounds.
Content-Aware Filtering
Differentiate between harmful and harmless content to give your students a safer, balanced learning environment.
Hybrid Filtering
Gain control of unmanaged devices and filter without the need for proxies, tunnels, or additional certificates.
Real-Time, Full-Path Filtering
Analyze websites instantly so inappropriate content doesn’t slip through the cracks. And filter at the browser level to block threats hidden behind the homepage.
Navigate the most common web filter
challenges in K-12 schools.
The Internet isn’t what it used to be.
Linewize Filter helps districts address modern filtering problems:
Website Generation
Websites are created & modified faster than they can be categorized
Encrypted Traffic
Encrypted traffic evades detection, buried beneath sites that appear safe
AI-Generated Content
AI is generating content quicker than you can revise rules
Tech & Youth
The modern classroom is dynamic & digital — just like your students.
Evolving Legislation
Legislation changes quicker than you can prepare policies
Filter Circumvention
Students are finding more sophisticated ways of getting around school filters
Future-proof your filter
Linewize Filter helps address key filter challenges with forward-thinking features that allow you to:
Eliminate tunneled traffic troubles with browser-level control of URLs
Take control of unmanaged devices with an inline appliance that focuses solely only on unmanaged devices
Control & customize internet access with flexible filtering rules based on username, security groups, time periods, network ranges & more
Monitor resource usage for efficient bandwidth management
Extend filter controls to parents (if desired), enabling them to pause the Internet and monitor online activity outside of school hours
Your filter can't stay stuck in the past.
The challenge isn't just about keeping up —
it's about getting ahead.
Filters must evolve to meet today's dynamic demands head on.
FEATURE SPOTLIGHT
Content-aware Module: Image Blurring
Blur inappropriate images on new, uncategorized, or proxy sites in real time.
Block risky AI-generated images
Protect youth from creating or viewing harmful AI-generated photos.
Reinforce compliance & reduce safety risks.
Prevent students from accessing inappropriate images on sites and searches.
Avoid over-censoring your academic environment
Customize "blur" sensitivity levels across different safety categories.
Support diverse curriculum needs
Use custom exclusion lists to allow access to pre-approved content.
Filter features: Key benefits
After a quick and easy onboarding, your district can start using 60-second weekly check-ins for any subset of your student body (such as middle school or high school populations).
Parter with your parent community
Comprehensive digital safety
Extend Linewize Filter to your entire district at no extra cost. Our Community solutions help you ensure thorough supervision at school and at home.
Engage parents
Enable parents to manage and supervise their child's online activity on school-issued devices outside of school hours with Linewize Parental Controls.
Educate your community
Utilize the Linewize Online Safety Hub to provide parents and teachers with expert advice, app reviews, and free resources to help them have more meaningful conversations with children.
Enhanced reporting
Flexible reporting
Create, generate and schedule reports for school administrators. Reports can be as detailed or simple as needed.
Tailored reporting
Tailor reports to an individual's role in your school or district. From website history reports for principals to packet-level reporting for network admins.
Reduce false positives
Receive online safety and self-harm reports directly in your inbox, without the worry of being inundated with false positives.
Maintain compliance
SSL inspection and decryption
Filter SSL sites and off-network with the option of deep packet inspection on Windows, Mac and iOS.
Native directory integration
Use across G-suite, Azure, Localized AD, and LDAP.
Sync with local and/or cloud-based directory services
Integrate with your WIFI network and domain controllers and connect to your local and cloud directory service.
iKeepSafe
Lock in compliance with CSPC, COPPA, and FERPA.
Improved efficiency
Faster deployment
Get up and running in just one day with quick hybrid deployment options for hardware and cloud.
ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY SPEND
Identify which applications and services are most used, and highlight programs that are not being adopted to reduce spend.
Reduce filtered fixing
VPN search attempts are logged as a 'Red Flag' and reports can filtered by Red Flag types such as 'VPN'.
Streamline CDN assessment
Simplify administrative tasks associated with monitoring, updating, and troubleshooting CDN-related issues. Streamline management efforts and allow for better oversight and control.
Linewize Filter Mixtape
While your filter keeps you on your toes, have a little fun on your feet with your favorite past-time hits, remixed.
Every Click You Make
(The Police)
I Don't Want to Fix A Thing (Aerosmith)
Take Me Home, Encrypted Roads (J. Denver)
Killing Me Softly With Proxies (The Fugees)
COPPAcabana
(Barry Manilow)
A Host With No Name (America)
Don't forget to share your filter remix when you meet the team!
Adam Lee's blooper reel
We love sharing solutions with you in live demos.
Sticking to a script? Not so easy.
Book a meeting for a blooper-free convo about our filter and proof of concept program.
Adam Lee's blooper reel
We love sharing solutions with you in live demos.
Sticking to a script? Not so easy.
Book a meeting for a blooper-free convo about our filter and proof of concept program.
