Cafe Owners

• Shop Establishment license is necessary for Cyber Cafes .
  
  

• Use Genuine softwares in all the computers. 
  
  

• Do not allow  your customers to Visit Porn sites.
  
  

• Write notice such as "Porn sites are Banned" in your Cyber Cafe.
  
  

• Keep record in detail of  all customers coming to your Cyber cafe for Internet Use.
  
  

• Do separate arrangements for  Girls and Children.
  
  

• Do not allow anyone to download any Sexually explicit material in to PC. 
  

Tips for Children

• Do not give out identifying information such as Name, Home Address, School Name or Telephone Number in a chat room.

• Do not send your photograph to any one on the Net without initially checking with the parent or guardian.

• Do not respond to messages or bulletin board items that are obscene, belligerent or threatening.

• Never arrange a face to face meeting without informing your parent or guardian.

• Remember that people online may not be who they seem to be.

Tips for Parents

While on-line computer exploration opens a world of possibilities for children, expanding their horizons and exposing them to different cultures and ways of life, they can be exposed to dangers as they hit the road exploring the information highway. There are individuals who attempt to sexually exploit children through the use of on-line services and the Internet. The Internet is a wonderful marketplace of ideas, so most parents don't want to pull the plug on computer services. However, parents do want to protect their kids from the seamier side of the Net. It is important for parents to understand that children can be indirectly victimized through conversation, i.e. "chat," as well as the transfer of sexually explicit information and material. Computer-sex offenders may also be evaluating children they come in on-line contact with for future face-to-face contact and direct victimization. Parents and children should remember that a computer-sex offender can be any age or gender. 

Signs that your child might be at risk of falling prey to cyber-porn or other objectionable stuff on the Net :-

1.Your child spends large amounts of time on-line, especially at night.
2. You find pornography on your child's computer.
3.Your child receives phone calls from men you don't know or is making calls, sometimes long distance, to numbers you don't recognize.
4.Your child receives mail, gifts, or packages from someone you don't know.
5.Your child turns the computer monitor off or quickly changes the screen on the monitor when you come into the room.
6.Your child becomes withdrawn from the family.

Here are a few suggestions and tips for parents to ensure the safety of their kids from the evil of online pornography :-

1. Keep the Computer in the Family Area.

If you have a computer in your home that has access to the internet, consider placing it in a family room or lobby rather than in a closed room. This will increase the chances of catching sight of inappropriate material that your child might encounter online. It also draws in the whole family, which can make the internet a lot more valuable to all concerned. In fact it is a good idea to ask your kid to teach you about online computing as this will generate confidence in him/her.

2. Use blocking features provided by your ISP. 

Many commercial services  have mechanisms to restrict access to areas inappropriate for children. Check into these when you register with these services.

3.  Block cyber porn with software. 

There are  special software that can screen and block areas that children may try to investigate. For example Surf Watch is a software program that automatically blocks access to the approximately 1000 sexual hot spots on the Internet. Net Nanny is a program that allows a parent or guardian to monitor everything that passes through the computer. If it detects an offending phrase in an online chat room, the program automatically disconnects the computer.

4.Create a children's checklist.

Make sure your child knows the do's and don'ts of online computing. Never give out personal information (address, phone number). Never arrange a face-to-face meeting. Always remember that the person online may not be what he or she claims to be. Do not let your children have online profiles, so they will not be listed in directories and are less likely to be approached in children's chat rooms, where pedophiles often search for prey. Also, do not allow your children to post, send or receive pictures online.

5. Establish Rules for on-line Use.

Without rules and guidelines, children may feel compelled to try new things, even things they may know are not in keeping with your beliefs. Establish a set of guidelines that reflects your family values. Make sure your child understands these guidelines and agrees to respect them while online.

6. Educate Yourself.

Become more computer literate and Internet savvy yourself so that you understand what your child is doing on the computer. It would also do you well to know about the basics of a web browser and its functioning so that you may be able to easily keep a check on the sites visited by your kids. Keep checking the 'Temporary Internet Files" and "History" folders on your computer on a regular basis to get an idea of the kind of websites your children are accessing.

7. Teach your children well.

Help your children understand that the computer is a tool for educational purposes and for positive communication. Used as such, they can learn and grow and have a lot of fun. At the same time, help them understand that this wonderful tool can sometimes be used by an undesirable element for malicious purposes.

Protect  Yourself and Your PC

 

• Stay informed and be in touch with security related news.

• Watch traffic to your site. Put host-based intrusion detection devices on your web servers and monitor activity looking for any irregularities.

• Put in firewall.

• Configure your firewall correctly.

• Develop your web content off line.

• Make sure that the web servers running your public web site are physically separate and individually protected from your internal corporate network.

• Protect your databases. If your web site serves up dynamic content from  database, consider putting that database behind a second interface on your firewall, with tighter access rules than the interface to your web server.

• Back up your web site after every updation, so that you can re-launch it immediately, in case of a malicious defacement.