DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A
WORLD WIDE WEB FILTERING SYSTEM

A Thesis
Presented to the
Faculty of
San Diego State University

In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Science
in
Computer Science

by
Mark Randle Boyns
Fall 1998

THE UNDERSIGNED FACULTY COMMITTEE APPROVES
THE THESIS OF MARK RANDLE BOYNS

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SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Fall 1998

Copyright 1998
by
Mark Randle Boyns

DEDICATION



This work is dedicated to the memory of my grandfather
Leslie Randle.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

     I would like to thank my advisor, Roger Whitney, for allowing me to pursue this work and for providing valuable insight. I would also like to thank the other members of my committee, Vernor Vinge, and Subrata Bhatacharjee. I would like to thank Cristina Valdivia for her support and patience throughout this entire project. I would like to thank Craig Sadler his encouragement and last minute proofreading. I also would like to thank Andrew Scherpbier and Lantz Moore for proofreading. Last but not least I would like to thank my parents, without which none of this would have been possible.