Security vendors unperturbed by Internet filter trial

Potential misconceptions over the Federal Government's contentious Internet filtering scheme will not affect demand for filtering software, according to security vendors and distributors.

The Federal Government is moving ahead with trials of a clean feed Internet scheme, part of a A$128 million Plan for Cyber Safety, that will impose national content filtering for all Internet connections and block Web pages detailed in a blacklist operated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).