Yes, but if you enter https://www.startpage.com or https://www.ixquick.com the https will bypass Norton. I ended up blocking port 443 in the firewall and only opening up 2 https web sites that I need for work and paying billings.
I'm not blaming Norton, https is just what it is, a security port to keep prying eyes out.
I have entered both web addresses into safety minder. Safety minder WILL block http://www.startpage.com + http://www.ixquick.com because of the lack of a "s".
These search engines let you search anything you want. They will also let you see web sites that are normally http web sites by repackaging the web site into a https web site on the fly. All you see for history is that startpage and ixquick pages were viewed, not what was on those pages.
At the very least these web sites and https://www.google.com (which is pretty new) should somehow be handled as web sites that can be used to circumvent security software like Norton Safety Minder.
My setup is good for the time being, but with a bit of knowledge can be circumvented in a couple of minutes.
Copy and past one of the https: links above and see what Norton can stop. It won't be that much. It also isn't Nortons fault because of the nature of https.
If it was me, I'd password protect the firewall, and add a easy to understand setup for blocking all HTTPS web sites with the capability to white list some https web sites.
Something like, "Recently, many search engines have created secure search engines where the searches cannot be monitored. Would you like to block those kinds of search engines? Yes or No" Then fill a list of them with the option of the user checking or unchecking them.
Also do the same for https as a whole and explain that the user might want to enter any web sites where money transactions happen, because if they don't, the web site won't come up.
