STOP!

Please only submit software and hardware products and tools that provide security functionality to this category if you cannot find a more appropriate subcategory or category elsewhere in the directory. This category level gets a lot of submissions, and the vast majority of them do not actually belong here at all.

What does belong here.

• Security companies whose product range covers more than one of the subcategories.
• Security products which provide features that cross-over multiple subcategories.
• Security products and tools which do not currently have a category of their own.

What does NOT belong here.

GENERIC
Please note these Generic categories are also not normally appropriate to submit sites to directly, but they are a good starting point to locating the correct category for your product. Please study their descriptions, subcategories, @links and related links carefully before submitting sites to them.

• General products that provide Internet related security - These belong in (or in a subcat of, or as directed from): Computers/Security/Internet/Products_and_Tools/

• Network security tools that do not fit clearly in another category belong in Computers/Software/Networking/Security/

FUNCTION SPECIFIC
This list is provided to help you find the correct category for your site. Please study it carefully to see if your product falls into one of these classifications.

• Anonymous surfing CLIENTS (locally installed applications that connects to proxies) - These belong in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/Encryption_and_Privacy/
• Anonymous proxy SERVERS (web based services that preserve browsing anonymity) - These belong in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Internet/Proxies/
• Anonymous proxy server SOFTWARE (e.g. that you host and configure on your own machine) - belongs in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Software/Internet/Servers/Proxy/
• Anti virus products belong in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Security/Anti_Virus/Products/

• Biometrics software belongs in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Security/Biometrics/Software/
• Filtering software (e.g. blocking popup adverts and adult content) belongs in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Software/Internet/Servers/Proxy/Filtering/
• Firewalls - These belong in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Security/Firewalls/Products/

• Internet privacy (Spyware removal, Internet browsing history removal tools) - These belong in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Security/Internet/Privacy/Products_and_Tools

• Intruder detection tools belong in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Security/Intrusion_Detection_Systems/

• PKI related tools belong in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Security/Public_Key_Infrastructure/Tools_and_Services/
• Virtual Private Networking software belongs in (or in a subcat of):Computers/Security/Virtual_Private_Networks/

• WAP security tools belong in Computers/Mobile_Computing/Wireless_Data/WAP/Security/

OPERATING SYSTEM SPECIFIC
Please note - You should only submit security tools to these categories if they work SOLELY for a specific operating system AND if there is no more appropriate ''function specific'' category.
e.g. If your software is a shareware spyware removal tool for Windows - it would be better listed under Computers/Security/Internet/Privacy/Products_and_Tools/Spyware_Eliminators/ than in the Windows shareware category.

• Linux security software belongs in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Projects/Security/
• MAC OS specific security tools belong in Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Mac_OS/Security/
• Windows based security software that is sold as SHAREWARE - This belongs in (or in a subcat of): Computers/Software/Shareware/Windows/Security/
• Windows 2000 specific security software belongs in: Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Windows/Windows_2000/Security/ if it provides security features that do not fit better into a specific topic category.