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# Using Content Ratings

You can configure your Web server's content rating features to embed descriptive labels in your Web page's HTTP headers. Some Web browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 3.0 or later, can detect these content labels and help users to identify potentially objectionable Web content. Your Web server's default Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) based rating system uses a system developed by the Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC), which rates content according to levels of violence, nudity, sex, and offensive language. Before setting your Web content ratings, you should fill out a RSAC questionnaire to obtain the recommended content ratings for your particular Web content.

###### To have your content rated

1. In the IIS snap-in, select a Web site, directory, or file and open its property sheets.
2. Click the HTTP Headers tab, then under Content Ratings, click Edit Ratings.
3. In the Rating Service property sheet, under RSAC Registration, click Ratings Questionnaire. Follow the instructions provided by RSAC.
4. Click OK.

###### To set content ratings

1. In the IIS snap-in, select a Web site, directory, or file and open its property sheets.
2. Click the HTTP Headers tab, then under Content Ratings, click Edit Ratings.
3. In the Ratings property sheet, select the Enable Ratings for this resource check box.
4. In the Category box, click a ratings category. Use the rating slider to set the level of potentially objectionable material for the category. Each setting displays a description of the rating level.
5. Under Email name of person rating this content, type the email name of person who rated the content and then select the Expire On list and choose a ratings expiration date from the calendar.
6. Click OK.

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