[itdiscuss] Web Filtering

[Dan Barber]

We use the standard (read: free) version of OpenDNS internally and for guest
wireless.

Dan


2011/1/12 Bobby Stewart <bStewart at brentwoodbaptist.com>

> Also, as regards price, watch out for the maintenance fees. Many of the UTM
> solutions require an additional “license” to use the filtering aspect of
> their product. Also, many of that group charge per user for filtering while
> others charge a blanket price for all users. That’s one of the reasons we
> chose the Astaro as they charge a blanket price.
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> This becomes significant when you provide open access to your internet
> services as we have for our café. In that scenario we may never know the
> number of users to license until after the fact. With the proliferation of
> iPhones/iPads, Droids, etc., the number of non-staff users of our Internet
> services continues to increase which would put an obvious strain on
> licensing and, potentially, budgeting.
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> Bobby
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> *From:* discuss-bounces at janoah.net [mailto:discuss-bounces at janoah.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Bobby Stewart
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:29 AM
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> *To:* discuss at itdiscuss.org
> *Subject:* Re: [itdiscuss] Web Filtering
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> Many Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewalls have this capability. We
> have used two different types.
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> Fortinet: This was supplied to us by our Internet services provider and was
> managed by them. I can’t speak too much to the management of the unit except
> that it seemed more complicated to do what little I was permitted than what
> it could have been. Functionally, it did the job.
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> Astaro: This is our current solution. I manage this one completely. The
> basis for this one is a Linux OS baked down to the appliance level with a
> variety of open source and other services wrapped in their GUI. Once again,
> very functional… it does the job. As far as content filtering, it feels as
> good as any that I’ve used. My negatives about this unit have related to the
> service I’ve received (it’s a long story) but your mileage may vary. It is
> lacking on the reporting side.
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> Jason Powell hosted a webcast for one of the CITRT chats that really
> intrigued me. Palo Alto Networks has a UTM that has the best GUI I’ve seen.
> The management appeared very intuitive. Reporting was beyond anything I’ve
> seen. I investigated using these instead of the Astaro. Big issue is price…
> $4,500 for their least expensive unit and that’s with, what I’m told, is a
> heavy discount.
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> Bobby Stewart
> Network Analyst
> Brentwood Baptist Church
> Brentwood, TN
> www.brentwoodbaptist.com
> +1 (615) 324-6149 office
> +1 (615) 830-0012 cell
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> *From:* discuss-bounces at janoah.net [mailto:discuss-bounces at janoah.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Dustin Drewery
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:14 AM
> *To:* IT Discussion Forum
> *Subject:* [itdiscuss] Web Filtering
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> We’re wanting to install some on-site web filtering.  I’m looking at
> Barracuda.. any suggestions? Anybody give discounts?
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