I am currently evaluating some of the products from Fortinet ( www.fortinet.com ) and I am pretty impressed.
In addition to web blocking, it also does AV, IDS, and also can block grayware. I am now using the Watchguard product, but find the web blocker very limiting because of thhe fact that they have merged to 50 or so categories that Surf Control has into 14 categories. Despite many people asking for the full surf control categories they have not changed it. This is one of the major reasons that I am looking for soulutions other than Watchguard. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Moose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:26 PM Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Internet Usage - Monitoring and Filtering Apps We use a Watchguard firewall on our corporate network. http://www.watchguard.com You can use it to log all web browsing activities and there is a web filtering service called web blocker that it uses to block sites based on content. I believe that it uses surf controls databases for the content filtering. You can also manually allow or deny certain sites. The only problem that we have is that it blocks by IP, so once in a while it catches a site that it shouldn't. There is an annual subscription for the web blocker service but it isn't too bad and is defiantly a lot cheaper than a lawsuit. We log web activities based on IP address, but you can also setup authentication on the firewall and log via username as well. If you have any questions feel free to contact me off list Justin Moose Information Technology Manager Sioux Valley Wireless -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Childers Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Internet Usage - Monitoring and Filtering Apps Sorry for the OT but... It seems we have a lot of goofing off during the work day around here! Therefore, I am looking for recommendations for software (or hardware) based solutions for internet monitoring/filtering in a corporate setting of less than 150 users. Any suggestions? Thanks, ~Patrick --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude/McAfee] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
