Barracuda First and foremost it list of ‘unknowns’ is small and manageable. For me that is a must have feature…it must know about most of the internet so that I can block ‘unknowns’. Bad sites pop up all the time and are usually under a new domain…and the filter has never heard about it…so it must be blocked. If a filter company does not keep the ‘unknown’s’ under control you can’t do that as it over blocks.
Our needs are very complex, authenticated users, unauthenticated users, wireless, BYOD and that is multiplied by 2 as staff and students have different filter sets. I have not had a scenario that I have not been able to cover with it. Support is one of the best I deal with, they are epic. I email them, within an hour I get a phone call and the issue gets solved. I dislike the slowness of the interface, it isn’t terrible but just slow enough to be annoying. I am also a bit scared…we are on their second largest unit. It is still well oversized but if we have to step up to the next size the cost is staggering. But for now costs are very good. Our yearly subscription is 8,750 for a gig throughput unit. That is how they price it, based on throughput. You should also look at iBoss, they have a very good rep with other EDU’s that I know. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Pegue Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 5:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Web Filtering Appliances A skosh over 8 years ago, at my prior job, I had an iPrism appliance for web traffic monitoring/filtering. I see that iPrism is now known as Edgewave iPrism and I’m looking over the details of what they offer. Having had no more interim experience with what’s in the market, my query to the group is simple: For those of you who manage a web filtering appliance: What are you using? What do you like/dislike about it? Would you buy it again if you had to start over? What are you paying for the service subscription? TIA Gordon
