It's a web filter for a school. It blocks/allows website access based on a list of known sites, logs all requests, and allows me to make reports based on user/computer/sites/etc.
Besides this, I'm happy to compare capabilities of different solutions myself. There are a lot of different vendors offering such solutions. I've used the open-source "Dan's Guardian" in the past, but a more proven and easy to use solution with support was required. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:33:59 -0700 Subject: Re: Content Filter for Dual Networks > I am not knowledged in "Lightspeed System's Total Traffic Control" and have > no idea what its content filtering capabilities are, or your actual needs, > so I cannot make a comparison. > > -- > Espi > > > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Matthew W. Ross > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > We are currently using Lightspeed System's Total Traffic Control. I'm not > > in love with the product, but it has a lot of good features. > > > > We have the option of moving to Lightspeed's new appliance (We are > > currently running TTC on a windows server), which would be an $6000-$7000 > > investment. The salesman says he thinks it can do what I want it to do, > but > > what a salesman says, I can't currently verify. > > > > For due-diligence, I'm looking for other solutions to compare. I was > > hoping to hear from the list if there were others who were doing something > > simular to my proposed "Dual Network setup. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > --Matt Ross > > Ephrata School District > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Micheal Espinola Jr > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 > > 11:49:00 -0700 > > Subject: Re: Content Filter for Dual Networks > > > > > > > Please define what you are looking for in a content filter, and your > > price > > > range. There are many devices that support multiple WAN ports that > > provide > > > different levels of content filtering at different price ranges. > > > > > > -- > > > Espi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Matthew W. Ross > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > ** > > > > Hey List. > > > > > > > > I'm curious if anybody here knows of a content filtering system that > is > > > > able to handle two networks simultaneously. > > > > > > > > What I'm looking for: We have a "School" network, which should be for > > all > > > > computes that are owned by the school. We are working to implement a > > > > wireless "Guest" network. I want this network to be completely > separate > > > > from the school network, including what internet ISP they are going to > > > use. > > > > > > > > I know I could do this by using 2 separate content filters. I'm > > interested > > > > to see if there is a solution that can do it with a single device. I > > want > > > > to be able to manage/search the content filter on both networks. > > > > > > > > So in the end, I'm looking for something like this: > > > > > > > > ISP1 --- ++++++++ --- Guest Network > > > > > > > > + Filter + > > > > > > > > ISP2 --- ++++++++ --- School Network > > > > > > > > --Matt Ross > > > > Ephrata School District > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > --- > > > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > > > or send an email to [email protected] > > > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > --- > > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > > or send an email to [email protected] > > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
