I haven't seen any of those DBs? I can't imagine them getting close to the quality of commercial offerings (I'm not saying that free stuff isn't of good quality, in this particular case I doubt it would be). Are they any good? Do they classify websites into categories? I also would need to replace the AV to something that is reasonably priced. Somehow I think an appliance will have these features in a decent bundle price. Good price/performance. rgds OS
________________________________ From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looking for appliance: proxy, web filter, antivirus Why not use the ISA firewall with the free databases out there? From: Osama Salah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Looking for appliance: proxy, web filter, antivirus Hi all, we've been running an ISA server with Websense and AVAST AV for quite some time now for a total of 1000 users. Websense is becoming rather expensive (per user pricing) and I'm not too happy of the malware protection offered by AVAST. And I don't really care if the websense database is the best in the world. A half way decent web filter is more than we need. We are looking for a replacement, possibly an appliance that doesn't cost a fortune. I had a look at BlueCoat but that looks like it will be expensive. Fortinet and Bloxx seems to be fitting the requirements. What else is outthere? rgds Osama S. ________________________________ Disclaimer:This communication contains information that is confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient,disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication or the information in it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender by return email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. ________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This communication contains information that is confidential and may also be legally privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this communication or the information in it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender by return email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
