Based on Endian's lack of response to sales enquiries, I'd recommend trying Untangle instead. I have switched one of my clients from Endian to Untangle to use their free Captive Portal and it's been very good. The daily/weekly/monthly reports are very comprehensive and the overall polish of the product makes Endian look a bit too simple. It does require a bit more hardware grunt to run than Endian, but you do get way nicer filters such as Protocol Control (for completely blocking P2P without actually blocking outbound legitimate traffic or closing ports), a free Captive Portal implementation and more flexible licensing.
For example, to integrate with LDAP or Active Directory, you can buy the Directory Connector (a plugin) which is licensed on a number of users/year type of license, and it integrates the whole system to it: VPN logins, Captive Portal. It even does reporting by username. Since setup, I haven't had any issues with it. I'm considering switching other clients to it as well. If you're after Captive Portal, have a look at it. PS: The interface is a completely different concept, so it takes a little bit of time getting used to. Regards, -- Rafael Fonseca On 5 May 2010 02:43, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > According to this page, comparing the various editions of Endian... > > http://www.endian.com/en/community/feature-comparison/ > > The answer to your question is no. The Captive Portal feature is listed > under the HotSpot area. > > Which is really too bad, as I would love to use a captive portal/cookie > system to authenticate users, instead of using an authenticating proxy. The > proxy authentication method works, but in an environment where we don't want > to have to configure every user who uses our network to authenticate, this > method seems very viable. > > But, that's why there is a free/open version, and a payed for version. Can > somebody on this list describe how Endian's captive portal work? Can it > authenticate users for the content filter? Does it authenticate against an > Active Directory? Any known pitfalls with a captive portal system? > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alberto Ferrer > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: [email protected] > Sent: > Tue, 04 May 2010 04:49:04 -0700 > Subject: [Efw-user] Captive Portal on Endian > Community? > > > > There is Captive Portal on Endian Community? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Efw-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Efw-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user >
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