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Richard,
I have just completed an implementation of e-mail content filtering with a
product called Mail Marshal. I have found this very good, easy to use and
easy to install. The second component of this is the installation of Web
Marshal for Internet traffic. I am very impressed by the products and
highly recommend them.
With the content filtering we have about 3500 users and I have created an
SMTP gateway in the DMZ. All SMTP traffic passes through the server. The
rules are very flexible and have highlighted some very interesting things
at this stage.
hope this helps,
John Taylor
Security Architect
David Ishmael
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ardcg.com> cc:
Subject: RE: Content Filtering
07/06/01 00:18
Richard,
Are you looking for a stand-alone application or a combination of
firewall/content filter?� We ran a PIX firewall for a firewall and used (I
think it was called) WebTrends.� The speed was in how it worked.� The
firewall would get a packet destined for bad-site.com and would send the
packet on as well as a packet to WebTrends asking for the acceptance
policy.� By the time the response came back from bad-site.com it had
already gotten a response from WebTrends to either permit or deny responses
from that site.� If it was allowed the response passed through the
firewall, if not the user was sent a custom URL that said that the site was
restricted.� Highly configurable and fast...
I'm sure there are ton's of good stand-alone solutions out there...good
luck!� ;)
David Ishmael, CCNA, IVCP
Senior Network Management Engineer
Windward Consulting Group, Inc.
Phone: (703) 283-7564
Pager: (888) 910-7094
eFax: (425) 969-4707
Fax: (703) 351-9428
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Ginski
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 2:11 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Content Filtering
Hello Everyone,
Sorry in advance for being slightly off topic.
We are an organization of approximately 4000 users. I have been asked to
find a technology which can prevent users from browsing bad sites. I am
somewhat familiar with�content filtering products. However, my biggest
fear is latency. Can anyone�recommend who I should check out regarding
content filtering products?
PS: If it also prevented the execution of harmful (only harmful) JAVA
based and Active X based code..it would be a plus.
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