Not sure on the devices, but moving away from ISA because the manager says we're moving away from ISA.....
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Malcolm Reitz <malcolm.re...@live.com>wrote: > What Cisco device, if I may ask? Why are you moving away from ISA? > > > > -Malcolm > > > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:06 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Virtualized Websense? > > > > ISA, but ISA will soon be going away in favor of Cisco equipment. > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Kelsey, John <jckel...@drmc.org> wrote: > > Sherry, > > Are you running on top of ISA, or do you have it installed on a > standalone box and all users go out another way? > > > > > > ******************************* > *John C. Kelsey > *DuBois Regional Medical Center > (: 814.375.3073 > *: jckel...@drmc.org > ******************************* > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:10 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Virtualized Websense? > > Port mirroring, multiple nics and huge resource requirements. Like I said, > we tried virtualization and it didn't work well, called their tech support > and found out that it's not recommended for running in a virtual mode. > > Paul, words of wisdom for implementing: make sure you have clearly defined > (by management) rules to setup prior to implementing (just saves you some > headaches, we have changed our configuration multiple times, and actually > rebuilt Websense a couple of times because of mgmt changing their minds.). > Websense technical support is your friend, they are very helpful and in our > experience response time has been excellent, (I think it's always been we > got help on that call with little waiting. Have setup several webex > sessions and have had really good results with them.) I'm not saying that > the product is hard to use, or configure, we've just had mgmt changing their > minds so many times that we couldn't undo what we had done to do what was > requested without a complete rebuild or help from technical support. (It's > a long story, we've had it in place almost a year now, and it's still not > really in production and is in fact undergoing another rebuild.....sigh). > Oh and by rebuild, I don't mean a complete rebuild from the OS up, just a > rebuild/clean install of the application..... > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Kelsey, John <jckel...@drmc.org> wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, why didn't it work? Because of the port > mirroring? > > > > We're about to decommish our SurfControl and install Websense. > > > > > > ******************************* > *John C. Kelsey > *DuBois Regional Medical Center > (: 814.375.3073 > *: jckel...@drmc.org > ******************************* > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:48 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Virtualized Websense? > > Nope, Websense requires physical hardware, and yes, we tried to deploy it > in VMWare and it no workee. > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Joe Heaton <jhea...@etp.ca.gov> wrote: > > Has anyone tried this, or is running Websense virtualized? Looking at > finally getting our feet wet with server virtualization, using ESXi, and > trying to find out if it is possible/supported to run Websense in a virtual > environment. > > > > Joe Heaton > > AISA > > Employment Training Panel > > 1100 J Street, 4th Floor > > Sacramento, CA 95814 > > (916) 327-5276 > > jhea...@etp.ca.gov > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. 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