RE: Barracuda Web filter
Using it for over two years now. Got it right after we purchased our spam filter. Over that time it's matured to a pretty good product for the money. My big requirement was to have integrated AD support and it does that via LDAP. Lets me create a group in AD and then I can just deny that group access to the entire web or certain sites in the web filter. You do have to run a client on your DC's to keep user data/ip info in sync so that may be an issue for some people. But it's a very small service and I've never had an issue with it. Been happy with their tech support to. From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Personally I'd advise against it. I've found the reporting to be far from comprehensive and the filtering categories are a little lacking in their own comprehensiveness. I've also experienced a great deal of network slowness with this product on the network and have to reboot it at least once a day. I love their spam firewall and think it's great, but I don't think I'd recommend the Web Filter. I do have high hopes for their new 4.0 firmware, but I fear I'll be disappointed. As always, YMMV. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
+1 a very happy iPrism user _ Painstakingly sent from BlackBerry From: Bob Fronk To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thu Aug 21 11:43:09 2008 Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don’t think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: -- This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
I don't know the current pricing and I'm in Canada (meaning I have to pay more, everything is more expensive here) but the appliance is about $5-$6k and subscription about $2.5 / year for 200 users. __ Stefan Jafs From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
And as Bob I also have the higher throughput appliance. __ Stefan Jafs From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter I don't know the current pricing and I'm in Canada (meaning I have to pay more, everything is more expensive here) but the appliance is about $5-$6k and subscription about $2.5 / year for 200 users. __ Stefan Jafs From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Thanks. I also have about 200 users, so that's a good comparison for me. Also pretty much out of my budget, as I figured. Ralph From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter I don't know the current pricing and I'm in Canada (meaning I have to pay more, everything is more expensive here) but the appliance is about $5-$6k and subscription about $2.5 / year for 200 users. __ Stefan Jafs From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. Confidentiality Notice: -- This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn’t post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don’t think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web filtering. iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks for the input all. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] ] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. -- *From:* Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? * * *Confidentiality Notice:* *This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message.* -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpamhttp://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NzIzNTE2NDQ2OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
Did you want free? How about Open DSN http://www.opendns.com/ works great in my house. Reporting sucks but it works and easy to setup. __ Stefan Jafs From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 15:12 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Barracuda Web filter Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web filtering. iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks for the input all. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NzIzNTE2N DQ2OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful
RE: Barracuda Web filter
What do you need from your web filter? Have you considered OpenDNS? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Barracuda Web filter Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web filtering. iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks for the input all. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? Confidentiality Notice: ** This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NzIzNTE2N DQ2OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
lol No we are not THAT cheap, but thanks On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Stefan Jafs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you want free? How about Open DSN http://www.opendns.com/ works great in my house. Reporting sucks but it works and easy to setup. *__* *Stefan Jafs* *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 15:12 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Barracuda Web filter Thanks Philip but we are not referring to email. This is about web filtering. iPrism is out of the question. Too high for us. Surfcontrol's subscriptions service alone is higher than the Barracuda device hardware purchase. Thanks for the input all. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Phillip Partipilo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a small company, I highly recommend this hosted service that we're using at the moment (we have about 30 users), onlymyemail.com. You point your MX records to them, then firewall off your own email servers port 25 to only accept email from them. You get a daily email with a list of all the spam they blocked, and can request a list on demand at any time. False positives are extremely rare, and almost zero spam actually makes it past them. They handle viruses as well. I think we pay just a couple bucks per user per month. Very affordable for small business. Nice side bonus; if our email server or internet connection is down for any reason, they store the email until our servers are accessible again. On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:01 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: It all depends on number of users and throughput. We have a DS3 Internet connection, so I had to have the higher throughput device, which was more expensive. I want to say it was like $7000 for the device and 4 years of service. I have a small customer that has one for 10 users and I think we paid about $2K for it and 3 years. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] ] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:53 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter Can you give a ballpark figure on how expensive iPrisms are? stbernard.com makes you fill out a form for a quote, which generally means you subject yourself to endless harangues by sales people. I hate that. Usually if a company doesn't post their prices, I figure their product is probably over priced anyway and I just skip it. -- *From:* Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:43 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Barracuda Web filter Dropped Surfcontrol and got an iPrism 4 or 5 years ago. Never looked back. http://www.stbernard.com/ I do have a Barracuda Spam/Virus filter and it is great. They did not have a web product at the time. (I don't think anyway) Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? * * *Confidentiality Notice:* *This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message.* -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpamhttp://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6NzIzNTE2NDQ2OnBqcEBwc25ldC5jb20%3D This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of Amico Corporation . Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
I think for the money there is nothing out there, that works as well. We have had no problems with ours except when early alpha testing a new feature which i dont think is out of NDA yet. No speed issues, the reporting gives us all the information we need. It blocks what we want blocked, and allows what we want allowed. YMMV Graeme On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Personally I'd advise against it. I've found the reporting to be far from comprehensive and the filtering categories are a little lacking in their own comprehensiveness. I've also experienced a great deal of network slowness with this product on the network and have to reboot it at least once a day. I love their spam firewall and think it's great, but I don't think I'd recommend the Web Filter. I do have high hopes for their new 4.0 firmware, but I fear I'll be disappointed. As always, YMMV. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? -- Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Barracuda Web filter
I do not have any info on our pricing, but we just switched from two ISA Servers running surfcontrol to the Webwasher appliances from SecureComputing. Our network admin is really pleased with their support so far and he did a lot of research to find something that would work for our reporting requirements. -Bonnie From: mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
Graeme are you referring to Barracuda? On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Graeme Carstairs [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I think for the money there is nothing out there, that works as well. We have had no problems with ours except when early alpha testing a new feature which i dont think is out of NDA yet. No speed issues, the reporting gives us all the information we need. It blocks what we want blocked, and allows what we want allowed. YMMV Graeme On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I'd advise against it. I've found the reporting to be far from comprehensive and the filtering categories are a little lacking in their own comprehensiveness. I've also experienced a great deal of network slowness with this product on the network and have to reboot it at least once a day. I love their spam firewall and think it's great, but I don't think I'd recommend the Web Filter. I do have high hopes for their new 4.0 firmware, but I fear I'll be disappointed. As always, YMMV. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? -- Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Barracuda Web filter
Yes the Barracuda sorry. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:40 PM, mqcarp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Graeme are you referring to Barracuda? On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Graeme Carstairs [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I think for the money there is nothing out there, that works as well. We have had no problems with ours except when early alpha testing a new feature which i dont think is out of NDA yet. No speed issues, the reporting gives us all the information we need. It blocks what we want blocked, and allows what we want allowed. YMMV Graeme On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Andrew Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally I'd advise against it. I've found the reporting to be far from comprehensive and the filtering categories are a little lacking in their own comprehensiveness. I've also experienced a great deal of network slowness with this product on the network and have to reboot it at least once a day. I love their spam firewall and think it's great, but I don't think I'd recommend the Web Filter. I do have high hopes for their new 4.0 firmware, but I fear I'll be disappointed. As always, YMMV. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson *From:* mqcarp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:16 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Barracuda Web filter Anyone use their web filter? We use SurfControl and I have had enough with it. It is expensive annually and Websense is even higher. We love the Barracuda SPAM filter, which is perfect for our business size. Is the web filter a solid product too? -- Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home. -- Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
