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Looking for suggestions for an internet content filtering appliance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank Bulk - iName.com)
Mon Aug 23 14:52:59 2010
From: "Frank Bulk - iName.com" <frnkblk@iname.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:52:46 -0500
Reply-To: frnkblk@iname.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
We offer an optional internet content filtering service to our residential
and business customers using M86's appliance
(http://www.m86security.com/products/web_security/m86-web-filtering-reportin
g-suite.asp).
I've been in conversation with them since Q1 regards IPv6 support, but the
update I received today was that IPv6 support won't be available until
middle to late next year. That's not ideal, because the local college is a
significant user and they started with IPv6 this summer. College students
can easily bypass content filtering by using the IPv6 version of the site
(i.e. http://www.playboy.com.sixxs.org)
Wondering if anyone can point me to a similar appliance. I know that
Barracuda has such an appliance but it has one limitation I don't like, and
that Fortinet and Ironport have more expensive products.
It must be able to operate in pass-by/SPAN mode, not inline, and handle
traffic rates up to 1 Gbps. We currently move 400+ Mbps "by" it and
internet usage only goes up.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions you have.
Kind regards,
Frank
