E Safety Email Filtering
Hi Guys, We need a email filtering solution hbat will be better at detecting E Safety events instead of exchange having a word list. What do you guys do or use? Thanks Ash
View ArticleSophos XG Help
Hi All, Over half term installing our Sophos box and new connection. So far mostly all good in testing but one thing I can't seem to find simply is how to quickly block a url on the XG appliance. The...
View ArticleYouTube and RM
Great. RM have decided in their infinite wisdom to enforce restrictions on YouTube which has caused chaos here. According to them this is a permanent change. Modifying the permissions within GSuite has...
View ArticleWeb page popup when connected to wifi network
Not school related, but I offer free wifi at my football club and ideally I would like a web page of my choice to show when a user connects to the network. Any suggestions on how to make this happen?...
View ArticleSmoothwall iOS11 Unifi Issue
We have huge issues with iOS 11. Any apple device that upgrades to version 11 or greater (up to 11.0.3) will just not connect to our network. We have about 800 devices that connect at various times of...
View ArticleConnecting Schools
Hi All, I'm looking to connect multiple sites (2 small-medium secondaries initially - 650 students each, shared sixth form of 150 students). I'm trying to figure out the infrastructure, getting prices...
View ArticleWeb translation services
Simple question: Can Google Translate and the like still be used to get around filters? Or does having SSL inspection turned on get around this problem? I always used to have Google Translate blocked...
View ArticleFile converter
Hi guys. Really hope someone has a solution. I am looking for an ost to pst file converter software. Can anyone recommend me a good one?
View ArticleFirewalls, Security Hardware or Services & Internet Connections in Primary...
Guys What devices / services are best for web filtering, either in house or service based, we are looking to DIY this to save the school some money so getting the relevant connection whether that be...
View ArticleApple TCP Information
We have been having problems connecting to Apple for updates etc, so today we had a very helpful support rep from Apple help get our iPad's back online. He sent me over a link to TCP and UDP ports used...
View ArticleChromebooks not authenticating in Smoothwall whole site!! Help!
Hi Is anyone having issues with Smoothwall and Chromebooks authenticating? Our Internet has been intermittent today but this afternoon a student informed me they could access banned sites on the...
View Articledailymotion.com
Anyone else using this site? Going though our smoothwall it hangs on any browser (IE,Chrome and firefox) but looking at the history of the site it seems to be rather a dodgy place anyway Of course, its...
View ArticleAllow Whatsapp and iMessage through firewall
Hi guys, Was wondering if anyone knew the ports needed to allow Whatsapp and iMessage to work though a firewall? We have Smoothwall Advanced Cloud which is controlled by the LA who action firewall...
View Article[Smoothwall] Identifying "Default users" using RADIUS
Can Smoothwall pull account information of users already authenticated to an AAA server via a third-party Captive Portal? We already authenticate guests on our Guest WLAN via RADIUS. I have configured...
View ArticleFortinet and Fortianalyzer
hi there, Over the summer we implemented a central Fortinet with Fortianalyzer across our Multi Academy Trust. I was wanting to touch base with someone in a similar position or someone who is using...
View ArticleRealVNC Connection Issues / Firewall (SonicWALL)
I have a situation whereby a user has 2 laptops that connect to our network, and uses (professional / paid for version of) RealVNC to remotely connect to (up to 3 different) desktops. Both laptops can...
View ArticleSSL Interception and HSTS
Hi All, I experimented with SSL interception a while ago but had lots of issues so continued with filtering based on URL. I have a few questions I was hoping some of you could answer: *Does SSL...
View Articlevideos.files.wordpress.com - Radicalisation
There's a WordPress hosted website that some members of staff would like access to, as they contain educational resources. However, the video resources are located at videos.files.wordpress.com and it...
View ArticleLGfL Cachepilot - login
Can anyone remember how to login to an LGfL Cachepilot to change the IP Address/Subnet? I haven't had to look at one of these for so long I can't remember how to get into it
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