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Seems more than ever people thing Google IS the Internet, Free to use the attached... Happy Friday everyone! Steve
View ArticleSecurly Webinar - Guest Speaker Online Safety 4 Schools - The 'New Normal'
With UCAS noting an increase of 450% in mental health declarations, we've teamed up with Jonathan Taylor MSc (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAARG62gBUdHf-lxoP80HF_wH4ZRkYRyq8R8); a Covert Internet...
View ArticleVIP Online Beer & Pie Event - For Edugeek members Only - Hosted by Securly
*Fancy a night of locally sourced craft beer and pie's delivered straight to your door?* Securly are bringing back their infamous Beer & Cheese evenings in July, but this time we're switching it up...
View ArticleDNS Service
Hi Everyone, Our LA has just informed me that they are pulling their DNS service in September. They have asked me to find a DNS registrar then provide the LA with the IPS tag and they will begin the...
View ArticleAttend Our Webinars & Receive a £25 Luxury Coffee Gift Pack - Breck...
*All you have to do is attend one of the below events and we'll send you a Filter coffee gift pack from a local roaster!* With UCAS noting an increase of 450% in mental health declarations our main...
View ArticleOur outbound emails keep going to junk folders
Seemingly with increasing frequency, emails we send to parents are ending up in their junk folders. Is there anything we can do about this? For the sake of this question, let's assume the staff aren't...
View ArticleSmoothwall Certificate via Meraki
Hi all, Just wondered if anyone knows how to roll out the Smoothwall certificate to Ipads via Meraki MDM ? Thanks all
View ArticleSmoothwall RADIUS and macbook pro
We have an issue with radius certification on Smoothwall at the moment for our BYOD wifi. Our newer Macbook users cant seem to get connected via PEAP, but other users are seemingly still able. When...
View ArticleBlackboard webinar not working in school
Hi All The exams officer couldnt take part in a webinar that used Blackboard. I could only find this information on their website and 80 and 443 are open. Not sure if 2187 is open....
View ArticleRequest to test against another Smoothwall + Server2012R2
Bit of an odd one here. Does someone with a Server 2012R2 server (that's supposed/allowed to access the Internet) and a Smoothwall running Leeds 48 (current latest) mind visiting...
View ArticlePlaystation network
Good Morning As we have 5 days of schooling left today has been nominated bring your playstation to work day. To be fair I was asked if a Playstation would work in school at Christmas and I said I...
View ArticleRenewal of Filtering Certificates
Hi all, We use Smoothwall for our Internet filtering. Have been informed that SSL Certificates need to be renewed every 2 years on the Smoothwall box due to GPDR requirements and pushed out to clients....
View ArticleGoogle Meet iOS App and smoothwall
Does anyone else use the Google Meet iOS app with a Smoothwall UTM, as I'm really struggling to work out why it won't connect. The scenario is we have all of Google Apps whitelisted, and not https...
View ArticleSmoothwall not filtering new M1 Macs on https
Strange one..... Just unboxed a new M1 Mac and joined it to AD and our MDM. All policies picked up including proxy settings and Smoothwall's MITM certificate which is trusted. A student can logon with...
View ArticleSchools Broadband Netsweeper SSL Certificate
Hi, We've just gone live on our Schools Broadband and I'm just testing things. Just a few questions: - I cant seem to get the SSL certificate to work. I've imported it in to a GPO but sites such as...
View Articlesmoothwall cloud filter local groups empty
Hi all I have the azure directory working and synced on smoothwall, i have mapped azure groups with local groups, i have deployed the edge browser settings to a client, the edge extension is installed,...
View ArticleIsolating VLAN from internet - Smoothwall
Ok, i'm stumped. So our Cashless tills (NRS/Civica) are still on Win 7 so i'm moving them to a separate VLAN and blocking them from the internet per Cyber Essentials. Done the new VLAN 21, un/tagged...
View ArticleSecurly or Senso?
Hi all, Am in the process of looking for a new filtering/monitoring/reporting platform, to sit on top of a PaloAlto firewall. I've had calls with both Senso and Securly, as has my safeguarding lead,...
View ArticleTLS settings advice
Hi, Could anyone share with me what TLS settings they have enabled / disabled in group policy? For some reason I'm struggling to access the Adobe website (but only with Chrome and IE / Edge - Firefox...
View ArticleRenewing Smoothwall's certificate... clarification before I start
My first time having to do this.. I'm reading over the KB and it says push the newly created CA out before changing the default cert in Smoothwall. Will this not cause any problems for users since...
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