Filtering keyword list
Hi all, we're setting up our new Sophos XG firewalls and am configuring a report where students search for certain keywords (bomb, weapon etc). I'm looking for a list of keywords that we should be...
View ArticleTurboWarp
Request from student to unfilter "TurboWarp" - don't know much about it but their justification is: "Message from student: TurboWarp is a Scratch mod that compiles Scratch projects to Javascript,...
View ArticleScreen damage protection
I work in a SEN school, some students tend to think their best option for relief is to punch the screen in front of them ( they are just kids I understand their needs and uncontrollable actions)....
View ArticleHow do I change notification time smoothwall
HI All does anyone know how i change the time the daily smoorthwall Daily notification report is sent on the smoothwall filter system I have a few teachers moaning that they get the email at 3am every...
View ArticleRunning reports in Smoothwall
Anyone with Smoothwall able to explain how I do a report that actually respects the start/end date/time? I want to do a Complete user audit trail for a user this morning from 8:30 to now. It only...
View ArticleBackup broadband connection - suggestions?
Hi all, I am looking for some suggestions on backup broadband connections for a couple of my schools that rely heavily on cloud services, such as Google workspace, Arbor, etc. I though about 5G but as...
View ArticleSophos XG 330 - Random High CPU Usage
We are experiencing spikes of 100% CPU usage on our Sophos XG 330 at certain points of the day. It usually happens around 2pm, but not limited to that. We cannot see what is causing the high CPU, as...
View ArticleW App - Anonymous Polls
Probably more for your Safeguarding lead, but we've had a parent reporting this app to us. It's blocked by our web filter, but obviously available to pupils at home. We've now sent a letter to alert...
View ArticleCisco Meraki Uplink Live Data Monitor
Morning all, Wondering if anyone knows of an application or a desktop widget that would pull through the Meraki Live Data Uplink traffic monitor for an Appliance. Rather than having the webpage open...
View ArticleSchool website down - Greenhouse School Websites - Fasthosts
Anyone else got this problem? Apparently there is an issue with Windows on the server hosting it...
View ArticleGoogle Analytics Alternatives?
Look after a school that run GA on their website - ostensibly for OFSTED "early warnings" (and I know YMMV on that one...) - but since the migration to new the GA4 the staff member that runs it is...
View ArticleDo I need an SSL Certificate anymore?
We've bought our wildcard SSL certificate from GoDaddy for many years now and they've auto-renewed two months early, at well over double the rate and charged the school credit card that was stored on...
View ArticleVM Based Web Filtering Solutions
Making an early start on looking at alternatives to our current web filtering product Censornet due later this year. Looking for a solution that is VM/Cloud based and not provider specific hardware on...
View ArticleBroadband providers who use Securly?
Hi All, I don't know if I'm just having a brain-blank here, but I can't figure out how to find a UK education broadband supplier that partners with Securly. Does anyone have any reccommendations? Thanks,
View ArticleSynology Nas DS923+ Setup
Hi All, Does anyone have a rough guide or links on how to set up a Synology Nas in a school with smoothwall. The Nas is currently unable to connect to the Synology package update centre. I presume its...
View Articleoutlook OWA HTTP2_Frame_Error - outlook wont load
We have Sophos XG with typical filtering grep formula to allow %a-z etc for office.com, or outlook.office.com / outlook.office365.com but since April/May time a number of clients/users on our wired lan...
View ArticleSophos XG Safeguarding reports
We are struggling with getting any decent safeguarding reporting from our Sophos XG firewall, I have a open case pending reply but wanted to know if anyone else had got any decent reports out or are...
View ArticleSmoothwall cloud filter extension - not picking up on-premise group mappings
Hi. Today we have had reported that the smoothwall cloud filter extension that is applied via GPO is not mapping AD groups to on-premise groups correctly, instead placing them in Default Users! This...
View ArticleSelf-harm and suicidal keywords
I am in the process of creating a filter report to show when a pupil or staff searches for anything to do with suicide or self-harm, to meet the DFE requirements however I am lacking a list of entries,...
View ArticleTalk to me about Broadband and Filtering!
Hello all What is everyone using for broadband and filtering solutions these days? We are evaluating our options for our MAT and want to know what people would suggest. Ideal would be: - Leased line...
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