Inspection of HTTPS traffic
Due to the movement of Google towards HTTPS only searches we are going to have to move towards the interception, inspection and filtering of HTTPS traffic, technically this is perfectly within our...
View ArticleTwitter, full of porn - what do you do?
I came across this interesting article from Channel 4 News - (One in every thousand tweets is porn - Channel 4 News (http://www.channel4.com/news/one-in-every-thousand-tweets-is-porn)) which really...
View ArticleEmail filtering recommendations
We currently use Puremessage, not only to block incoming spam, but also to prevent students sending inappropriate mail internally. We are coming to the end of the licence, and are looking at...
View ArticleSquid proxy pac file query
Hi all, Just posting this on the off-chance there's someone on the forums who has the knowledge to feed back on our current PAC file we're utilising. We have two virtual Squid proxies, one for staff...
View ArticleCheckpoint UTM
Does anyone have any experience of Checkpoint UTMs? https://sc1.checkpoint.com/uc/pdf/datasheets/SWG-appliance-datasheet.pdf
View ArticleAfter installing TMG, Client have no network
Hi, everybody. I'm trying to test TMG as firewall/proxy server. I followed tutorial to install TMG Edge Firewall in home lab conditions, but my clients are unable to connect to Web. If you are willing...
View ArticleHow to allow a website at certain times during the day
Hi, i'm not familiar with using smooth-wall, currently youtube.com is being blocked for our students, how can i allow students to access youtube.com at certain times of the day? could someone point me...
View ArticleO365 running slowly/not working
Hi everyone Having an issue with o365 at the moment. Our filtering is done through a Dell NSA 4600. Our o365 is using a Microsoft domain @e.......onmicrosoft.com Once a user has logged into the portal,...
View ArticlePfsense
Is anybody running pfsense as their forwall with or without support? Are you doing any filtering on it?
View ArticleWhy are so many sites still using TLS1.0?
TLS 1.2 has been out for 7 years, why are so many sites still offering only a TLS 1.0 service? Is there a specific reason older versions are so common?
View ArticleExternal FTP access to Dlink NAS
Hi All. I have been trying to setup external FTP access to my Dlink DNS 320 NAS for a few months now and have failed each time. I have an account with No-Ip.com and have forwarded port 80 on my sky...
View ArticleWeb Browsers unable to detect wpad.dat
I recently updated our internet filter software at our college. We use Diladele Web Safety to filter our internet traffic. This is run on our proxy server running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Apache2, Squid and...
View ArticlePacketFence Inline-Setup not working
Hey all, I'm currently setting up Packetfence for the first time, and I've never setup a NAC before. I've installed Packetfence 4.6.1 on a Debian Wheezy 7.8 server with 2 NICs and I'm stuck. eth0 is...
View ArticleRemote access software LGFL
Hi there, For years, I was happily using Log Me In to access my school systems. At one point, I had it installed on each and every computer, making it a doddle to remotely connect un-attended and do...
View ArticleQoS Halves My Bandwidth
I'm trying to set up QoS at home on a Rv110w Cisco Router so Steam and Twitch stops eating everything. I get 62mbps normal which according to Google equates to 62,000kbps which I put in the Max...
View ArticleConfiguring Macs from Mac Server with the Smoothwall certificate for HTTPS...
My colleague is trying to deploy the certificate from the Smoothwall from the Mac Server, but in the section where he is trying to add it the interface is insisting the private key file is dragged and...
View ArticleChange Wordpress intranet URL
Hello, We have installed WordPress on a server to be used by our students as an intranet page. At the moment the URL for the intranet is http:///intranet (which is the folder path in IIS 7.5). But i...
View ArticleDell SonicWall Help!?
Hi, We are currently trying to replace our existing firewall with a nice new shiny Dell SonicWall NSA box at my Upper School. We are struggling to get to grips with the best approach to adopt at the...
View ArticleCredit where credit's due: Smoothwall Support are ace
I've had a pretty horrendous week this week, and have spent most of it trying to track down internet gremlins...
View ArticleSWGFL - Google HTTPs Delayed :)
Good news for people if they haven't had a chance yet :) ---Quote--- The new date has now been confirmed as the 23rd June 2015. This is welcome news given the tight timescales originally suggested, Im...
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