Google Data protection pop up issues
On our student wifi a couple of devices are getting this pop up box from google about data protection and a privacy reminder. However our filter is blocking it so kids can never get rid of the message....
View ArticleCaching proxy or direct internet connection?
Internet speeds are a lot quicker now so is there still a need for a caching proxy or should we just point them straight out to the internet?
View Articleto DMZ or not to DMZ, that is the question?
Hi, We are re-assessing our security on our network and was wondering if people still DMZ mail, web servers etc? Like most, we wish to limit specific servers, in terms of external user access, from...
View ArticleKoalaok.com
Has anyone had any dealings with this website?? Yesterday we have several users who use say IE and when they either go direct to a website or search for the site they are redirected to koalaok.com. If...
View ArticleO365 profanity CP and bullying keywords required (care to share)
I am setting up profanity Child protection and bullying filters before I let 0365 loose on students. Would anyone care to share keywords from your filters so I can add them to our filtering system. or...
View ArticleCountry Blocking
Is anyone else making use of "Country Blocking" in their filter/firewall? If so, what countries do you block? Logical ones to me might seem to be Yemen/Syria/North Korea? Any others? Or is this overkill?
View ArticleRouter configuration question
Hello all, long time no see from me. Now working in business, so this forum is less relevant to me now, however occasionally the odd issue crops up like the following. I have a Sonicwall firewall in...
View ArticleBBC Stats
I'm wondering if anyone is able to try this for me? Load the bbc.co.uk website, open a news article from that page, and see whether a new window is loaded in addition to the news article? We're finding...
View ArticleBandwidth Management
Hi: We have 20mb internet and we are really suffering because of the over usage by some employees Is there a free or open source solution of bandwidth management to limit users and groups to a limited...
View ArticleRemote Desktop Server Access - issue for some staff who are denied access?
We run a Remote Desktop Server for a limited number of staff. It works a treat. However, recently two users have reported getting a message saying various options as to why they were unable to connect....
View ArticleError with IE 11 Add-ons using CLSID and GPO
Hi To take control of what add-ons are enabled in IE for our users and ensure the ones we want are enabled, we have started using the CLSID of the add-on and Gropu policy to manage them following this...
View ArticleRm broadband vs Broadband for schools
Hi all, Is any one with the above two company's I would like some information on how people find them and what there support is like. Thanks all
View ArticleGoogle User Agreement
Hi I have had a few questions from my staff about the new Google User Agreement they need to abide by - it pops up a big chunk of Google Legaleze and says you must agree to this in order to continue...
View ArticleGuide for setting up Radius server with ruckus and lightspeed
Hi Does anyone know of any good guides for setting up a radius server to work with BYOD. Going to be letting our sixth form on the wireless and i think that using a radius server would be our best...
View ArticleAnyone doing a CensorNet Vs iboss comparison? (or similar)
Just starting to look at this and would be happy to share thoughts with others and any trial information.
View ArticleSchools Broadband VoIP. Does anyone use this service?
Hello, Just wondering if anyone uses Schools Broadband for their VoIP services? Is the service reliable? Any other comments? Kind regards, Paul
View ArticleTransparent VPN
Hi All, What I would like to achieve is to be able to issue a low cost WiFi access point or router that people could plug into their normal router at home and with zero configuration for them, appear...
View ArticleSmoothwall Proxy Sites
Hi, Is it me or has smoothwall recently become really bad at detecting proxy sites? we have web proxies blocked in core blocked content and all lists are fully up-to-date but a lot of our students are...
View ArticleWebsite hosting (wordpress)
What does everyone use to host their wordpress sites? - Self hosting won't be an option. I've some experience with using wordpress.com to create pretty basic sites and hosting it there. But a friends...
View ArticleBroadband Speeds
Morning, Just a quick questions, were in the process changing our Broadband supplier and deciding whether to go 100/100 or 100/1GB for the next 3 years. Currently, according to the LEA we're using...
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