Re: Query on content filtering

["Gibbs, Aaron M." <AMGibbs () ST-AUG EDU>]

We're using Securiants Spider to do some of our content filtering. It's been pretty good. I'm looking at how to make it 
a bit more intelligent regarding what is permitted and what's not. Filtering has proven to be a bit of a bear for me 
given everyone sometimes feels as though their intellectual freedoms have been violated by some of the restrictions 
that have been put in place.

Aaron M Gibbs
Executive Director
Center for Information Technology
Saint Augustine's College
919-516-4379 (Office)
919-516-4382 (Fax)
amgibbs () st-aug edu 
www.st-aug.edu

"Always be a visionary!"



-----Original Message-----
From: Don Murdoch [mailto:dmurdoch () ODU EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:03 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Query on content filtering


Greetings.  I am interested to know if other Universities are using content
filters – products like Web Sense, Blue Coat, Cisco Content Engine, and the
like. We have a forthcoming state policy (in draft, subject to change, who
knows where it will end up) which may require some sort of web / traffic
content filter to be in place.

I searched the list archive came across a few using Tipping Point, and Ron
Parkers mention of trying different products and finally settling on Web
Sense + Check Point.

Also – I am not interested in bandwidth mgmt per se – rather, something
that can actually monitor / report / mitigate / clean HTTP, IRC, P2P, …
traffic at the data payload level, not the bandwidth level.

Thank you in advance for your time.

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