Re: Internet filtering device

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

Kellogg, Brian D. wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone is using a network security device to filter
> malicious internet traffic particularly for Malware/rootkits?  If so can
> you comment on what you are using and its effectiveness.

We have a Packetlogic for bandwidth management, but it includes a firewall feature that
can trigger or drop traffic based on host address, or hostname, URL, filename in a
download, etc. We make limited use of this tool to block malware as we can identify the
traffic and configure it. False positives remain a concern, so we're moving slowly, but
we're getting some of it.

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