Re: Internet Content Management recommendations?

[Ron Parker <rparker () BRAZOSPORT EDU>]

I used Elron WI two years ago and found that it was more trouble than it
was worth. To my knowledge, it has no integration with OPSEC applications
like Checkpoint. We tried N2H2 last year with mixed results. It didn't get
along with Checkpoint very well for some reason. We had a lot of trouble
with it blocking things that it shouldn't and breaking web applications.

We're trying Websense with our Checkpoint right now and it is working
well. It was highly recommended by our Checkpoint consultant who does a
lot of this kind of work. I know that at least one very large global
company in our area with 50,000+ employees worldwide also uses it with
Checkpoint. Websense has good reporting and a lot of granularity in
controlling things. It also seems to have pretty good integration with
Active Directory so you can easily control usage based on Windows logins.
I think it is priced competitively but it is more expensive than the other
products I've considered. This latest version of Checkpoint is great and
Websense seems to work very well with it so far. Checkpoint is showing
1800 active connections right now with most of those being HTTP that
Websense is tracking.

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Ron Parker, Director of Information Technology, Brazosport College
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Pete Hoffswell wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> I have a question to pose to you folks.
>
> We are looking to add some content management to our Internet connectivity.  By "content management" I mean the 
> ability to report and control internet traffic based on content.
>
> We are currently evaluating
>
> WebSense Enterprise
> http://www.websense.com/products/about/wse/
>
> And
> Elron Software's Web Inspector
> http://www.elronsoftware.com/productfamily/webinspector.shtml
>
>
> Our requirements include:
> Ability to report on Internet usage
> Ability to block/control Internet usage
> Manage and report on individual users.
> Scale to 2000 active connections.
> Integrate to existing infrastructure (including Cisco PIX and Cisco Cache engines)
> Be cost effective
>
> Can anyone share their experiences with either of these products?
>
> Recommendations?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
> Pete Hoffswell                                            616-732-1101 (Grand Rapids, x1101)
> University LAN/WAN Coordinator                616-395-4679 (Holland, x4679)
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> Davenport University                                   pete.hoffswell () davenport edu
>
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