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by jpesadilla 2 views

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I am a new hire. And since I am the only true IT guy (there are a few tech savvy people) I am getting buried with all the requests.

My highest priority request (from V.P.) is the implementation of a Proxy Server. The network here consists of 4 Windows 2003 R2 Servers (2 Domain Controllers, Terminal Server and Accounting DB Server)

I have been looking around trying to decide the best way to proceed.

Any Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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by robo_dev

WebSense is a good choice. The new WebSense Express product is a lower cost solution for smaller enterprises. (around $20 per seat)

WebSense Enterprise is around $20,000 or so.

Rhinosoft AllegroSurf:
I've worked with RhinoSoft AllegroSurf for some small office and home implementations. At around $10 per seat, it's very low cost yet has some very powerful features.

I compared it with some other Windows-based solutions (WinGate, Bess). At the time, WebSense Express was not available, so did not compare it to that....

If you're a UNIX guru, then SmoothWall, Squid, DansGuardian, safesquid or untangle would be your choices.

DansGuardian exists as a VMWare virtual appliance, so you can get it running in minutes versus hours:

http://www.vmware.com/appliance/directory/577

by larryd4

Websense is a great product and has a lot of options.

by churdoo

Well the current MS Proxy server product is ISA. But there may be different solutions available based on what features you're looking for. Are you really looking for a Proxy server for caching, monitoring, logging, and/or permission control of web browsing? Are you looking for firewall, Intrusion Prevention, etc.?

MS ISA will do all of the above, albeit there is a bit of a learning curve if you're not already familiar with ISA, or check out Untangle's Professional package, a bit easier learning curve and adds a couple more features
http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=246&Itemid=961

by jpesadilla

Yes we are looking for the full option pack. Caching, Monitoring, Logging and Permission control.

Apparently the V.P. walked past someone's desk and caught them Facebooking.... Need I say more?

by bens

I've found Barracuda Networks makes a good web proxy appliance, if you want to go that turnkey appliance route. It really depends on the budget. I've used their web-filter appliance and it got the job done (filtering based on content, logging, daily traffic reports, setting up exempt users, etc). You can trial their appliance to get a feel for it.

Of course if the budget is tight, check out open source solutions like DansGuardian as someone mentioned above.

by jpesadilla

Appliance.... Hey wait a minute.. We have a SonicWall Appliance.

I am presently reading the online administrator's manual on the CFS service they provide.

Has anybody else out there used SonicWall?

Anybody?.....Hello..... ;)

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