Question

buy new blue coat proxy

Asked by: nasemabdullaa

Dear all

I try to build new site contain 300 user and all my device is Cisco (Pix,
router, switch and access point) I want to use excellent proxy I have in
my old site Iprism device use for filtering
I want to made this

1- filter internet content (deny adualt,P2P,any type of chat , instance
messenger, some website) I want to deny this for some user not all user
and for specific time from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

2- limit bandwidth for each user ( I mean can I made group and specify
bandwidth for this group then put user to this group)

3- Can I use bluecoat with Iprism or not and with Cisco device and
wireless connection

4- Reduce viruses and spy ware for my site

5- Restrict access for internet (all user want to access to internet must
have username and password)

6- Monitor user activity (visited website, bandwidth, etc)

7- what device I need for this (300 user) and the total quote for this device

Best regards

Nasem
27/11/2008

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2008-11-28 at 01:36:14ID23941704
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Miscellaneous Security

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Networking Hardware Firewalls

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Anti-Spyware

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by: richrumblePosted on 2008-11-30 at 05:53:32ID: 23063121

That's a tall order... Let's start off with a truism, Security is a process, not a program. So to best secure your users overall, I'd recommend best practices. The main best practice is to not allow users to be admin's of their own machines.
http://beta.experts-exchange.com/articles/Virus_and_Spyware/Anti-Virus/Anti-Virus-Best-Practices-and-User-Education.html
http://xinn.org/win_bestpractices.html
If you want an appliance, I'd recommend the Snort (sourcefire) devices, they are far and away the leaders in traffic identification and prevention. http://www.sourcefire.com/products/
Depending on how much info and the type of traffic you aim to block/keep track of will depend on which product you choose. The IPS can do what you've outlined above, but you have to configure your windows users to use a SOCKS proxy or place the Snort device inline with your internet connection.
You can also do these things cheaper, have a look at SafeSquid and use ClamAV (winclam if you use windows version), forcing users through a proxy that have AV scanning allows you to catch many Virii as well as use black-list's, keyword filters and even force google/yahoo safe searches: http://www.safesquid.com/html/viewtopic.php?t=2838
The last price quote I saw for Safesquid was 975 for 400 users. They also offer a server appliance. Bandwidth managment: http://www.howtoforge.com/granular-bandwidth-management-rules-in-safesquid-proxy-server
Lot's of how-to's on howtofogre for safesquid...
-rich

 

by: -Mystique-Posted on 2008-11-30 at 11:48:08ID: 23064481

Here are some links to freeware that may help with what you need.

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The CATCH is that these free resources are supported by adware.  There is also a paid ad-free version.

Kerio Winroute firewall
http://www.kerio.com/kwf_home.html
Features include
Deep inspection firewall
VPN, VPN Client & SSL VPN
Anti-virus gateway protection
Surf protection
Content filtering
User-specific access management
Fast Internet sharing
VoIP and UPnP support
Internet monitoring

Mikrotik router software seems to get little publicity or attention, but it has a multitude of excellent capabilities
http://www.mikrotik.com/

Mikrotik's freeware app, "The Dude" is awesome enough that it should convince you that Mirkotik router OS is worth a try.
http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php
Just a few of the Dude's features include
Auto network discovery and layout
Discovers any type or brand of device
Device, Link monitoring, and notifications
Includes SVG icons for devices, and supports custom icons and backgrounds
Easy installation and usage
Allows you to draw your own maps and add custom devices
Supports SNMP, ICMP, DNS and TCP monitoring for devices that support it
Individual Link usage monitoring and graphs
Direct access to remote control tools for device management
Supports remote Dude server and local client
Runs in Linux Wine environment, MacOS Darwine, and Windows

Mikrotik Router OS RouterOS is the operating system of MikroTik RouterBOARD.
It can also be installed on a PC and will turn it into a router with all the necessary features - routing, firewall, bandwidth management, wireless access point, backhaul link, hotspot gateway, VPN server and more.


 

by: tl121000Posted on 2009-02-17 at 16:26:07ID: 23665788

Blue Coat proxy Sg appliance and Blue Coat peroxy AV applicanes will work.

The BC SG - you will need a content subsciption -

The BC AV - you will need a av subsciption (.i.e. sophos).

The AV works as perimter security - capturing viruses at the network layer.

Traffic Shapping and policies are avaioable out of the box.

You will also need to purchase a bypass card in the event the BC SG takes a dump and you still need unfiltered access.

For 300 license and the two boxes you are talking about 12,000 dollars.

There is also a companyu called Cymphonix, specializing in the educational sector, which makes an all in one box solution.  There a model made to support 5 MB, 10 MB, 20 MB, etc bandwith environments.  the reporting is great and so is the traffic sghaping.  Like Blue Coat is integrates with Active Directory

www.cymphonix.com

 

by: tl121000Posted on 2009-03-02 at 10:00:21ID: 23776229

it appears the contributors were forgot about - we offered all the suggestions we could to such an opened ended question that one can write books on.

We haven't heard a peer nor have we recieved a ya or nay on points.

We were left hang'n

 

by: tl121000Posted on 2009-03-15 at 15:39:48ID: 23893589

it's coming up on almost 4 months - no feedback or addtional possible solutions have been posted.

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