Whatever piece you end up buying make sure that it is SSO (Single Sign On),
meaning that when your users authenticate to your network (assuming you use
one), that they only need to do so once. Our school's WatchGuard
Firewall/Filter doesn't do this so our students end up authenticating at
least two times.
Christian
On 5/1/10 6:21 AM, "Pamela Livingston" <livingstonp@mac.com> wrote:
> Dear ISED-L Colleagues (with apologies for cross posting),
>
> On 5/17 I'll be joining TEAM Charter Schools in Newark, NJ as Dir. of
> IT. I am hoping to ask any Tech Directors/Network Managers out there
> a question.
>
> What content filtering appliance (for incoming and outgoing mail -
> protecting the network and computers and also preventing access to
> inappropriate Websites - and hopefully allowing some easy reports) do
> you use and are you happy with it? Any pitfalls/challenges/caveats to
> report?
>
> We will have elementary school students, plus we accept Federal
> money, so are required to do some filtering. I've used Barracuda as
> well as Websense before, but that was several years back.
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
> Pamela
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> Pamela Livingston
> livingstonp@mac.com
> Author of "1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Programs That Work"
> Blog: http://1-to-1learning.blogspot.com
> Twitter: plivings
> 973-476-4819
>
>
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