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    • thanksajdotcomT
      thanksajdotcom @JaredBusch
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      @JaredBusch said:

      I will be interested in knowing what you find for other solutions. I love the OpenDNS Umbrella concept. I do not like the price.

      How much is it? I haven't really ever looked into it.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @thanksajdotcom
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        @ajstringham said:

        How much is it? I haven't really ever looked into it.

        $28/user/year

        http://www.opendns.com/enterprise-security/packages-and-pricing/

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        • thanksajdotcomT
          thanksajdotcom @JaredBusch
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          @JaredBusch said:

          @ajstringham said:

          How much is it? I haven't really ever looked into it.

          $28/user/year

          http://www.opendns.com/enterprise-security/packages-and-pricing/

          Holy crap! That's pretty steep!

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          • thanksajdotcomT
            thanksajdotcom @JaredBusch
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            @JaredBusch said:

            @ajstringham said:

            How much is it? I haven't really ever looked into it.

            $28/user/year

            http://www.opendns.com/enterprise-security/packages-and-pricing/

            I read that as per month at first, but still, per user is a foolish pricing scheme in my opinion.

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            • ?
              A Former User
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              For DNS based Filtering I've had good luck with Nxfilter. http://www.nxfilter.org/p2/

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @thanksajdotcom
                last edited by JaredBusch

                @ajstringham said:

                Holy crap! That's pretty steep!

                If you use the entire benefit package it is not horrible. But if you only want DNS filtering on your main office, it is really too expensive.

                The # of users is a trust item with them. I called and talked to a rep about it. Basically asked them how do they track users when I will only be setting the DNS info in my DNS server as the forward lookup address.

                But being an honest person I would not lie about that any way.

                Edit: Also they likely have really good traffic flow information to give them decent estimates on # of users behind an incoming IP anyway.

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                • thanksajdotcomT
                  thanksajdotcom @JaredBusch
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                  @JaredBusch said:

                  @ajstringham said:

                  Holy crap! That's pretty steep!

                  If you use the entire benefit package it is not horrible. But if you only want DNS filtering on your main office, it is really too expensive.

                  The # of users is a trust item with them. I called and talked to a rep about it. Basically asked them how do they track users when I will only be setting the DNS info in my DNS server as the forward lookup address.

                  But being an honest person I would not lie about that any way.

                  Edit: Also they likely have really good traffic flow information to give them decent estimates on # of users behind an incoming IP anyway.

                  True. But then there is the line between privacy and their right to view the info.

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                  • ?
                    A Former User @thanksajdotcom
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                    @ajstringham They can only see the domain being requested not the exact url so it's not really a privacy concern. Google Ads does more stalking than that.

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                    • thanksajdotcomT
                      thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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                      @thecreativeone91 said:

                      @ajstringham They can only see the domain being requested not the exact url so it's not really a privacy concern. Google Ads does more stalking than that.

                      True that.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        Don't forget to look at Websense.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          What about Barracuda?

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                          • ?
                            A Former User @scottalanmiller
                            last edited by A Former User

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            Don't forget to look at Websense.

                            I would pass on that one. There's also smoothwall

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                            • NicN
                              Nic
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                              We've got a web filtering service that you can try out:
                              http://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/products/web-security/

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                              • thanksajdotcomT
                                thanksajdotcom @Nic
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                                @Nic said:

                                We've got a web filtering service that you can try out:
                                http://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/products/web-security/

                                SHINY!

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                                • ?
                                  A Former User @Nic
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                                  @Nic said:

                                  We've got a web filtering service that you can try out:
                                  http://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/products/web-security/

                                  Is that a network based filtering or is it filtering on each device? the product page is kinda lacking in details IMO.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    Cool. Didn't know that Webroot had that.

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                                    • thegillionT
                                      thegillion @Nic
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                                      @Nic said:

                                      We've got a web filtering service that you can try out:
                                      http://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/products/web-security/

                                      Yeah and is that price per seat or 29 for the year ....

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                                      • C
                                        Carnival Boy
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                                        I might try that. Is there a discount for MLers?

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                                        • ?
                                          A Former User @thegillion
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                                          @thegillion if price is a major concern Nxfilter is going to be one of the cheapest considering it's free. It's a also a DNS filter not a proxy server so it doesn't take much resources to run on top of a linux box. http://www.nxfilter.org/p2/

                                          Proxy filters on the other hand can take a lot of resources to run depending on the organization due to the fact that all traffic actually goes through the filter rather than just looks up a hostname.

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                                          • NicN
                                            Nic @thegillion
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                                            @thegillion said:

                                            @Nic said:

                                            We've got a web filtering service that you can try out:
                                            http://www.webroot.com/us/en/business/products/web-security/

                                            Yeah and is that price per seat or 29 for the year ....

                                            It's per seat per year - it's a full proxy that routes all traffic, and you can lock down people's machines so they can't turn it off. That way you know the work laptops will be safe even when they are on the road.

                                            There is a discount for MLers and SpiceHeads, and I can connect you to the sales person who can give you the discount.

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