Untangle eSoft Web Filter

Untangle eSoft Web Filter Overview:

eSoft Web Filter enables administrators to block inappropriate web content in realtime. eSoft's dynamic URL categorization engine makes it dead simple for administrators to:

• Block 100M+ classified websites in 53 categories and 20+ languages. Great for: Traditional sites like porn, gambling, social networking & more.
• Block new and unknown sites as users browse to them with eSoft's dynamic filtering and Distributed Intelligence Architecture (DIA). Great for: Rapidly changing sites like proxies, phishing, IM, P2P & more.
• Leverage eSoft's Threat Protection Team for best-in-class online security. Great for: Spyware, phishing and virus distribution sites.
• Block encrypted sites by IP address. Great for: Proxies and other sites that use https to obfuscate themselves.

The web is a rapidly evolving place and the pace of change increases every day. For all the positive content created online, the fastest changes take place in the murkiest corners of the web. In fact, most proxy and phishing sites are online for less than 24hours. Yet, highly organized search, social and email campaigns drive massive numbers of unsuspecting users to them before they get shut down. The traditional malware protection companies just can’t write signature fast enough to keep up… but this is precisely where eSoft excels.

eSoft’s web filter was originally built to combat online security threats where rapid reaction to emerging threats was paramount. eSoft’s Distributed Intelligence Architecture leverages the power of its wide implementation by verifying and classifying every new website and webpage that its userbase browses to with algorithmic triggers and a team of 70 professionally trained multilingual web analysts. While 99.9% of users browse sites that are already classified within eSoft’s 100M+ database, the new sites that users find are classified and updated to the hosted database in realtime so that all eSoft customers benefit instantly.

Key Features:

• Best-of-breed performance from the leading web filtering technology
• Block lists updated in realtime based on sites that users actually browse to
• DIA architecture ensures blocklists are updated in realtime with the latest proxy or social networking before your users even know about them
• 100M+ website database categorized by content
• 53 content categories
• 20+ languages supported
• Database maintained by 70 professionally trained multi-lingual web analysts
• Hosted database ensures updates are received instantaneously
• Pass, Block, and Log options for all categories, such as porn, gambling, social networking, proxy, webmail, shopping etc.
• Add your own URLs and file types to block, log, or pass
• No proxy settings required
• Set time and user based policies (e.g. allow shopping during lunch and outside business hours)
• Reporting and event logs help monitor web browsing behavior

Categories & Languages:

Web Filtering Comparison:

	Web Filter	eSoft Web Filter
Price	Free	Starts at $25/mo
Website database	1M+	100M+
Content Categories (porn, gambling, etc.)	15	53
Database maintenance	Community	Professional analysts
Database updates	Every 6 hours	Real-time
Database location	Local	Hosted
Block by URL	Yes	Yes
Block by file extension (.exe,mp3, etc.)	Yes	Yes
Block by MIME type	Yes	Yes
Block bad pages within legitimate domains		Yes
Block https		Yes
Web 2.0 protection		Yes
Algorithmic site categorization		Yes
Language Support	Primarily English	20+

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