[isalist] Re: ISA 2006 + Websense

  • From: Jim Harrison <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:15:30 -0700

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Web Sense bought Surf Control.

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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Roy Tsao
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:05 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA 2006 + Websense

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I think webfilter provided by SurfContronl is another option...
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From: "D PIETRUSZKA USWRN INTERLINK INFRA ASST MGR" <DPietruszka@xxxxxx>
To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:09 PM
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA 2006 + Websense


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> Well I guess all depends on what a user is looking for.
> If you want to have the better web content filter software in the market
> today, I'm convinced you should go with websense. But sometimes having the
> better is not what your business needs or can afford.
>
> If my business is newspaper delivery on a 3 blocks area, common sense tell
> me that probably a Chevrolet Aveo or a bicycle will have more sense than a
> Buggati.
>
> Regards
> Diego R. Pietruszka
> MSC (USA) - Interlink Transport Technologies
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:37 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA 2006 + Websense
>
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> This is an interesting, and timely, discussion.  I sat through a webcast
> yesterday about SurfControl being bought out by WebSense, and their
> roadmap for future development.  A decision we have to make reasonably
> soon is whether to migrate to WebSense, continue using the current version
> of SurfControl (only a short-term solution), or search for an replacement
> web filter.
>
> If WebSense really requires two servers to operate efficiently, then maybe
> we should be looking for an alternative.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of D PIETRUSZKA USWRN INTERLINK INFRA ASST MGR
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 3:07 PM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA 2006 + Websense
>
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> I have 2 dell blade 1855 (4gb and 2 xeon) working as an ISA2006 array with
> websense filtering service running on them and everything work fine,
> without any slowness.
> The difference is that I run the policy and log services on another
> server, that is the heavier part of websense. That array is serving about
> 2000 users.
>
> I would try moving the policy and log services to another box, to see if
> that fix your issue, even if that cannot be your final scenario you will
> be able to see if that is cause of the problem. I'm using websense since
> long time ago and never had performance problems (ISA2000, 2004, 2006).
>
>
> Regards
> Diego R. Pietruszka
> MSC (USA) - Interlink Transport Technologies
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:24 PM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] ISA 2006 + Websense
>
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> Hi,
>
> If there is an equivalent Websense list I should ask these to, please
> let me know.
>
> I am installing ISA 2006 with Websense to provide Internet
> blocking/reporting.  I installed an initial test last week, which
> whilst working, is not perfect - all components are on the ISA box,
> and it is noticeably slowing down performance (how someone hasn't
> noticed I will never know).
>
> I have read through all the documentation several times, and have
> another setup to try, which includes:
>
> * Two servers, both joined to the domain.
> * 1 ISA 2006 server with KAV plugin installed, and the Websense
> plug-in.
> * 1 Websense server consisting of the main Websense components,
> barring the network agent, or any log-on agent (as ISA should provide
> this to Websense).  I will also install reporting tools on this
> system.
> * Both servers are dual Zeons at 2GHZ with 2GB of RAM, we are around
> 150 users, but moderate Internet load as we have a news website.
>
> Is anyone using a similar config, or does anything look obviously
> wrong there?
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
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