Dave -

  I am a big Dansguardian fan and work with a couple of schools that  
use both Untangle and Dansguardian as a kind of belt-and-suspenders  
web filter for schools that want to have a high level of web content  
protection.

Bryant
On Dec 23, 2008, at 3:02 PM, David Curtis wrote:

> I don't think we will switch off of Dansguardian, but if you have an
> Untangle rep coming up I would be interested in getting some hands on
> experience.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Information Technology Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bryant Patten
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2:50 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Untangle gateway
>
> {Since the discussion seems to be continuing on-list, I will respond
> that way}
>
> Hey Vince -
>
>   I haven't had done any setups with differentiated filtering that
> wasn't by IP.  I believe it is designed to work relatively easily if
> you have an active directory server.  You can set up several different
> virtual racks - one for each group but I haven't checked that with the
> new 6.0 version or whether it is included with the new Educational
> Discount Pack.
>
>  I would recommend that you post your question to the Untangle
> forums.  They are free and have been quite responsive to my questions.
>
>  Finally, I am setting up a webinar training for Vermont educators
> with some Untangle personnel for January.  Let me know if you would
> like to participate and ask your question directly.  There has been
> some discussion of having an Untangle training session the afternoon
> before FOSSVT (which is April 10th) where people could set up and
> configure an Untangle server.  Any interest?
>
> Bryant
>
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2008, at 4:48 PM, Vincent Rossano wrote:
>
>> Bryant,
>>
>> A couple of months ago, I posted a message looking for info on
>> Untangle.  You seem to have been the one recommended as most
>> knowledgeable.  We were, at that time, just getting an Untangle
>> server up and running and were having some success with it, but we
>> needed more granular filtering than the free version would allow.
>> For the last month or so, we've been running an evaluation of 8e6's
>> product: IR3000.  It looked extremely promising but has, in
>> practice, been clumsy in handling Mac filtering.
>>
>> Anyway, my short-version question is this:  can Untangle - in any
>> version - filter by authentication?
>>
>> Elaboration:  We cannot effectively filter by IP address because
>> many of our computers are shared by faculty and students.  What we
>> had hoped to do was have the filter identify people via LDAP and
>> have their filter level be based on their status (e.g., student,
>> staff, faculty).  8e6 was able to do this, but - on the Macs - only
>> with an annoying separate login routine each time they opened a
>> browser.  The Mac folks haven't been happy with this - though we
>> might be able to continue with this aggravation if necessary, but I
>> can't see paying big (for us) bucks to 8e6 when perhaps we could
>> achieve the same annoyance level for much less money. :-)
>>
>> Back to the shorter question: can Untangle meet our needs?
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can offer.
>>
>> -Vince
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Vincent Rossano
>> Information Technology Director
>> Montpelier Public Schools
>> Montpelier, VT 05602
>>
>> (802) 225-8690
>>>>> On 10/7/2008 at 6:52 AM, Bryant Patten
>>>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Vince -
>>>
>>> I have installed several of these Untangle gateways.  Feel free to
>>> ping me with any questions and I will track down the answers for  
>>> you.
>>>
>>> Bryant Patten
>>> White Nitro, LLC
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> On Oct 6, 2008, at 9:30 PM, Vincent Rossano wrote:
>>>
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Anyone out there have any experience with, or know much about, the
>>>> open source gateway from Untangle?
>>>>
>>>> -Vince
>
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