Sorry list folks, my last message was intended for Bryant Patten, not the list-at-large.  However,  I wouldn't mind opening up the ol' filtration frustration discussion again.  Anybody else have any advice as to what we might look at that would allow us to filter by user login?

-Vince

>>> On 12/20/2008 at 4:48 PM, Vincent Rossano <[log in to unmask]> 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
> 
>