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Transparent Mode now available

Published in Archived articles on December 01, 2008 by Administrator

Its been a while since our last posting, but you shouldn’t think all development has stopped; far from it. In response to many requests, the CensorNet now supports In-line (transparent) mode. This means that you can set all of your workstations to point to CensorNet as their gateway and you don’t need to configure your browsers with the CensorNet’s proxy details. However, this does enforce certain rules. The first is that SSL Intercept Mode is forced on and cannot be disabled. Consequently you will need to install the CensorNet’s certificate in all of your browsers. You can read our instructions in the SSL Certificate Installation Guide which will explain how to install the CensorNet’s certificate on all of your browsers. Transparent mode also means that no kind of user authentication can be used and so only Workstation Policies are possible, however, it is possible to have a mixed arrangement whereby some workstations use the traditional “sideways proxy” mode, with authentication, and others use transparent mode. Other developments that have come along in the pipeline are a new version of the image filter. You can now adjust the sensitivity, there is a new entry in the Filters menu. We default to a setting of 70%. The higher the sensitivity the more “picky” the filter will be. This is a global setting and applies to all policies where the image filter is active. In addition, there are some modifications under the hood, which you won’t see from the menus. Various streaming protocols are now faster. If you allow your users to visit YouTube, they should start to receive the stream when it starts, rather than waiting for the policy engine to parse the entire content before delivering it. This should cut down on complaints from your users.