Filter Web Content and Prioritize Bandwidth

INFINETWORK knows the Internet bandwidth challenges you face on a daily basis and the need to filter web content.

• The Internet is slowing business down in your organization

• You spend valuable time and resources monitoring traffic, cleaning spyware and reporting abuse, and still don't know what's really bogging down your connection

• You worry that users could create a legal liability for your organization

You need an effective way to protect your users and preserve bandwidth resources for critical applications. That's why we're recommending INFINETWORK Composer to all of our clients.

INFINETWORK Composer:

• Identifies and control bandwidth hogs

• Filters web content, including SSL encrypted browsing

• Stops anonymous proxy activity without having to maintain a black list

• Limits the bandwidth available to specific sites like MySpace and YouTube

• Ensures that recreational online activity never interferes with mission-critical activity

• Prioritizes the resources available for critical traffic

• Limits resources for non-critical traffic

Because of the changing state of the Internet, URL blocking and categorization is no longer effective in controlling content.

On average, 50% of your Internet bandwidth is used for browsing. Some of the browsing activity is critical, like research, homework and learning sites and some of it is non-critical, like social networking, gaming and adult content. The other 50% of your Internet connection is used for Internet applications - both critical, like voice over I.P. and database backups; and non-critical, like peer-to-peer, streaming media and music downloads. INFINETWORK Composer is the only solution that addresses both browsing and application activity.

How Should You Control Content?

Traditional filters either use URL libraries or dynamic content analysis to determine inappropriate sites. URL libraries only include a small percentage of the Internet and dynamic content analysis engines introduce to much latency. INFINETWORK Composer uses an optimized balance of URL categorization, keyword scanning and dynamic content analysis to give you full filtering without introducing noticeable latency. Because INFINETWORK Composer scans deep into the packet payload, it also makes it easy to:

• Filter SSL encrypted browsing traffic

• Stop anonymous proxies and other content filtering bypass approaches

• Log instant messaging traffic

• Prioritize bandwidth by URL or URL category (imagine being able to limit bandwidth for MySpace and YouTube!)

What about Applications?

Your top bandwidth users aren't using a web browser at all. They're downloading files and streaming media. INFINETWORK Composer controls applications at layer 7 so even evasive applications can't sneak by.

• Prioritizes critical applications

• Limits the impact non-critical applications can have on your overall bandwidth

• Stops spyware before it enters your network

INFINETWORK Composer also gives you a complete reporting suite to show you top bandwidth users, top Internet users, sites visited, real-time application activity and more.

INFINETWORK knows the challenges you face trying to control your Internet content to avoid endangering students and risking liability.

• Users are getting past your content filter with anonymous proxies

• Users are using secured proxies or SSL encrypted sites to access inappropriate content

• Users can bypass most filters by typing in "https" instead of "http"

• Hundreds of new anonymous proxy sites are created every day - so keeping up with them is nearly impossible, unless you have the right technology

You need a way to automatically stop anonymous proxies.

INFINETWORK Composer will:

• Stops anonymous proxy traffic automatically

• Blocks users or faculty from bypassing filters

• Filters even SSL encrypted browsing sessions

• Eliminates the work involved with maintaining black lists

You need a way to automatically prioritize learning-critical and administration-critical websites.

INFINETWORK Composer will:

• Prioritizes bandwidth resources for learning-critical and administration-critical websites and applications

• Limits bandwidth to non-critical sites and applications

• Shows you which users are attempting to hog resources

• Ensures recreational browsing activity never interferes with learning-critical activity

Ask yourself these questions:

• Are users bogging down your network with MySpace and YouTube traffic?

• Does your Internet connection slow down at certain times of day because of overload?

• Do your users ever waste time waiting for learning-critical sites to load because others are hogging all the bandwidth?

Try INFINETWORK Composer for 30 Days RISK FREE.

Call INFINETWORK and talk to one of our specialists about how your company can filter web content.

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