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Effective Web Blocking: A Technology Primer on URL Content Filtering

Overview While the web is an extremely powerful tool for all organizations, inappropriate use can negatively impact productivity, the work environment and legal liabilities. Organizations need to put in place policies and enforcement tools to minimize these potential impacts. Electronic URL blocking has proven to be a successful means of enforcing policies. Astaro Surf Protection utilizes this approach, delivering market-leading results in terms of blocking, over-blocking and coverage measurements. This paper describes Astaro Surf Protection, an optional component of Astaro Security Linux.

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Publisher	Astaro AG	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	January 2004	Downloads	229
Format	White Papers
Topics	Web Filtering, Network Security

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