Web Filtering enables administrators to enforce network usage policies and monitor user behavior. Zero client installation and category block lists make it easier for administrators to:

• Protect the network from malware on the web
• Block time-wasting sites like MySpace
• Conserve bandwidth by blocking audio/video downloads
• Block 100M+ classified websites in 53 categories and 20+ languages.  Great for:  Traditional sites like porn, gambling, social networking & more.
• Block new and unknown sites as users browse to them with eSoft's dynamic filtering and Distributed Intelligence Architecture (DIA).  Great for:  Rapidly changing sites like proxies, phishing, IM, P2P & more.
• Leverage eSoft's Threat Protection Team for best-in-class online security.  Great for: Spyware, phishing and virus distribution sites.
• Block encrypted sites by IP address.  Great for:  Proxies and other sites that use https to obfuscate themselves.

According to an industry study, at least 90 percent of large enterprises and 50 percent of small companies in the United States now monitor and filter their employees’ Internet access.

The primary reasons companies use Internet filtering and monitoring are to block inappropriate content (44%), control productivity (32%) and preserve network bandwidth (23%).

Now you can easily monitor, set and enforce your own web usage policy with our Web Filter application—without the hassles of outsourcing it. Whether you want to use our blocklists or set your own policies for hosts, domains and files types, you can block access to inappropriate sites. Reporting enables you to view a big picture of the kind of Web browsing behavior occurring on your network.

Spam Blocker enables administrators to block spam at the gateway before it ever reaches the users.  Zero client installations and an intuitive GUI make it easy for administrators to: 

• Leverage the best spam filtering techniques including Bayesian Filters, Razor, realtime block lists (RBLs), OCR for image spam and tarpitting

• Provide individual quarantines for each mailbox

• Filter SMTP, POP & IMAP

Spam is the bane of small businesses’ existence. It can not only bring viruses onto your network, but it can take over your computers and send spam to other computers.

And it impacts you in other ways. According to a recent study, the cost of spam messages to U.S. companies—in terms of productivity and the equipment, software and manpower to combat it—was upwards of $10 billion in 2004.

So the key is to stop spam before it stops you.

Our powerful Spam Blocker protects you with top-notch spam scanning and blocking at the edge of your network—before it can do damage or slow you down. Using the latest technologies, Spam Blocker transparently scans for spam, marks messages and intercepts emails. It requires no alteration of your network’s mail configuration and is constantly updated to guard against any refinements in trickery or techniques that senders create to get around other solutions.

Spyware Blocker enables administrators to block spyware at the network gateway before it reaches users desktops.  Zero client installations and an intuitive GUI make it easy for administrators to:

• Protect users from browsing  websites that install malware

• Scan network traffic to block spyware before users can install it

• Ensure that signatures are always current with automatic updates 

Is your IT guy spending too much time going from machine to machine getting rid of spyware only to have it show up again a week later?

The battle with spyware is constant, and its infection is insidious—you may not even know you have it until it’s doing real damage to your network. Weird settings, an abundance of pop-up ads (even when you’re not on the Web), clicking hyperlinks that don’t work and a sluggish system are just a few of the symptoms to look out for.

Stop spyware, adware and malware before it makes it to your network—and find already infected computers with our powerful Spyware Blocker. We use a wide range of cutting-edge technologies, including URL blocking, cookie blocking, ActiveX blocking of bad vendors and subnet logging, to protect you from attacks and infections.

Protocol Control lets administrators take back control of their networks from disruptive port-hopping applications like peer-to-peer applications or online games.  Signature based layer 7 filtering makes it easy for administrators to:

• Conserve bandwidth by blocking applications like peer-to-peer that open multiple TCP ports
• Improve productivity by blocking IM & online games that evade firewall rules
• Write custom signatures for any protocol

Protocol control covers a broad set of applications, such as Instant Messaging, Peer to Peer activity, online games and streaming media, that can clog your network, reduce productivity, and infect computers with spyware, malware, and viruses.

These applications are extremely aggressive and will sneak out on ports used for other vital network traffic such as web and email, making it nearly impossible to control them with firewall rules.

Protocol Control takes a different approach to log and/or block these applications using their signatures. This allows you to lock down the unwanted activity.

Stop virus outbreaks before they reach users desktops.  With an intuitive GUI and the ability to scan multiple protocols, Untangle makes it easier for administrators to:

• Protect users from virus threats over web (http), email (SMTP, POP & IMAP) and file transfer (FTP) protocols
• Scan archives and compressed files like Zip, RAR, Tar and many others
• Ensure that signatures are always current with automatic updates

Viruses can disrupt business, destroy data, and spread to your customers—a scenario that no business owner ever wants to face. You can now protect your entire network from virus threats with our purpose-built antivirus application. Whether it’s a virus, worms, Trojans or malware, our Virus Blocker keeps emails, webmail, downloads and file transfers safe with the latest advances in antivirus technology, and works within a variety of different protocols.

Your business gets full, comprehensive virus protection, updated regularly, so you’ll always have the most current protection available. Plus, you’ll also get the big picture view of your antivirus environment, including what viruses are being blocked.

Identity thieves are becoming increasingly sophisticated with email and website spoofs that are nearly impossible to discern from the real thing.  Phish Blocker makes it easier for administrators to: 

• Protect users from email phishing attacks and fraudulent pharming websites
• Protect multiple protocols, including HTTP, SMTP, POP & IMAP
• Ensure that signatures are always current with automatic updates

Identity theft can compromise your business, and your accounts, as well as create turmoil in the lives of your employees. None-of-which is good for business.

Maintain the highest level of protection for you and your employees with our Identity Theft Blocker. This application protects your network against “phishing” attacks—emails that direct users to fraudulent websites with the intent to steal personal identity, credit card information and more.

Identity Theft Blocker marks phishing emails and puts them in a user’s quarantine. Transparent, powerful and easy to use, it requires no alteration of your network’s mail configuration.

Untangle Intrusion Prevention blocks hacking attempts before they reach internal servers and desktops.  Untangle’s pre-configured signature-based IPS makes it easier for administrators to:

• Provide 24/7 network protection from hackers
• Minimize annoying false positives
• Ensure that signatures are always current with automatic updates

Most hackers are looking for computer networks that they can hijack and exploit. They cast wide nets using automated programs that sniff out exposed networks. This makes small businesses, with more limited IT budgets, particularly vulnerable.

Our Intrusion Prevention software intercepts attacks in their tracks. Working transparently on your network, this innovative application uses thousands of signatures to detect, block and log intrusion attempts, using industry-standard rules.

Plus, we simplify the process by setting reasonable defaults for you on thousands of signatures—or you can change defaults and add new rules based on your company’s specific needs.

Firewalls draw the line which separates internal and external networks.  Untangle’s Firewall filters traffic based on IP address, protocol and ports that allow administrators to:  

• Designate which systems and services (http, ftp, etc.) are publicly available
• Create a DMZ and perform NAT (with Router)
• Run as a transparent bridge to complement existing hardware

The Firewall is the most basic security element to hide your network from the outside and control all external access points (also known as ports). It lets you block unwanted activity and protect your network.

You can build a list of rules that meets your unique needs—control traffic by protocol, source address or port, destination address or port, and set default actions.

Firewall evaluates traffic traveling across your network by applying your rules until a block/pass verdict is reached or a default action is taken.

Reports provide administrators the visibility and data necessary to investigate security incidents and enforce acceptable network usage policies.

• Monitor behavior at the user, client and incident level

• Understand traffic flows and network usage patterns

• Share reports in PDF or HTML formats

Visibility is the first step in controlling your network, identifying misuse, and enforcing your network usage policy. Reports provide this visibility and is also a great tool for troubleshooting.

You’ll get daily, weekly and monthly reports about the activity in your network and each Untangle software application. How many viruses and spam were blocked? Which phish were caught? What Websites were visited?

Reports can be delivered via email or viewed on the Web.

OpenVPN lets administrators provide secure remote access to the internal network.  The intuitive GUI makes it easier to:

• Configure basic settings through a setup wizard
• Generate custom certs for each client
• Easily distribute client software via email