TomHD Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Hello All, I have a questionnaire from these people and there are a few questions I'm not 100% on. Any advice would be appreciated. It asks: Does your organisation use a caching server? Do all computers access the net via the cache? Does the cache filter content? We use a proxy for web access across all devices and we are filtered by E2BN so in my mind the answer to those questions would be YES. Is this correct? Cheers, TomHD
witch Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 No You don't have a caching server on site. You have other methods of filtering and a proxy but that is not the same thing. 1
Norphy Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) No You don't have a caching server on site. You have other methods of filtering and a proxy but that is not the same thing. Not necessarily. A proxy server can act as a caching server too and a lot do. Any proxy based on SQUID (such as SmoothWall or Bloxx) and ones running TMG/ISA will cache content. Is your proxy on-site? Do you know what software your proxy is using? Edited January 8, 2015 by Norphy 1
witch Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 A proxy can act as a caching server but I think this question comes from the possibility of a school still using the RM caching server (with espresso and what have you on it). 1
ReBoot Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 If you use Suffolk County for your broadband (E2BN) you will be using the E2Guardian web filter and proxy. The proxy is Squid and the web filter is a variant of Dansguardian. I suspect the proxy will be a caching system. These systems will be off-site and managed centrally for Suffolk schools. As of mid January they are introducing a system capable of filtering SSL connections - I don't know what technical changes this will involve. 1
TomHD Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) No You don't have a caching server on site. You have other methods of filtering and a proxy but that is not the same thing. The question does not ask whether it is on site or not. So if the Suffolk proxy is actually a caching server then the answer would be yes? If you use Suffolk County for your broadband (E2BN) you will be using the E2Guardian web filter and proxy. The proxy is Squid and the web filter is a variant of Dansguardian. I suspect the proxy will be a caching system. These systems will be off-site and managed centrally for Suffolk schools. As of mid January they are introducing a system capable of filtering SSL connections - I don't know what technical changes this will involve. Yes we are with Suffolk/E2BN so thanks for that information Regarding the SSL conns, I'm in the process of delivering a certificate supplied by Schools Choice to all the devices that have web connectivity Edited January 8, 2015 by TomHD
mikkydoos Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 It asks: Does your organisation use a caching server? Do all computers access the net via the cache? Does the cache filter content? Sounds to me that they're asking... "Are you hammering your 'net connection by not using a proxy" and "are you filtering the web in your school because there are kids there"
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