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Cloud Web Filtering Platform Ideal for MSP, ISP and service providers Presented by: Tim Lloyd Email: [email protected] Tel: 0845 230 9590 x 1 What is it ? SaaS web filtering solution www.cloudwebfiltering.com Multi-tenant architecture White label ready Standards based / Easy integration (RESTful API) Internet Content Adaption Protocol (ICAP) Low bandwidth overhead / Low latency experience Key components of the platform ICAP Server • Policy enforcement and arbitration, URL categorisation, scheduling, raw log file collection Log processor • Log file post-processing, optimisation, data aggregation Portal • Web based application for customers to configure and manage the web filtering service (Rich Internet Application) RESTful API • Standards based REST API for integrating 3rd party applications / web applications with the platform Cloud Link client software • Windows software installed on the end-user computer to enable native ICAP communication with the platform, for increased speed, latency and reduced bandwidth overhead Example topology The ICAP advantage • Open standards – compliant with 3rd party cache engines / IDS servers / Routers • Scalable – multiple ICAP servers to service requests & responses from single cache • More efficient than HTTP proxying • Special “Preview” and “204 responses” designed to reduce traffic/bandwidth Performance • Each ICAP instance with 1 CPU core can handle up to 10,000 persistent connections • User lookup cache can handle hundreds of thousands of different users • URL categorisation ~50,000 transactions per second (2.5GHz x64 AMD core) Centralised management • Cloudwebfiltering.com web control panel can be branded to suit your business Cloud Link client • • • • Small footprint, runs as background service “Single sign on” identifies users as they browse Simple to install (MSI package) Tray app for easy configuration or command line tool for scripting • “Fail open” option • Local bypass of hosts and applications RESTful API • Develop your own portal • Integrate into an existing portal • Use the service in different and unique ways • HTTP based API • JSON format • Ideal for use with ExtJS, Jquery, etc Thank you Any questions?