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	Awareness Technologies Web Filtering	BASCOM Patronus—Filtering Designed Specifically for Libraries	ContentWatch NetNanny and ContentProtect	CyberPatrol Online Protection PRO	CyberPatrol Parental Controls	CyberPatrol SiteSURV Web Filtering	Cymphonix Network Composer	IBOSS WEB FILTERS	NetSentron	Netsweeper	OpenDNS Enterprise	SafeSquid - A Web Filtering Proxy	SmoothWall Guardian Web Filter	SmoothWall Guardian Web Security (Filter + Anti-Malware)	Untangle Education Standard Package	Websense Web Security	Website-Echo
Can Have Multiple User/ Filter Profiles	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Additional Comments on Filter Profile Options	Can support an unlimited number of users each with different permissions. When a user logs in, they will get their settings regardless of which computer they log in from (even a laptop that doesn't ever touch the library network).	Can create Allowed Sites and Blocked Sites per profile. Can also create specific Block Site Notification screen for profile. Profiles can be used to create customized access settings for children, teens and young adults, adults, and staff. Patronus offers Access Zones to assist librarians with quickly customizing access. Resource Zone is used to limit access to an a single site or group of sites. Can be used for a subscription service and not for general browsing. Kids Zone is a portal of educator-selected sites that can be used in a children’s room to keep children within an “allowed community” for an unsupervised, yet safe, online experience. Filtered Zone provides access to the entire Internet accept those categories librarians choose to block. Can be used to open access to adults while protecting computers from viruses and patrons from Internet scams. Internet Zone gives staff or adult patrons complete, unrestricted Internet access with immediate turn-on/turn-off capability for flexibility.		Several "built-in" filtering profiles are provided at install. These built-in profiles will meet the needs of most customers. However, the software also allows administrators to define their own "custom" profiles that can be assigned to specific users. This saves lots of time when you need custom settings, but need to apply the same settings to several users. In addition, each individual user can have his/her own user specific custom profile.	Several "built-in" filtering profiles are provided at install. These built-in profiles will meet the needs of most customers. However, the software also allows administrators to define their own "custom" profiles that can be assigned to specific users. This saves lots of time when you need custom settings, but need to apply the same settings to several users. In addition, each individual user can have his/her own user specific custom profile.		Filter profiles or "groups" can be created as the admin sees fit.	Can bind to multiple directories concurrently (active dir, edirectory, LDAP, open dir) and local groups		Using the WebAdmin dashboard, the system administrator is given the controls to fully manage the entire system. Netsweeper is designed to support multiple policies that can be assigned at the global level, a group level or even on a per user level.					The Policy Manager is a powerful and advanced feature of the Untangle Server. Advanced Policy Management with Custom Racks is a commercial or paid option on the Untangle Server. You can, however, use No Rack and Default Rack policies in the Lite package. The Policy Manager works by creating rules, or policies. Using policies, you can route traffic based on the network interface and/or endpoints. A policy binds traffic that matches certain criteria to a Virtual Rack. Policy Manager enables you to: Use multiple, distinct copies (instances) of any filter applications, but not services. Install and configure each instance into a different rack. Assign each rack a policy. Route a particular type of traffic to the a chosen rack.
Admin Can Selectively Enable Categories	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
URLs in Each Content Category Are Viewable								URLs can be looked up in a customer-only database		URLs can be looked up in a publicly available database	URLs can be looked up in a publicly available database					URLs can be looked up in a customer-only database
Keyword Blocking		Admin Can Disable	Admin Can Disable	Admin Can Disable	Admin Can Disable	Admin Cannot Disable	Admin Can Disable	Admin Can Disable	Admin Can Disable	Admin Can Disable	Not Available in Product	Admin Can Disable	Admin Can Disable	Admin Can Disable	Admin Can Disable		Admin Can Disable
Admin Can Remove Sites From Category	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Users Can Recommend URL Recategorization to Company	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Admin Can Modify Categorization of URL	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Admin Can Add New Categories		No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Admin Can Add Sites to a Category	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Admin Can Block Images But Not Text Within a Category	No	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes		Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Reporting Capabilities		Can create reports web sites blocked, allowed, security logs, firewall logs, track by username, track by IP address, most common sites accessed, request by Mac address, peer to peer request, most active workstation, request by category, by profile		If the reporting feature is enabled, the system will send "summary reports" to the admin based on a configurable schedule (weekly by default).			Powerful tools must be easy to use. Cymphonix Network Composer sees all the traffic in the network. The Dynamic Live Reporting Engine in XLi takes massive volumes of data and correlates and categorizes it. That way, the Network Composer user interface can present the information in a simple way that lets you or your delegated administrators quickly pinpoint issues and take precise action. Reporting can be viewed live and can be exported via via .XLS or .XML file. Reports can also be configured to automatically be emailed to a list of recipients.	Granular detailed drill down reporting to the individual users.	Can report on top sites viewed, blocked and exceptions by user, or location.	Netsweeper comes complete with a proprietary, build-in reporting module that leverages the user request data for reporting purposes. Reporting on a per user basis is supported. Netsweeper also provides a number of canned reports with each Netsweeper system, however, administrators have the ability to create new reports on demand or to set up and schedule reports as requested.	Monitor and manage reporting from anywhere there is internet access. Receive emailed reports. We offer up to 2 years of data retention. There are audit logs to track all account activity.	Detailed usage reports based on users, groups, websites, blocked content, security breaches, top X users, top X websites, top X applications, top X keyword searches, top X banwidth users, etc. etc.	300+ Report Templates	300+ Report Templates	Untangle Server generates Untangle Reports, and makes them available through: Online Email summary CSV file (for further data analysis) Reports can be viewed on the Untangle Server, or email summary reports can be emailed to report recipients. While the emailed report provides a significant amount of information on your network traffic, you cannot drill down to get extreme granularity. When this is needed, you should use the emailed report as a guide so that you can identify specific instances for further analysis with online reporting and/or with CSV-based report data.		Yes - with customization
Integrates with Directory Service (LDAP, Active Directory or NDS)	Active Directory	LDAP Active Directory NDS	LDAP Active Directory NDS Other Imports data from directory only Does not use network directory nor allow for import				LDAP Active Directory NDS	LDAP Active Directory Imports data from directory only	Active Directory	LDAP Active Directory NDS Other	Other	LDAP Active Directory NDS	LDAP Active Directory NDS Other	LDAP Active Directory NDS Other	Active Directory Other	LDAP Active Directory NDS	Active Directory
Can import URLs to Always Allow List	Can import CSV file of URLs	Must enter URLs manually	Can import CSV file of URLs	Can import CSV file of URLs	Can import CSV file of URLs	Can import CSV file of URLs	Can import CSV file of URLs	Can import CSV file of URLs	Can import CSV file of URLs	Can import CSV file of URLs	Must enter URLs manually	Must enter URLs manually	Can import CSV file of URLs	Can import CSV file of URLs	Must enter URLs manually	Can import CSV file of URLs	Must enter URLs manually
Number URLs One Can Add to Always Allow List	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Under 500	501-5,000	Under 500	Unlimited	More than 30,000 but not unlimited	Unlimited		501-5,000	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited