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Untangle Network Security

By : Abd El Monem A Mohamed El Bawab
Book Image

Untangle Network Security

By: Abd El Monem A Mohamed El Bawab

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Untangle Network Security
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 8. Untangle Filters

This chapter will cover three other Untangle applications that are related to filtering users' traffic and the applications they use. The first application is the web filter that is used to block users' access to certain websites based on their category (social networking, games, and so on). The second application is the HTTPS Inspector, which is used to fully decrypt HTTPS traffic and pass it to applications as HTTP traffic for processing. The third application is Application Control, which is used to block users from using certain applications and protocols (BitTorrent and Facebook games, for example).

The same method that was used to explain the applications in the previous chapters will be used here; we will first introduce the application, cover how it works and any related technical details, discuss how we can review the event logs, and finally provide lab-based training. The topics that will be covered in this chapter are:

  • Untangle Web Filter

  • Untangle HTTPS...