SafeSquid - Functions follow the need!

SafeSquid provides a reliable and efficient solution for enterprise-wide distribution of Internet Access.

It delivers the essential goals of a Content Filtering Internet Proxy - Total Access Control & Total Content Control.

It's unique features provide better Manageability, Granularity & Scalability than any other comparable solution.

Easy to use

SafeSquid® is very easy to use and administer.

• Browser based interface - that, requires no additional download of applets or any other browser specific components.
• Multi-format Log reports, FireWall format, Squid Access Log format & Extended log format.
• Ready to use templates for Access / Content control.
• Ready to use config files for compatible log analysers and reporting tools like SARG, Calamaris, Squint, and many others.
• Easy attaching of any third-party software executables to process requests and responses.

Advanced Management

SafeSquid® can be easily managed even in most remote and complex environment.

• Password protected browser-based interface for managing the system, viewing transactions in real-time, and reviewing system performance.
• Unlimited unique department profiles based on I.P. addresses and/or username.
• Time-based global or departmental rules for access to content.
• Time based application profiles to define unique allow / deny actions depending upon departments, web-sites, nature of content, etc.
• Unlimited rules to set limits for speed / data transfer, for each department or application.
• XML based data-file to store and back-up configuration.
• Enterprise-wide enforcement of rules on multiple proxy servers by using a unique Master-Slave installation.
• Fully PCRE compatible system for creation of easily editable default rules.
• Unique browser based URL Commands to analyse the application of profiles and nature of request and response.
• Easily customisable templates that replace denied or inaccessible content.
• Automatically produces appropriate WPAD compatible proxy.pac

Enhanced Surfing

SafeSquid® can make Internet access, a better experience.

• Pre-fetching accelerates loading of web-content.
• Selectively apply filter bypassing for any application.
• Use applications that supports use of HTTP 1.1 proxy.
• DNS Cache to reduce latency when you visit popular web-sites.

Access Security

SafeSquid® challenges all applications that seek to access the Internet, to be authenticated.

• Only users with a user / password, will be able to access the Internet.
• The administrators can very easily identify and analyse the Internet usage of each individual user.
• Spy-ware & Trojans will not be able to access the Internet.
• Intrinsic PAM client ensures natural compatibility for using different mechanisms of authentication like Windows Domain, SQL Databases, POP3 email servers, Flat files etc.

Content Security

SafeSquid® ensures that all the content fetched from the Internet is security checked before it reaches the users.

• A two-tier, fully-manageable, MD5 encrypted, content cache to serve the more popular content very quickly.
• Readily connects to one or more virus scanners like ClamAV, F-Prot, Kaspersky, Sophos, Avast, etc
• Built-in ICAP client to quickly connect to any existing - ICAP based content security software like Symantec, Trend-Micro, Dr. Web, etc.
• Built-in Document Re-write sanitises the web-sites to remove pop-ups, ActiveX controls and stops spyware.
• Fully configurable document analyser, to block web-sites or pages, based on the nature of content.
• Fully configurable image analyser, to block pornographic images.
• Time-based global or departmental rules for access to specified content