Freedom9 freeGuard Capture 1000, User Manual

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freeGuard Capture Appliance User’s Manual
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1 Product Overview
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the freeGuard Capture appliance, the Internet Content Recorder
and Email Archiver.
The freeGuard Capture appliance allows organizations to capture, track and report on
Internet activities, such as: browsed web pages, web mail, SMTP/POP3 and IMAP mail,
Instant Messaging applications (MSN, Yahoo messenger, ICQ, AIM), FTP and Telnet.
The freeGuard Capture appliance can work as a powerful Email archiver and an instant
messaging archiver.
The freeGuard Capture appliance provides valuable information about internal Internet
usage and surfing patterns to Network Administrators and employee supervisors. With the
reporting and management tools, it can quick and easy to limit the access to certain
services, and by monitoring employee activity, organizations can quickly improve their
productivity.
Feature highlights
Key features:
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Supports Sniffing and Bridge modes
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Will capture a record of HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, IM, Web mail, FTP and Telnet
contents
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Supports remote backup to maintain historical data as far back as needed
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Multi permission levels for group administrators, up to 36 groups on ICR2000, 12
groups on ICR appliance
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Instant alarm when a potential virus is detected
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Detailed and graphical reporting with user names binded to IP or MAC addresses
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Supports remote monitoring
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LAN to LAN recording for internal mail servers (such as Exchange, Groupwise*, etc)
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Use IM/P2P management to block Internet content (Bridge Mode)
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Easy-to-use Web Interface
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User based bandwidth usage analysis **
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Unlimited users
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Some mail server configurations may be required.
** Only available on certain models