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Higher Education Application Control
Regain Control Over Internet Resources Consumed by File-sharing Applications
The United States Congress recently
signed into law the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 2008 that requires campuses
to implement technology-based deterrents to combat unauthorized distribution of
copyrighted material though means such as Peer-to-Peer file sharing. The law states that approved deterrents
include bandwidth shaping and traffic monitoring to identify the largest
bandwidth users and will also require institutions to certify to the Secretary
of Education that they have developed a plan to control illegal file sharing.
The Cymphonix Network Composer
effectively meets these requirements by providing:
- Dynamic Bandwidth
and Content Shaping: Network
Composer allows administrators to set priorities and bandwidth usage rules on
Internet traffic so that critical applications and websites are never slowed by
non-critical sites like MySpace, YouTube or site categories like P2P. Campuses
are able to dynamically block or even scale back the amount of bandwidth sites
like kaaza® are allowed to access and Network Composer automates the enforcement
of campus Internet policies.
- Event and User
Correlation: Network
Composer provides granular online user activity reports, details regarding
which applications and sites each user visits, as well as how much bandwidth
each user consumes.
- Inline, Deep Packet
Inspection Device:
Installing between the external firewall and internal network, the Network
Composer appliance dynamically monitors and controls traffic and application
requests at the gateway.
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Layer
7 Application Control: With Network Composer, administrators are able to
not only control Internet-based content that is traversing their connection,
but also have control over Web-enabled application traffic such as iTunes,
kazza, IM and other P2P file sharing mechanisms.
Dynamically Prioritize Applications
Network
Composer users Layer 7 application matching technology to make it easy to
control how much bandwidth is allocated to specific applications. So,
regardless of the port packets are passing through, the device can categorize
the traffic and apply policy accordingly. This superior approach to controlling
application traffic allows for better blocking of malicious applications while
prioritizing resources for critical applications.
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Application Blocking: Completely block applications
that you don't want passing traffic over your Internet connection
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Dynamic Application Bandwidth Control: Prioritize
bandwidth based on priority so non-critical applications can still be allowed
but at a lower priority than critical applications.
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P2P Application Control: Block or prioritize bandwidth usage for P2P
applications
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Layer 3-7 Application Signatures: Over 650
signatures used to accurately identify applications
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Detection of Port Hopping Applications: Deep packet
inspection ensures that port hopping applications like IM and P2P are properly
identified
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Application Monitoring: Watch application traffic
in real time or historically to find out what applications require the most
resources and what users are consuming the largest amount of application
bandwidth.
Granular Reporting
Network
Composer provides administrators with visibility into details of your Internet
traffic. The drill down capability
allows you to get all the information you need on user/group activity, web
traffic, application traffic and threat sources. The reporting engine is integrated into the
Network Composer and does not require a standalone report server.
Real Time Reporting
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Total Internet Traffic
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Application Traffic , Total, Application set and application
detail
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Web Browsing by URL, Category and User
Historic Reporting
Comprehensive
Reporting for:
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Top Internet Users
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Top Bandwidth Users
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User/Group Activity
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Application Traffic
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P2P Usage
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URL/Category Usage
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And much more!
Report Broadcasts
- Send
regularly scheduled reports to those who need them - so they can make the right
decisions for your organization
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