Akonix

L7 Enforcer™ - Features

Comprehensive IM & P2P Blocking

• IM application support - block major IM network access - (such as AOL, MSN and Yahoo!)

• P2P application support - block major P2P networks and applications - (such as eDonkey, IRC, Kazaa, Bearshare, BitTorrent and Morpheus)

• Patent-pending signature recognition - identify and block IM and P2P at protocol level; effective regardless of: ports used, evasive measures like tunneling or masquerading and port 80 http tunneling

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Easy Configuration and Administration

• Prioritises access policies - define policy hierarchy to optimise Akonix L7 Enforcer performance

• No desktop touch - deploy without touching employee desktops

• Flexible policy settings - specify which action to take for each protocol encountered

• Multiple action options

• Stealth observation - allow all users to access IM and P2P, but log activity for later analysis

• Selective enforcement - selectively block certain departments or users for all or some IM and P2P applications

• Proxy/filter police - deploy Akonix L7 Enforcer alongside Akonix L7 Enterprise; all IM and P2P is blocked except the IM users that are authorized by Akonix L7 Enterprise for a complete IM management solution

• Exception lists - list IP addresses or ranges to exclude from default policy

• Multi-subnet support - deploy single Akonix L7 Enforcer to handle multiple network segments

• Flexible logging interval - define logging period to manage logs generated by highly active protocols

• VLAN support - deploy single Akonix L7 Enforcer to support VLAN

Flexible Reporting

• Standard reports - choose among several reports

• Custom reports - define reports to meet unique requirements

• Scheduling - schedule reports to be run and emailed automatically

• Multiple report formats - choose between HTML, PDF, Crystal, CVS, TSV and text

Dynamic Protocol Updates

• Protocol changes - update existing protocols and add news ones through regularly scheduled downloads

• Auto install - install new protocols and updates automatically without any administrator intervention

• No system downtime - install new protocols and updates without any system downtime or reboot