The 8e6 Professional Edition offers high-performance, enterprise-level filtering with the R3000 Internet Filter. An appliance optimised for speed and scalability, the R3000 provides 90+ categories and millions of human-verified Web sites in the 8e6 Database. Deployed in “pass-by” or transparent mode, the R3000 sits outside the flow of network traffic to "watch" rather than "stop and check", delivering unmatched network compatibility and performance.

• Improves productivity by eliminating time wasted on unauthorised Web sites, Instant Messaging (IM) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) & Voice-over_IP (VoIP) applications. 
• Mitigates filtering and reporting issues and frees up IT management for mission-critical projects. 
• Provides management with tools to enforce an organisation's Acceptable Use Policy.
• Complies with filter-enforcing laws such as CIPA, HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Protects against damaging and costly legal liabilities due to exposure to inappropriate or offensive Web content. (Including the IWF Child Pornography database).
• Secure confidential information against spyware, phishing agents and peer-to-peer transfers. 
• Controls access to bandwidth-intensive sites.

Product Features:

• Filters the Internet : Includes human-verified URLs and/or IP addresses, file types (e.g. MP3, MPEG, .zip), HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Newsgroups (NNTP), and TCP Ports.

• Blocks Internet Threats : Including spyware, botnets, malicious code and phishing sites.

• Blocks Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer : Utilises 8e6's Intelligent Footprint Technology (IFT) to block IM and P2P servers by signature or pattern.

• Real-Time Probes : Allow administrators to monitor user Internet activity as it happens.

• "X-Strikes" Blocking : Quarantines/Locks down a user's workstation when administrator-defined thresholds for accessing inappropriate Web sites are exceeded. (for example, Spyware, Anonymisers etc).

• Proxy Pattern Blocking : Zero-Hour Blocking of anonymous proxies using signature-based/network pattern detection without needing to recognise the IP/URL.

• Google/Yahoo! SafeSearch Enforcement : Forces the SafeSearch mode "on" for all searches, including images within the Google or Yahoo! search engines.

• Customer Feedback Module : Sends frequent, non-categorised URLs from participating customers back to 8e6 on a daily basis. Selected URLs are human-reviewed and added to 8e6's standard library categories.

• Synchronisation Central Management Console (SCMC) : Allows administrators to synchronise and manage multiple R3000s in multiple locations without independently configuring each unit.

• Directory-based Authentication : Utilises directories such as Windows Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, Windows NT and LDAP.