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Traffic Shaping By: Cole David Sam Littlefield Ronnie Julio

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What is Traffic Shaping Definition: Organizing and directing information within a computer network When used correctly it can provide benefits to a network, such as... Optimization of bandwidth Protection for users and information Direct packets to specific locations

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Techniques Reducing the bandwidth usable for each computer on the network Reducing the bandwidth of certain servers Redirecting certain activities to different servers Blocking specific content completely

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Where is it implemented Traffic shaping can be implemented on any network Schools and workplaces utilize traffic shaping the most. The bigger the network the more dramatic the results

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Traffic shaping in the workplace Prevent exploitation of workplace resources Using company time for personal matters(Facebook or gaming) Viewing material which is unauthorized Reduce unproductive network traffic Gadgets Noncritical software updates Email Direct the flow of information through specific servers or to specific computers Throttling bandwidth

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Traffic Shaping in Schools Limits activities and viewable material as much as possible Often used to block content such as Proxy Servers Pornography Games Other inappropriate content

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Software There are many different choices and they generally provide similar usage. Lists are available online which contain websites and their genre of content. The software we looked into was Untangle and pfSense

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Untangle History Purpose Products Our use

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History Created in 2003 Founders were John Irwin and Dirk Morris Original Product was called Metavize Released in 2005 In 2006 the company was sold to CMEA Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners Hired new CEO, Bob Walters Metavize was renamed Untangle

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History 2007 Released Untangle Gateway Platform and surpasses 100,000 users in 2,000 organizations 2008 Received award for InfoWorlds Best Open Source Software 2009 1 Million protected users Untangle 7.0, improved reporting Untangle 7.1, web filtering and policy management

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History 2010 Untangle 7.2, Captive Portal and Save Face Untangle 7.3, OEM hardware Untangle 7.4, packages Lite, Standard, Premium Launch Hardware devices XE, R610, R610+ Untangle 8.0, Bandwidth Control

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Purpose The main purpose of Untangle is to provide unsurpassed security for their users Anti-spam, Web Content Filtering, Antivirus, Anti- phishing, Anti-spyware, Intrusion prevention, Firewall, Open VPN, Router, Protocol Control, Attack Blocker, Reporting, Policy Manager, Kaspersky Virus Blocker, Commtouch Spam Booster, Esoft Web Filter, Directory Connectory, Captive Portal, Ad Blocker, WAN Balancer, WAN Failover, Bandwidth Control, Branding Manager on the Untangle Gateway Platform

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Products Software Untangle, newest version 8.0 Hardware Servers preloaded with Untangle Untangle XE Untangle R610 Untangle R610 Plus

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Products Untangle XE Whos it for? Organizations of 100 or fewer users What features does it have? Robust, tower-form-factor server, ideal for a small business or classroom Price? $1,499

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Products Untangle R610 Whos it for? Aimed at organizations with hundreds of users What features does it have? Fast, quiet U1 rack-mountable server Price? $4,299

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Products Untangle R610 Plus Whos it for? Organizations with thousands of users What features does it have? Fast, quiet U1 rack-mountable server; Includes duel Intel XEON processors, duel hard drives with RAID 1, dual power supplies, and extra memory Price? $6,899

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Products

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Our use The purpose of our lab was for traffic shaping. To fulfill this we used the web filtering application provided by Untangle for free. Ways to use the web filter Categorically URL specific

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Our use Categorically Once launched you can choose specific features to block URL specific Able to block a specific site, not caught in the categories Can block certain portions of sites while allowing others to be allowed Also has the ability to flag instead of block http://www.youtube.com/user/untangleinc# p/u/4/UPnRY6Zu4Ns http://www.youtube.com/user/untangleinc# p/u/4/UPnRY6Zu4Ns

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m0n0wall project Project aim for creating a complete, embedded firewall software package Manuel Kasper Wanted to create a GUI to control all aspects of his firewall without having to type a shell command Fast, free, & simple

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pfSense September 2004 Chris Beuchler & Scott Ullrich Full PC installations Packet filter

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Features CARP (Common Address Redundancy Protocol) for hardware failover support pfsync to maintain connections on failover Outbound and inbound load balancing Captive portal Real time traffic monitor RADIUS and redundant RADIUS server support

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Network Set Up

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System Requirements 128 MB RAM 300 MHz Processor 1 GB hard drive CD-ROM drive

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Web Interface

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Traffic Shaper Rules

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Bandwidthd

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darkstat

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vnstat

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Conclusion Minimal startup time Increases efficiency dramatically Collected information can be invaluable The potential benefit far exceed the startup cost and because of this every large network should have some form of traffic shaping

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Bibliography www.untangle.com www.untangle.com http://www.untangle.com/About- Us/Untangle-announces-availability-of- new-hardware-offering http://www.untangle.com/About- Us/Untangle-announces-availability-of- new-hardware-offering http://www.untangle.com/hardware- appliances http://www.untangle.com/hardware- appliances http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untangle#cit e_note-14 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untangle#cit e_note-14