FAQ Security Essentials Option

The LANCOM Security Essentials Option uses an internal HTTP proxy to intercept URL requests and forward these to an external rating server at IBM. The rating server then returns a category for this URL and, depending on how the router's content filter is configured, access to the URL will be allowed or blocked.

Yes. Nevertheless, the message displayed for blocked content can vary regarding the web browser and is also different from the message displayed by the HTTP request.

The LANCOM Security Essentials Option has an internal cache as a buffer memory for the category assigned to a URL. The size of the cache depends on the device. The memory capacity can be displayed in LANmonitor.

You can find a list with all LANCOM supported devices on the product web site.

No, because the LANCOM Security Essentials Option does not work with DNS. Instead, it checks the target of the HTTP request, irrespective of whether this is determined from the name or the IP address.

The licensing is for an unlimited number of users and is limited in throughput only by the respective hardware. A list of the recommended number of users per LANCOM device can be found on the product website.

A current LANCOM Security Essentials option can be extended at any time during its term. The new term is calculated by adding 1, 3, or 5 years to the previous expiration date.

The LANCOM Security Essentials Option offers an extensive range of statistics, including Top-10 lists of allowed, blocked and override URLs, counters and category listings in a configurable time frame.

If enabled, the LANCOM override grants access to websites even if they are blocked. This enables access to blocked URLs for a limited period of time without having to make changes to the configuration. The LANCOM override can be activated for each category. Overrides can be logged by e-mail, syslog and SNMP.

Yes, the LANCOM Security Essentials option allows you to configure your own exceptions to the database-based categorization via blacklists and whitelists.

Yes, the official BPjM website list of domains with content harmful to minors from the "Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz" (Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors) is already included in the LANCOM Security Essentials Option. The list of websites is constantly checked, expanded and updated by the Federal Review Board. This allows you to reliably maximize the protection of adolescents, e.g. in schools or youth facilities.

The LANCOM Security Essentials Option supports time-dependent configurations for the various blocking lists (e. g. working hours vs. free time). A user-based configuration can be set up with firewall mechanisms.

Along with the default blocking page stored in the device, which allows the displayed text to be edited and displayed in the language set in the browser, there is additionally the option of defining your own pages which can be stored on an external web server. This page can be referenced from the configuration in the Content Filter.