CacheGuard Appliance
CacheGuard is a Linux-based OS/appliance dedicated to Web traffic security and optimization. It transforms an x86-based machine into a powerful Web gateway appliance. It allows you to control Web traffic for Web surfers and Web servers by acting as a forwarding and reverse HTTP / HTTPS proxy. It supports HTTP transparent implementation, HTTP compression, Web caching, URL black- and whitelist guarding, and Web server load balancing. It features a stateful firewall with NAT and PAT, and a content filtering module blocking malicious HTTP requests like XSS, SQL and Command Injection. It integrates a caching DNS, a DHCP server, a bandwidth shaper to manage the QoS, a load sharing system, and an HA (high availability) mode with VRRP and link bonding.
| Tags | Web appliance Security Optimization Optimization Optimization Optimization Secure gateway compress cache content url Filter filtering Quality service QoS Firewall ha high availability cacheguard |
|---|---|
| Licenses | Proprietary Shareware |
| Operating Systems | ALL |
| Implementation | bash |
Recent releases
- 15 Mar 2009 02:52
Changes: An option to manage SSL CA chains has been added to the "rweb" command.
- 22 Feb 2009 12:53
Changes: The syntax of the "guard" command has been changed and new guard management features have been added to the appliance. An option allows you to update an existing blacklist category from a diff file. A second option allows you to automatically update a blacklist category since the last update/create date until today. It is also possible to program automatic blacklist category updates. The blacklist category save option has been removed.
- 02 Jan 2009 07:49
Changes: An LDAP authentication mode has been added to the appliance. The bug that prevented connection to internal NTP servers has been fixed.
- 25 Nov 2008 22:05
Changes: Now multi-CPU mode is activated during installation if there is more than one installed CPU. A huge memory management mode (RAM > 4GB) is now available on the standard CD-ROM, and can be chosen during the installation.
- 21 Nov 2008 10:38
Changes: The bug in the Health Checking module that inadvertently restarted services has been fixed. Now the "rweb" mode is turned off by default. An option to cancel the running "apply" operation has been added. The patching module has been completely reviewed. The Web Auditing GUI has been enhanced. Generic content filtering rules have been updated. The reverse Web auditing GUI properly displays all warning messages. The reverse Web mode works properly even if there is only one declared HTTP Web site name. The reverse Web mode works properly even if there is no DNS declared.
