So...  Andrew, does this mean that the software is out of beta?  Was there
a change or edits since our beta release was installed two weeks ago?  It
seems to be running fine by the way, and fixed our 404 errors.

John


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Joebox User <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Andrew,
>
>May we schedule Madawaska Middle/High's Joebox to be upgraded after
>school (3pm) on Thursday?  
>
>Vincent Vanier, Technology Coordinator
>Madawaska School Department
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>On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Andrew Henry <[ mailto:[log in to unmask]
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>A few people have asked for details on what the new upgrade contains.  I
>had thought there was a post on this list in the past covering that,
>however looking back I didn't find one so I'll cover it here.  The
>majority of changes center around MECguard, the web filtering component.
>This is a significant overhaul of that software, and the way HTTPS
>filtering is handled is vastly improved, among other changes.  Details of
>the changes to that component are available here:
>[ http://www.networkmaine.net/msln/joebox/MECguard_SSL-15.0.pdf
>]http://www.networkmaine.net/msln/joebox/MECguard_SSL-15.0.pdf.  In
>addition to the MECguard improvements, there are some kernel-level changes
>to improve performance for high-bandwidth and high-user-count sites.
>Finally, there are a few minor changes to the function of the user
>interface to prevent firewall problems that some people were running into.
>
>Overall these changes will primarily benefit sites who use MECguard for
>filtering (which is the vast majority of Joebox users), however even sites
>not making use of MECguard will see stability and performance
>improvements, especially sites with a large number of hosts behind the
>Joebox.  Moreover, all Joebox users will benefit from the modest UI
>changes to improve stability.  If you have any additional questions
>regarding this update, please contact the helpdesk and we'd be happy to
>answer them.
>
>Thanks.
>
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