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 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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.  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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