Defcredit is the Australian Defence
Forces Credit Union. All Navy, Army and Air force base has one
of their branches. Their head office is in Melbourne.
THE CHALLENGE
Defcredit need to control their
connection to the internet to reduce bandwidth and limit staff's
access to only certain web sites. It had to work with a completely
Microsoft NT environment.
THE SOLUTION
Network Overdrive installed a squid
proxy server with access controls to limit access to a predetermined
list of web sites. The company's use of the internet was logged
and accessible to management through a dynamically updated website.
Because the network used TCP/IP the squid server could be integrated
into the NT environment with the minimum of configuration changes.
BENEFITS
Defcredit's bandwidth was reduced
by having frequently accessed websites cached on the local server.
This enabled the bandwidth to be available for other applications
such as email. It also provided more reliability than the Microsoft
Proxy server that was available at the time.
The access control ensured that the internet was only used for
productivity reasons.
IN SUMMARY
Network Overdrive enable Defcredit
to make better use and control of their internet connection
by saving frequently accessed website.
