Outcome · Internet Access
Rules that hold at home, on hotel wifi and on mobile data.
A router filters the building. A laptop in a cafe or a phone on mobile data is past it. Fowlguard keeps the rules on the device, so they go wherever it goes.
| Time | Person | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:41 | Sam Reyes | share.example.net | Would Block |
| 09:40 | Lena Park | docs.harborpine.example | Allow |
| 09:38 | Sam Reyes | files.example.org | Would Block |
What changes on day one.
With office filtering or a cloud proxy
- Filtering stops at the office network
- Every request detours through somebody else's data centre
- When the proxy is down, so is the internet
- A blocked person sees an error and works around it
With Fowlguard
- The same rules on every network the device joins
- Decided on the device, before the connection opens
- If our service is unreachable, filtering carries on
- Your block page, with a way to ask for the site
One rule, on every network.
Categories, hostnames and keywords, per person or group.
Global rules apply to everyone. A rule for a group or a person is merged over them, so the organisation sets a floor and exceptions live where they belong.
- Any rule can run report-only before it blocks anyone
- Where two rules overlap there is one answer, and the console shows which rule gave it
| Time | Person | Site | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:41 | Sam Reyes | share.example.net | Would Block |
| 09:40 | Lena Park | docs.harborpine.example | Allow |
| 09:38 | Sam Reyes | files.example.org | Would Block |
A page that explains itself.
Set the wording and the logo. The page offers a way to ask for the site, and the request lands in Access Requests with the site and who asked.
- Approving writes a rule of its own, so it can be withdrawn later
Personal file sharing is off for Contractors. If you need it for work, ask and an administrator will see your request.
Some sites should see your organisation's address.
Name the destinations that must arrive from your organisation, and only those route through Fowlguard. Each can apply to everyone, only at home or only at the office.
| Destination | When | Leaves From |
|---|---|---|
| *.payroll.example | Everyone | Your organisation |
| crm.example.com | Only at home | Your organisation |
| everything else | Always | The device, directly |
Filtering on every laptop by tonight.
Start in report-only, so nobody is stopped until you have seen what a rule would do.
Create your organisation
Sign up and connect the sign-in your people already use.
identity.fowlguard.comInstall Fowlguard Connect
On Windows, macOS and Linux, by hand or with your MDM tool.
Windows · macOS · LinuxReport, then block
Write rules in Report, watch the log, write your block page, then switch to Block.
Off → Report → Block
Does filtering slow people down?
No detour is added. Almost every decision needs no network at all, and traffic takes the path it was always going to take.
Can it inspect HTTPS?
Yes. TLS inspection decrypts on the device, under your own certificate. Payment, banking, government and health sites are on a never-decrypt list from the start.
How is it priced?
Internet Access Personal is free for 15 days, then $2 per user per month. Small is $5 and Medium $8 per user per month.