Internet Control Server (ICS) is multifunctional network solution equiped with a set of over 80 functions sufficient for keeping network operations safe and sound for a typical enterprise.

Being a universal Internet gateway Internet Control Server is engineered upon FreeBSD operating system. ICS supersedes typical Unified Threat Management solutions by providing full set of corporate network security services, elaborate traffic and user accounting, access control, mail, proxy, file, jabber and Voice over IP servers all sharing common control, reporting and configuration. ICS acts as a smart router, plugged between your corporate nertwork and the Internet, leaving you network safe, controlling traffic and enforcing your corporate use and security policy.

ICS densely integrates a well-chosen set of solutions on a single platform. It also contains DBMS storing all configuration data, traffic statistics, reports, users, rules, along with middleware responsible for logic uniting all parts of the system. ICS is designed to address all needs of a typical enterprise related to connection of corporate network to the Internet. ICS turns a general computer into powerful Internet router and gateway supporting all corporate communications. ICS middleware makes all its components operate in concert, minimizing configuration effort to virtually zero, keeping your network operation secure, manageable and visible from convenient graphical interface. ICS is typically installed at an x86 (32 or 64bit) computer with two or more network interfaces. Part of these interfaces is designated as external and connects to ISP equipment, the others are internal and links to corporate network (office LAN switch with connection to other client’s computers in the simplest topology).

ICS can support much more complex topologies, including DMZ, virtual LANs, tunnels between remote offices, multiple ISPs, complex switching and routing in corporate network, etc. Every corporate user should be configured at ICS (or imported from domain controller). Every user is assigned a portion of network resources, addresses and authentication scheme. Various authentication schemes can be used simultaneously. Users can be managed individually or collectively as user groups. IP addresses can be configured statically or delegated via built in DHCP service or by means of automatically configured tunnels with PPTP or PPPoE. Every user can be associated with resource quotas – for resource consumption, e-mail addresses, etc. Special rights, like administrator of a particular group can also be delegated to a user. A user can even be associated with an account, which measures resource consumption with user payments.