Traffic filtering for carriers

The ISP's network is governed by a list of rules that require strict and timely compliance. Decisions of a government and regulatory authorities may differ from region to region, but usually, their key objective is to restrict malicious and illegal content.

Purpose of traffic filtering

To prevent crimes, counteract terrorism and disallow illegal content spread, many governments oblige telecom operators to filter content for end-users. Blocking of such resources aims to protect the country in its social, financial, and governmental assets.

Exact requirements vary between countries, so this is why Stingray SG is the best compliance solution. It has all the necessary functionality for a flexible and precise setup for your specific needs.

With Stingray SG you can filter traffic the ways to fully comply with the regulatory requirements, as well as to completely protect end-users from prohibited Internet resources.

Service description

With Stingray Service Gateway you can confidently control customers’ access to network resources.

Illegal content includes resources related to terrorism, cruelty, drug use, racial intolerance, pornography, intimate services and shops, online casinos, the spread of malicious software, etc. The safety of Internet users and regulatory compliance is ensured by the options of lawful interception and blocking of dangerous resources.

Stingray Service Gateway is the flexible and reliable solution that meets the law requirements and allows telecom operators to simply and effectively restrict user access to black-listed resources.

In-Line, Asymmetrical, Mirror modes

Benefits

up to 4 billion URLs with a compact representation in the memory

performance up to 100 Gbps in the Stingray Base version

< 30 µs for request processing on 1U server

100% block of resources

automated blocking of malicious and illegal content

monitoring, blockage, or limitation of the selected type of traffic with no effect on network performance

Features

Automated download of regulator registers of resources from cloud service

Blocklists are updated automatically. It guarantees the relevance of the information and 100% compliance with all requirements of a government regulator. Resources are blocked and unblocked automatically and without delays.

Simple introduction and flexible scalability

Installation is possible on any standard x86-server with Centos OS, and performance depends only on the capacity of the equipment and type of license. System configuration is carried out with a command line or convenient web interface and requires no input after being introduced.

No adverse effect on user traffic

Traffic is filtered only if the requested resource is block-listed.

Content Filtering with Categories Support

A daily update of the categories list makes it possible to enforce the law for operators who provide services for schools and other educational institutions. Guaranteed 100% blocking of prohibited content for children.

Performance Specifications

  • Filtering by the carrier’s own list.
  • Filtering of traffic from proxy-servers and mobile devices (iOS, Android etc).
  • Setting of redirecting to the carrier’s page for the blocked URL (for http).
  • Filtering of URL with Cyrillic symbols and hieroglyphs.
  • Blocking of HTTPS traffic by Common Name certificates.
  • Blocking of HTTP traffic on non-standard ports.
  • Control over filtering by specific users.
  • Server Name Indication (SNI) support.

VAS Experts products allow

Create new services for your subscribers

Improve QoS and QoE

Increase subscriber loyalty

Comply to the requirements of state regulators for URL filtration

Analyze the network traffic

Optimize usage of the network resources

Protect web resources from DDoS attacks

Use CG-NAT, BNG and IPv6 support

Customer Reviews

The cost of Stingray solution is lower than the new devices and the deployment was very fast. We didn’t face any problems while configuring. We are planning to expand the network next year, whereas the positive results of the VAS Experts software implementation leave no doubt that the DPI, BNG and CG-NAT manufacturer replacement is not needed.
"VAS Experts technical specialists have a very high training level. They know the specifics of our market and do everything to make our collaborative work effective. This partnership gives us the opportunity to expand our product line, offer local providers comprehensive carrier-grade solutions, and build the core of the Next Generation network."
"I can definitely say that it is extremely difficult to find a more flexible and effective telecom solution, and in combination with attentive customer support, it’s probably impossible."
"We did not encounter any problems during the implementation of Stingray Service Gateway. When there were difficulties with the configuration, they were quickly fixed with the help of VAS Experts technical support."
We used to have SCE, CGN. Now we have two “boxes” that can reduce all processes to a minimum set of actions. Thanks to VAS Experts engineers for providing fast and dynamic work.

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