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RE: Internet usage and monitoring
From: "Petter Bruland" <pbruland () fcglv com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:54:54 -0700
We use WebSense here and it's AWESOME!!! :-) At my last job, I setup a squid proxy and since we used Cisco, almost all network traffic was routed through the squid box.. I guess it's called transparent proxy setup? Anyway, that worked great, as there are so many squid log analyzers out there. I used Calamaris as well as webalizer to get an overview of what's going on, and that worked great. Another cool thing you can do with Squid (and probably other proxy servers too) is to create a block list, as well as control how much bandwidth/speed you'll allow to certain sites. Like I wasn't allowed to block anything, but I did throttle MySpace, Friendster etc down to 10 Kbit/sec speed, and that quickly deters users from using such sites :-) Anyway, if you got some chi-ching $$$, I'd highly recommend WebSense. Very neat logging, and very good control over the end users. Here we have set it up so that certain users only have an hour of free surf time per day, when accessing non-work related stuff such as shopping and news. It also blocks spyware/malware really well. -Petter -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of gjgowey () tmo blackberry net Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 10:24 AM To: Bhardwaj, Akash; listbounce () securityfocus com; p1g; Jon Petre Cc: security-basics () lists securityfocus com Subject: Re: Internet usage and monitoring Speaking of Websense I know the larger pix's tie in with it, but I wonder if the 501 does too. If so then you've found your solution: Websense plus a PIX 501 fw (you can get these cheap on ebay). Geoff Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -----Original Message----- From: "Bhardwaj, Akash" <Akash.Bhardwaj () safenet-inc com> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:08:12 To:"p1g" <killfactory () gmail com>,"Jon Petre" <jono-31 () hotmail co uk> Cc:<security-basics () lists securityfocus com> Subject: RE: Internet usage and monitoring I would always prefer Websense, it is the most simple, powerful device to use. -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of p1g Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 8:43 PM To: Jon Petre Cc: security-basics () lists securityfocus com Subject: Re: Internet usage and monitoring For that small of a network, look at Cymphonix. It does traffic analysis via NetFlow. It also deos content management. So, you can use it to block the traffic or simply report on it. Top talkers, top applications, etc.... This is an appliance based solution. Not expensive. Surf Control on Windows i-prism is a squid based appliance(blackbox.easy to manage) On 9/27/07, Jon Petre <jono-31 () hotmail co uk> wrote:
Hello List, I am looking for an idea/program to monitor users internet usage. Due
to the
nature of the customer who requires the monitoring carried out, this
program
must be able to run on a windows box and needs to be very reasonably
priced
(I have no control over budget unfortunately). I am aware of programs
such
as ISA server (too expensive) and squid (*nix based). Any other
sugesstions
would be great.Customers network is round a bout 20 workstations that
need
to be monitored, so pretty small in reality. Looking forward to all your help. TIA Jono _________________________________________________________________ Can you see your house from the sky? Try Live Search Maps http://maps.live.com
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- RE: Internet usage and monitoring James Harless (Sep 27)
- RE: Internet usage and monitoring Serge Jorgensen (Sep 27)
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- RE: Internet usage and monitoring Bhardwaj, Akash (Sep 27)
- Re: Internet usage and monitoring gjgowey (Sep 27)
- RE: Internet usage and monitoring Petter Bruland (Sep 27)
- RE: Internet usage and monitoring Steven Jones (Sep 27)
- RE: Internet usage and monitoring Zhihao (Sep 28)
- RE: Internet usage and monitoring Bhardwaj, Akash (Sep 27)
- Re: Internet usage and monitoring Isaac Perez Moncho (Sep 27)
- Re: Internet usage and monitoring Brian Loe (Sep 27)
- RE: Internet usage and monitoring Dan Lynch (Sep 28)
- Re: Internet usage and monitoring gjgowey (Sep 28)