Network Monitoring

[klussier at comcast.net]

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com>

>   I use the Squid HTTP proxy for this.  GPL.  I have it setup to talk
> to our Active Directory server to do user authentication.  It supports
> the same NTLM that MSIE uses, so user authentication happens
> automagically.  (We want certain users blocked, etc.)  Alternatively,
> if you just want monitoring, you can use a firewall rule to make Squid
> a transparent interception proxy.  Users won't even know it's there.
> Depending on your usage patterns, a proxy can also result in some
> bandwidth savings.
> 
>   http://www.squid-cache.org/
> 

I will look into this. Squid has been on my list of things to play with anyway (for the last 5 or so years... :-) This is strictly a monitoring use. There is no blocking, content filtering, etc. The upper crust just wants to know who is going where and how often. 

Thanks,
Kenny