Re: Program to monitor employee internet usage

[Devdas Bhagat <devdas () dvb homelinux org>]

On 23/12/05 16:49 -0000, invstg8r () hotmail com wrote:
> What have some of you used to provide this in a report that management can
> use to show that a user is spending too much time on the internet?

I would recommend Squid, and then a log file analyser. However, keep in
mind that surfing patterns mean nothing (Open 20 slashdot tabs and then
spend three hours reading them as against lots of small transactions.)
> I don't have a Linux box up and running, but if the right Linux based
> app is suggested, I would consider going that route.

Your requirement essentially boils down to a web proxy (ISA on Windows
might be a better fit, given the MS dependency). Choosing the right
proxy is entirely upto you.

Devdas Bhagat

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