Re: user internet usage monitoring

["Saqib Ali" <docbook.xml () gmail com>]

Does the solution have to be network based? Can you run a application
on the client machines?

If take a look at these applications:
http://www.xml-dev.com/blog/index.php?action=viewtopic&id=142
WebSense looks good.

On 6/14/06, Dale Neufeld <canuck.eh () gmail com> wrote:
> As a new security professional I'm looking into internet usage
> monitoring solutions.  Currently we're using computer associates
> eTrust Intrusion detection which incoroporates an IDS as well as
> Network Usage Logging and Reporting and URL blocking.  This enables us
> to track usage by end user.  Unfortunately this solution is starting
> to choke on our network and therefore we are looking for a new
> appliance solution.  Ideally the new solution would have most of the
> same features as the eTrust solution and be at least gigabit rated.
> I'm really interested in the Sourcefire appliances but unfortunately
> they don't seem to include the network usage reporting feature.
>
> Thanks in advance


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