Re: user internet usage monitoring

["Michal Merta" <michal.merta () gmail com>]

Yes, you're right Samuel.
Secure computing' product such G2 firewall can provide many of things
desired and you can use add-on Smartfilter, which is very easy to use
and administer.
Michal


On 6/15/06, Samuel Presgraves <spresgraves () norfolkairport com> wrote:
> you might want to check into Secure Computing's Sidewinder G2 Firewall system.  I use it for the airport I work at, has 
> an integrated auditing/IDS system, and for URL monitoring/blocking get the Smartfilter addon, pretty cost efficient no 
> matter your business size.  SPI, NAT, all the good stuff
>
> http://www.securecomputing.com
>
>
> Sam
>
>        -----Original Message-----
> From: "Dale Neufeld" <canuck.eh () gmail com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:01 PM
> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Subject: user internet usage monitoring
>
>
>
>        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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Michal Merta
Network Security Engineer
http://www.misuta.cz

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