From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 30 08:13:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA22529 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:13:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper3.monsanto.com (gatekeeper3.monsanto.com [199.89.234.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA22522 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:12:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from GLEN.W.MANN@monsanto.com) From: GLEN.W.MANN@monsanto.com Received: by gatekeeper3.monsanto.com; id KAA07468; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 10:12:46 -0500 Received: from nplxsl01.monsanto.com(164.144.252.39) by gatekeeper3.monsanto.com via smap (3.2) id xma006830; Thu, 30 Apr 98 10:12:16 -0500 Received: by nplxsl01.monsanto.com (NPlex 2.0.082); 30 Apr 1998 10:12:15 -0500 To: dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: Internet Monitoring software Message-Id: <"0430151153-Re2: Internet Monitoring software"@MHS> Date: 30 Apr 1998 11:06:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Doug- Well! A vague question (which was intentional BTW) gets a vague answer (intentional as well I'm sure!). We're thinking about 1) whether or not to monitor internet traffic for liability and security purposes, and 2) how to do it. I suppose we could monitor volume, times and duration of usage, among other things. I've got a FreeBSD box working here, and know if anything is capable of these things, it is. I guess I'm a little new to the admin side of the internet, so I'm looking for any suggestions at all about what it takes to do these things, and if FreeBSD is a good choice. Thanks -Glen --------------------------------------------------- glen.w.mann@monsanto.com My views are my own, and yours if you want them, but not those of Monsanto Company. --------------------------------------------------- ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Internet Monitoring software Author: dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu at INTERNET Date: 4/29/98 3:46 PM On 23 Apr 1998 GLEN.W.MANN@monsanto.com wrote: > What would it take to have FreeBSD monitor internet access by a mixed > client base (Win 3.11, NT 4.0, Unix) from our location. Does this > need to be setup on a firewall or a proxy gateway? Or can a FreeBSD > on our subnet do this? In general, what software is involved? Monitor in what way? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message