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Semperfi2004

IS-IT--Management
Mar 27, 2006
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I hope I am in the right forum: I am looking for an Open Source Program that can monitor employees internet usage. We have employees that go to sites where they shouldn't be on, or surf the internet at time when they shouldn't.
Thanks.
 
When you say open source I'm under the impression you're using a Unix variant. If this is the case, you could install Squid as a proxy server and monitor those logs. You could even assign usernames and passwords so they'll have to log into the server to go online. This method is better for accountability in the sense that they'd have to provide authentication credentials to get out to the Internet. If you see something strange it becomes more difficult for someone to say "Someone else was at my computer". Search for Squid and Dansguardian they both work wonders in this scenario

perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(40*2),sqrt(7600),(unpack(c,Q)-3+1+3+3-7),oct(104),10,oct(101));'
 
When I say open source, I'm actually looking for anything that might be free. It can run on any platform such as; Linux or windows. what I am looking for is something that will monitor employees showing where they are going and what they are doing on the internet.
thanks
 
Squid + Dansguardian

perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(40*2),sqrt(7600),(unpack(c,Q)-3+1+3+3-7),oct(104),10,oct(101));'
 
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