Mandrake Linux Web Monitoring

[popotech]

Well once again i find myself asking the experts at tek-tips for an answer. Low and Behold the powers at bay haven't a clue what they are signing checks for and the IT department is faced again with a budge cut. To catch you up to speed i am working in a Win2k pro environment with roaminig profiles pull and storing on our AS400, company won't spring for a win2k server, now the issue of internet has arrived.

Long ago i told them that i would need money for monitoring interenet traffic to allow users to surf the net in a controled environment and be able to log who went where and when. So like clock work they come pounding on my door asking me allow internet for all users and i told them what i would need and they gave their standard answer of we dont have any money for that, now i'm here.

i have never used mandrake or linux for that matter but a friend of mine said that i would be able to use mandrake as a webmonitor. so i got mandrake all loaded on a pc but now my hands are tied to figure out how to set this machine up as a monitor. I am checkin on the net and trying figured how to do and i thought i would drop a line here.

thanks
popotech

 

[tarn]

So what is it you want, a proxy server, packet filter (firewall) or a WebProxy monitor?

If its Proxy then take a look at

http://www.squid-cache.org/

And an article here

http://www.pcquest.com/content/linux/handson/101071104.asp

Good Luck
Laurie.

 

[popotech]

I guess i would need a WebProxy, because all i really need to do is log who is going to what sites and when and from what pc. the only problem is all i have here at work are pc's i have no server, i will dedicate the pc running mandrake linux to do this job with the squid software.