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User web activity monitoring John 10-29-2007
Posted by John on October 29, 2007, 10:16 am
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 Hi

I am looking for recommendations on any apps that will help monitor user web
activity to determine which users are wasting their time instead of doing
their job.

Many Thanks

Regards



Posted by Jabez Gan [MVP] on October 29, 2007, 11:48 am
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 Hey John,

Never used this before, but you can try and let us know :)

http://www.systracker.com/Monitor_Internet_Usage.asp

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Jabez Gan
Microsoft MVP: Windows Server - File Storage
> Hi
>
> I am looking for recommendations on any apps that will help monitor user
> web activity to determine which users are wasting their time instead of
> doing their job.
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Regards
>


Posted by Mathieu CHATEAU on October 29, 2007, 11:51 am
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Hello,

You may use a web proxy. Nearly all of them include reports on users
activity. The goal is to make mandatory the use of this proxy. Firewall must
block direct http/https connexion outside. Clients must be set to go through
the proxy (GPO for Internet explorer).

Or use the other way: Port mirorring of the internet router, and capture
whole traffic through ntop for example. You will get IP of workstations,
harder to trace if you have dynamic DHCP.

First tips: your users MUST be aware of this logging.

Second tips: just say that you trace, even if you don't. Most of them will
stop ;)




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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
French blog: http://www.lotp.fr


> Hi
>
> I am looking for recommendations on any apps that will help monitor user
> web activity to determine which users are wasting their time instead of
> doing their job.
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Regards
>


Posted by Steven L Umbach on October 29, 2007, 9:08 pm
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That will best work when done at the gateway such as a proxy server or
firewall. I know Sonicwall firewalls have such capability with their
Viewpoint add on. An advantage of using such a firewall is you can enable
content filtering also that helps limit what websites and content type a
user can access. Then again some of use are good enough to do our job and be
on the internet at the same time so I would not necessarily put too much
worth into web useage alone as a factor determining user productivity.

Steve


> Hi
>
> I am looking for recommendations on any apps that will help monitor user
> web activity to determine which users are wasting their time instead of
> doing their job.
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Regards
>



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