Can We Monitor Websites Visited that Are Not Ours?

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Can We Monitor Websites Visited that Are Not Ours? razor 09-12-2005
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?cmF6b3I=?= on September 12, 2005, 3:02 pm
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Hello--

I've read the TN articles about using IIS to generate logs on hits to your
own websites, but our management wants to monitor what websites our
staff/clients are viewing that they shouldn't be viewing.

Is there a way to generate a report that will show which websites our staff
are visiting?

Thanks,

Stephen

Posted by Phillip Windell on September 12, 2005, 3:10 pm
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It takes special software that costs $$$$$ to do that. SurfControl
(www.surfcontrol.com) is one such example.

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> Hello--
>
> I've read the TN articles about using IIS to generate logs on hits to your
> own websites, but our management wants to monitor what websites our
> staff/clients are viewing that they shouldn't be viewing.
>
> Is there a way to generate a report that will show which websites our
staff
> are visiting?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen



Posted by William Stacey [MVP] on September 12, 2005, 3:24 pm
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You can get a http proxy server such as MS ISA or other. All web traffic
will then go via that box and can be monitored and managed.

--
William Stacey [MVP]

> Hello--
>
> I've read the TN articles about using IIS to generate logs on hits to your
> own websites, but our management wants to monitor what websites our
> staff/clients are viewing that they shouldn't be viewing.
>
> Is there a way to generate a report that will show which websites our
> staff
> are visiting?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen



Posted by Steven L Umbach on September 12, 2005, 3:37 pm
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Almost all firewall devices, even the cheap NAT/PAT devices, have logging
capability. Check yours and it may be enabled already and show what internet
addresses or possibly names of websites that your users are going to. These
logs will usually show the destination and source address so that you could
find which computer on your network is accessing the website. Web traffic
would be going to port 80 and 443 TCP with 443 TCP being secure websites. If
you need more detailed information you may want to invest in a more
sophisticated [and costly] firewall such as MS ISA 2004. ISA 2004 can also
easily manage websites to allow access to only approved websites with
different levels based on user logon. FYI many of today's firewalls such as
from Sonicwall, etc can do content filtering using a subscription service
that constantly updates their database with new sites that would be deemed
inappropriate. This can be a very good investment in productivity and to
prevent objectionable material from being seen on your network that could
lead to sexual harassment issues. --- Steve


> Hello--
>
> I've read the TN articles about using IIS to generate logs on hits to your
> own websites, but our management wants to monitor what websites our
> staff/clients are viewing that they shouldn't be viewing.
>
> Is there a way to generate a report that will show which websites our
> staff
> are visiting?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen



Posted by Jon LaBarge on September 12, 2005, 4:34 pm
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Stephen,

We use PrivateI (http://www.networkintelligence.com). It goes through our
PIX and then we can query GUI reports including FQDNs. It's pretty
nice....if Big Brother is your sort of thing. :)

Jon


> Hello--
>
> I've read the TN articles about using IIS to generate logs on hits to your
> own websites, but our management wants to monitor what websites our
> staff/clients are viewing that they shouldn't be viewing.
>
> Is there a way to generate a report that will show which websites our
> staff
> are visiting?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen



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