User web activity monitoring

[Guest John]

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

[Guest Jabez Gan [MVP]]

Re: User web activity monitoring

 

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

"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message

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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

>

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

Re: User web activity monitoring

 

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 ;)

 

 

 

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

English blog: http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

French blog: http://www.lotp.fr

 

 

"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message

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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

>

[Guest Steven L Umbach]

Re: User web activity monitoring

 

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

 

 

"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message

news:eK%23dGZjGIHA.4956@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> 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

>