[KLUG Members] Question on network monitors (i.e. big brother, etc).

[adam]

Greetings, fellow list-members.

I've got a question.  Currently, my company is running "Big Brother" to
watch for connections, etc on my network.  It monitors for http, ftp, smtp,
ssh, telnet, etc.

Big Brother Sucks.

It is the bane of my existence, and more often than not, deprives me of
sleep for no reason.  I get 99.99999999 percent false positives, it freaks
out all the time, etc.

I need a replacement. A good one. Fast.

I'm told about netsaint.  Is this good?  I'm going to set it up tomorrow at
work, but I can't deploy it until I cahnge the minds of the "powers that
be".  I'd rather not build one myself from scratch, since that's not very
income-producing, and I'd like to not have to de-bug.
One thing is for sure: big brother stinks!  If ever there was a boy who
cried wolf, this is it.

Anyway, I need useable, viable solutions.  I must replace big brother!  I
can't be paged every time it loses a packet!  Please!  I'm getting paged
every 5 minutes, folks!  Please save me!  Please use my excessive use of
exclaimation points as proof!

Sincerely,
a person who is deprived of sleep every night (a.k.a. adam bultman)