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

[David Hamilton]

Try http://www.sysmon.org


adam extolled:
> 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)
> 
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David Hamilton
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