[KLUG Members] Network use monitoring with open source software?
Rehfeldt, Doug
members@kalamazoolinux.org
Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:59:08 -0500
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I am interested in some feedback on the use of open source software to
perform network monitoring directly related to a company's Internet
connection.
Tools that I use now include NTOP (http://www.ntop.org), Snort
(http://www.snort.org), and tcpdump (http://www.tcpdump.org). Web Caching
would provide an additional source of information, but caching is not an
option at this time. My programming skills are limited and I am interested
in open source solutions that users of this group use to monitor and
generate reports on the use of an Internet connection. The reporting I am
interested in would show who went where and when on the Internet and how
much data was transferred over what protocol. I am working on using NTOP
with the -g switch to log information to an SQL database and develop reports
from there, but if there is already an open source solution available I
could save some valuable time. Thanks in advance.
Doug Rehfeldt
Network Engineer
drehfeld@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us
616-456-4624
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I am interested in some feedback on the use of open =
source software to perform network monitoring directly related to a =
company's Internet connection.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Tools that I use now include NTOP (<A =
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TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.ntop.org</A>), Snort (<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.snort.org" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.snort.org</A>), and tcpdump (<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.tcpdump.org" =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.tcpdump.org</A>). Web Caching would =
provide an additional source of information, but caching is not an =
option at this time. My programming skills are limited and I am =
interested in open source solutions that users of this group use to =
monitor and generate reports on the use of an Internet =
connection. The reporting I am interested in would show who =
went where and when on the Internet and how much data was transferred =
over what protocol. I am working on using NTOP with the -g switch =
to log information to an SQL database and develop reports from there, =
but if there is already an open source solution available I could save =
some valuable time. Thanks in advance.</FONT></P>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Doug Rehfeldt</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Network Engineer</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>drehfeld@ci.grand-rapids.mi.us</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>616-456-4624</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> - Internet</FONT>
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