Re: Linux or Unix distribution for network sniffing

[John Morrison <john.morrison101 () gmail com>]

Gustavo,

Thank you for the information. DansGuardian sounds like a very good
product. This is why I use these forums.

I will look at DansGuardian further.

On 25 June 2010 16:32, Gustavo Castro <gcastrop () gmail com> wrote:
> John:
>   I've been using squid + dansguardian to provide solutions for this kind of
> situations. I'm blocking all traffic from the LAN to internet, but known and
> needed services (dns, pop3, etc.). Even port 25 is blocked from the LAN to
> ensure nobody can send spam if infected. I usually capture the HTTP traffic
> transparently, and as other ports are blocked, nobody can get outside
> without passing through the proxies, so no problem with "smart-lusers"...
>   One of my customers have switched from WebSense to this setup and he is
> very much pleased with the outcome.
>   Just my two cents.
> 2010/6/25 John Morrison <john.morrison101 () gmail com>
> > If we continue the thread down this track does anyone have experience
> > of Open Source products that may provide a solution?
>
> --
> Saludos,
>     Gustavo Castro Puig.
>     E-Mail: gcastrop () gmail com
>
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