Re: [pfSense] Building Reports and Content Filters
> -Original Message- > From: list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org [mailto:list- > boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of James Caldwell > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:44 AM > To: pfSense support and discussion > Subject: Re: [pfSense] Building Reports and Content Filters > > https://www.untangle.com/store/policy-manager-conf.html > https://www.untangle.com/store/reports.html > > A couple of links that I came across that prompted the question this > morning. > > Dansguardian package will give you content filtering capabilities Sarg will give your reports of usage in dansguardian. Squid can be used as a proxy and lightsquid as a reporting tool also if you would like to do it that way. Both of the above require the user to login to the router to view the reports AFAIK. ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [pfSense] Building Reports and Content Filters
https://www.untangle.com/store/policy-manager-conf.html https://www.untangle.com/store/reports.html A couple of links that I came across that prompted the question this morning. James -Original Message- From: list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of James Caldwell Sent: November-20-12 8:41 AM To: pfSense support and discussion Subject: Re: [pfSense] Building Reports and Content Filters Basically the management at the particular client in question has asked if I can pull usage reports for a handful of users and wanted to get a rough idea how much personal browsing is taking place on company machines. I'm certainly not trying to stick my neck out into a potentially bad situation, merely trying to provide an intelligent response to someone else's inquiry. The second bit I was looking to see is a breakdown of where the traffic is coming from, such as HTTP, P2P, etc, and what IP ranges are the primary culprits as they have several VLANS. Cheers. James -Original Message- From: list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of Chris Bagnall Sent: November-20-12 8:01 AM To: list@lists.pfsense.org Subject: Re: [pfSense] Building Reports and Content Filters On 20/11/12 2:53 pm, James Caldwell wrote: > Trying to figure out a good solution for monitoring users and building > reports to try and enforce acceptable use policies and procedures but I would > really like to avoid using any solution other than pfSense. Having asked > around and checked the forums I've seen a handful of people that will use > Untangle behind a perimeter pfSense machine but this is certainly not an > ideal way to go, especially in more complex network environments. I've also > recently seen lots of advertisements from vendors such as SonicWALL and > WatchGuard about 'Next Generation Firewalls' and their ability to better > manage your network traffic. I'd hate to think that they have anything the > open source community has not already had for some time :). Regardless, any > insight would be really appreciated. Thanks guys! You should probably be a little more specific about precisely what sort of "acceptable use policies and procedures" you are trying to enforce. I'd also caution against looking for a technical solution to a social or HR percieved 'problem'. It nearly always seems to end in tears, recriminations, and other unpleasantness :-) Kind regards, Chris -- This email is made from 100% recycled electrons ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [pfSense] Building Reports and Content Filters
Basically the management at the particular client in question has asked if I can pull usage reports for a handful of users and wanted to get a rough idea how much personal browsing is taking place on company machines. I'm certainly not trying to stick my neck out into a potentially bad situation, merely trying to provide an intelligent response to someone else's inquiry. The second bit I was looking to see is a breakdown of where the traffic is coming from, such as HTTP, P2P, etc, and what IP ranges are the primary culprits as they have several VLANS. Cheers. James -Original Message- From: list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org [mailto:list-boun...@lists.pfsense.org] On Behalf Of Chris Bagnall Sent: November-20-12 8:01 AM To: list@lists.pfsense.org Subject: Re: [pfSense] Building Reports and Content Filters On 20/11/12 2:53 pm, James Caldwell wrote: > Trying to figure out a good solution for monitoring users and building > reports to try and enforce acceptable use policies and procedures but I would > really like to avoid using any solution other than pfSense. Having asked > around and checked the forums I've seen a handful of people that will use > Untangle behind a perimeter pfSense machine but this is certainly not an > ideal way to go, especially in more complex network environments. I've also > recently seen lots of advertisements from vendors such as SonicWALL and > WatchGuard about 'Next Generation Firewalls' and their ability to better > manage your network traffic. I'd hate to think that they have anything the > open source community has not already had for some time :). Regardless, any > insight would be really appreciated. Thanks guys! You should probably be a little more specific about precisely what sort of "acceptable use policies and procedures" you are trying to enforce. I'd also caution against looking for a technical solution to a social or HR percieved 'problem'. It nearly always seems to end in tears, recriminations, and other unpleasantness :-) Kind regards, Chris -- This email is made from 100% recycled electrons ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [pfSense] Building Reports and Content Filters
On 20/11/12 2:53 pm, James Caldwell wrote: Trying to figure out a good solution for monitoring users and building reports to try and enforce acceptable use policies and procedures but I would really like to avoid using any solution other than pfSense. Having asked around and checked the forums I've seen a handful of people that will use Untangle behind a perimeter pfSense machine but this is certainly not an ideal way to go, especially in more complex network environments. I've also recently seen lots of advertisements from vendors such as SonicWALL and WatchGuard about 'Next Generation Firewalls' and their ability to better manage your network traffic. I'd hate to think that they have anything the open source community has not already had for some time :). Regardless, any insight would be really appreciated. Thanks guys! You should probably be a little more specific about precisely what sort of "acceptable use policies and procedures" you are trying to enforce. I'd also caution against looking for a technical solution to a social or HR percieved 'problem'. It nearly always seems to end in tears, recriminations, and other unpleasantness :-) Kind regards, Chris -- This email is made from 100% recycled electrons ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
[pfSense] Building Reports and Content Filters
Morning Everyone, Trying to figure out a good solution for monitoring users and building reports to try and enforce acceptable use policies and procedures but I would really like to avoid using any solution other than pfSense. Having asked around and checked the forums I've seen a handful of people that will use Untangle behind a perimeter pfSense machine but this is certainly not an ideal way to go, especially in more complex network environments. I've also recently seen lots of advertisements from vendors such as SonicWALL and WatchGuard about 'Next Generation Firewalls' and their ability to better manage your network traffic. I'd hate to think that they have anything the open source community has not already had for some time :). Regardless, any insight would be really appreciated. Thanks guys! James ___ List mailing list List@lists.pfsense.org http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
