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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stealth on October 13, 2005, 07:15:30 pm
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I need to be able to do at least ONE of the following, preferably most of them to some extent:
-- monitor websites being viewed
-- limit bandwidth to certain people (i.e. this person's workstation, at IP address 1.2.3.4, is limited to 20k/sec)
-- if possible, view internet bandwidth used per IP or person. now THAT would really come in handy
-- view aggregate network traffic over the outbound (internet) interface on the firewall.
bottom one's the easiest, i need to do #1 and #2 without paying a couple thousand for a solution. was thinking about just setting up a linux workstation as a router between the cisco PIX and the switches, which i think is the first step, but are there modules to be able to do the above?
or if anyone has any suggestions in this regard, please let me know :p
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[color=66ff00]Regarding number 2, a quick primer: Link (www.pcquest.com/content/linux/2004/104040601.asp)
Number 3: Link (martybugs.net/linux/ipac.cgi)
Not having used these features myself I can't vouch for their workability unfortunately.
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If you already have a system set up, you could try Shorewall (http://www.shorewall.net/). It's a firewall configuration tool that handles most of those criteria.
Or you could get a firewall distro like m0n0wall (http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/index.php) (FreeBSD based), IPCop (http://www.ipcop.org) or Smoothwall (http://www.smoothwall.org/).