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[ECA]

Love that Urchin add...What is it.

OK, Im Looking for a program that sits in the background and Logs, all programs going Out/in on my net access. And to what location they are being sent or recieved.

Any Ideas.

[llbbl]

I forget the name of the program that I use at home. I don't think it does all that you are looking for. I will look it up when I get back. I found a couple on download.com that you should check out. Some of these cost money to own.

From the developer: "With CS Internet Tools you have more than 15 internet tools. This includes Bandwidth Monitor, Instant Netstat, Ping, Port Scanner, TCP Stats, Whois and MX lookup, Trace Route, Time Sync, and many more."
http://download.com.com/3000-2381-10145835.html?tag=lst-0-7


This one scares me.
http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10175341.html?tag=lst-0-24

I found it.
DU Meter helps you maximize your bandwidth potential by letting you see just how much of it is actually utilized at any given time. DU Meter can display bandwidth data in a real-time graph, a numerical display, or both. Other features include the ability to notify the user and/or disconnect all active dial-up connections when the data transfer rate drops below a certain minimum value, audible signals you can set to go off each time a specified amount of data is transferred, and a display of the number of total bytes transferred.
Version 3.0 added a wealth of updates, including support for Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP Beta 2; support for very high traffic rates; an optional vertical grid in graph; more predefined connection types, including ADSL, cable modem, T1; a fully customizable traffic volume and dial-up connection time alert; numerous bug fixes; and much more. Version 3.02 includes some minor enhancements and bug fixes.

http://download.com.com/3000-2155-10127470.html?tag=lst-0-3

[llbbl]

This one is kinda cool looking also.

http://download.com.com/3000-2155-10150643.html?tag=lst-0-1

[Ioman]

Urchin is a program we are running on our server. It tracks traffic, and other statistics. Its like Webtrends. They gave us a good deal, so I told them we would run their banner for a month.

[ECA]

Looking for it to monitor the files going IN/OUT. This way you can tell if something is being moved, from the system

[Ioman]

Well it does tell us what files people are downloading the most from the site etc. Imainly use it to see our page views/Unique visitors and the HTTP refererrs.

[ECA]

whats the price? they got a FREE version?
This is only a way to track those that get into my comp.
Im thinking about geting cable Internet.

I dont REALLY want to stop them as TRACK them. Or insert a smal file that would CONTACT me from there COMP, after they TOOK anything. Scary, huh?

[Ioman]

Originally posted by ECA
whats the price? they got a FREE version?
This is only a way to track those that get into my comp.
Im thinking about geting cable Internet.

I dont REALLY want to stop them as TRACK them. Or insert a smal file that would CONTACT me from there COMP, after they TOOK anything. Scary, huh?

It is about $600. It is meant for webservers though, Dang know more about it than me as he does the site coding and server setup. I will show him this thread.

[dang]

Can't use Urchin for that type of tracking.

Urchin is a web site stats tracking program. shows information like # of uniques, pages, data sent, country orgins, most requested files, etc
It reads your access log file for the web daemon.

Sounds like you need to setup a some type of firewall system(s) where if people hack your box you send em to a honeypot or something.

I know someone who did something similiar.. he had a setup w/ 4 firewalls, and a dummy ftp server (his normal ftp server was hidden). he infected all the files on the dummy ftp server with virus's. He watched one night as someone hacked into his infected ftp server and downloaded crap.. He laughed the whole time..... :)

[ECA]

YEP, thats the way to do it.

Be neet to set up 1 Bogus drive with NOTHING on it(that you want to run, anyway) and when they access your system, they get sent to that drive and cant access anything else.
Just a root.
Or a bunch of bogus crap. Virus or not.

[llbbl]

The safest and easiest way to secure your home system while using a broadband connection is to use a combination of sofware and hardware firewalls. For instance you would run a program like ZoneAlarm (free) and also own a router that would have a good firewall built in. If you want to do complicated things with your firewall such as what dang described than you would have to install a Unix server, most likely FreeBSD. I know a guy here locally who would be willing to set one up and answer your questions for about $35 an hour. That is a good price seen as how good security people can demand top dollar these days.

[ECA]

I just get a $50 computer, and run Linux base on it, for a firewall. Then they get into that system, there AINT nothing there.

[llbbl]

With that cheap of a computer you might slow down your connection when you have alot of traffic. If you spent about another $50 you would be able to buy a decent router.

[ECA]

But, it would be a router. you can get a P Pro, even a few P2's for this price. It dont need ALOT in it. dont even need a monitor, after its setup. No sound card. Just a net card, and cable modem. you have enough speed.