RE: [squid-users] question on capabilities of squid

Tracking "hours using the internet" is basically impossible. The problem is
that by nature HTTP isn't session oriented. They request a page and they are
done. You can get a very rough idea based on the timing of requests, but
nothing precise enough to enforce policy with.

What they mean by it is the management wants a pretty report saying how many
hours each of their employees used the internet.

<RANT>These are the same kinds of managers that want to block/ban instant
messaging but don't say a word if someone is constantly on the phone.
Instant messaging is VASTLY more efficient at casual communications. You
don't have to answer/acknowledge it right then, it is generally silent,
nobody else has to answer if you aren't there. Basically managers like this
are technophobes. IMO their money would be better spent hiring quality
people with a better work ethic rather than finding every way possible to
track what their people are doing.</RANT>

-----Original Message-----
From: glen hyland [mailto:borknager@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:19 PM
To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: [squid-users] question on capabilities of squid

My company has a client that is insterested in a proxy
server, and has us a few questions. But I am a bit
confused on a definitive answer.

The questions are:
Does it track the hours that users are on the
internet?
Does it track the sites that users go to?
Does it create a log at the end of that month so that
they can see all of this information?
Does it block Instant messenger applications?

Now my first thoughts are yes to all, but I dont want
to sound like a fool if I am wrong on the hours bit. I
know it can block IM's, and creates the logs tracking
users(would be using NTLM), but would rather set it up
so they can get daily logs. A bit easier looking up a
daily smaller log, than a great big one at the end of
the month.

But as far as logging hours? I dont see it in the
access.log when I look at mine. I can see what user
tried to get to what site. But is there a way to track
hours?? I havent spoken to the client, just our
salesman. So I am kinda wondering what they mean. I am
very new to squid, and have my ntlm box running great.
and am now just playing with more of the options in
squid.

But as far as those four question go, I am unsure the
exact answer. so if anyone can tell me if I am wrong
about, just let me know

The salesman was good though, and didnt tell them that
it can do it. This was just there main concern. I dont
even want to know if they need filtering and
dansguardian yet. I am still working on getting that
to work.

Hopefully I'll get that going with ldap.

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