[ILUG] Controlling Internet Access

[Chris Higgins]

> Has it occurred to anyone (including originator of this thread) that what
> he is planning is an egregious invasion of (sombodies) privacy? (Even if

How come ?  You assume that the users are unaware of the intent  / or that
they disagree with it - or that they have no choice ...

The question is a valid question, regardless of your beliefs into it's
privacy impact...

*Every* company that I've ever worked for has kept the proxy logs,
and the administrators have run reports (identities not published)
of the type of usage which has been the greatest waste of bandwidth.

This is perfectly valid under the DPA, and I can't see why any employee
would have any objections (the information is anonymous).... 
 
Now - abuse of that information is something else, the use of it to
track an employees activities is a whole different story - and I can
see why you could raise an objection.. 

But it's dead easy to mess with the administrators head - simply cron your
linux box to wget slashdot at odd hours of the days - it'll jump all over
the place - especially interesting when it happens at two in the morning :)
All that overtime - and never appreciated :)

As to restricting access by user - what's wrong by that - it's not
very nice if you expect full and free internet access as a perk
of your job - but if it's not a perk of your job - what rights do
you have to claim it ?


> he has been asked to do it by an employer.) IMHO it seems rather
> inconsistent with the general culture of this user group.

To provide cool ways to get linux into every organisation ? 
We'll stop at nothing ! :0)
> 
> Or maybe it is a wind-up.... :-/
> 
> John
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> Today Dermot Beirne spoke, saying:
> 
> DB> Folks,
> DB> I need to implement a solution that will allow me to grant Internet access
> DB> to people based on their logon usernames + password for a Windows Domain
> DB> that are logging into.  I also need to be able to monitor or report on
> DB> sites visited and restrict site access by user, as well as speeding up net
> DB> access by the use of caching of pages.
> DB>
> DB> I'd like to use a Linux solution for this if possible.
> DB>
> DB> Can any of you point me in the right direction to get started so that I
> DB> don't end up going around in circles before achieving anything.
> DB>
> DB> Thanks,
> DB>
> DB> Dermot.
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