Re: Internet Tracking?
- From: "Ace Fekay [MCT]" <aceman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 01:12:29 -0400
"Leythos" <spam999free@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:MPG.24de9e5ef7646000989de8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <eh5e6EvEKHA.4704@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
aceman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
Just to add to the confusion, one of my customers wanted to keep track of
internet usage AND bandwidth usage because at various times during the day,
they would complain that the "internet was slow." We know ISA cannot handle
bandiwidth usage or control. I researched and found an appliance that
handles this well called Paketeer. It was around $4500. Yep, pricey, but
I'll tell you what, in the first few weeks where I was just watching and
logging traffic, and in real time, mind you, I found 4 guys downloading
videos from My Space and You Tube. I would call them up and ask them to
knock it off. After the third week, I implemented policies and force any
video content to 10% of available bandwidth. Yep, they got pissed, but the
rest of the users on the network, especially the boss, was happy that
everything was "flying" now. I also found a few others visiting
inappropriate sites. That was addressed accordingly.
Just to add my $0.02, there should be no access to those type of non-
business sites from work unless the business specifically makes money
though that type of site.
Most firewalls permit you to limit access to those type of sites to a
select/specific group of computers or users - so you could allow some
managers access while denying access to everyone else.
If you were to implement two or three web blocking rules you would
regain a lot of lost productivity at most businesses.
I know what you mean, and I agree. However in my case, this customer does make money off of YouTube and other video type of sites, but not inappropriate stuff, unless they're researching info for one of their clients. They're an advertising agency in Philly. The guy I caught at the inappropriate links was doing it for personal reasons and not business, so management had a talk with him.
The Creative group kind of got upset with the bandwidth restrictions, because they said they were researching for a customer, but looking through the logs, management asked if they can match the videos they were watching with a specific client, and they couldn't. I mean they can still watch the vid, and it may give them ideas for possible future clients, but I had to curtail them if it's just for personal use. If they need it to be wide open because they're in a crunch to put together a presentation for a client, then no problem, I'll do it for them.
If this was installed on any other customer site, I agree, things would be a little different. :-)
Ace
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