a very good log analyzer is awstat. it can generate very details statistic & customizable.
On Thursday 03 July 2003 04:31 pm, Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > On Thursday 03 July 2003 05.19, glen hyland wrote: > > 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? > > Yes on all above, indirectly via the log file and statistics programs > which collects and summarises this information from the access log. > > > Does it block Instant messenger applications? > > Yes, if you set up access controls denying these applications and the > applications use HTTP. > > Applications not using HTTP is not seen by Squid and can not be > blocked by Squid. > > > 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?? > > Each request has a timestamp when the request was made and the > duration of the request. By analysing the distribution of the > requests you can approximate the hours spent on the Internet with a > quite good accuracy. Several log analysis programs can do this for > you. > > Regards > Henrik
