Look for something called XnI - it runs on Linux and Windows. It's not a free
product, but it's not awfully expensive and does a decent job.
- Jeff
John Mills wrote:
> Hello -
>
> I know this is a very complex issue, but I wondered if there were some
> type of 'sniffer' application we could set in our local net to check for
> certain categories of traffic. Naturally it would be nice to ignore what
> we consider 'normal' traffic between our nodes. I am really asking how to
> get started in detecting intrusions or unexpected interrogations of our
> workstations. We want to find even "friendly fire", in the sense that we
> may invite outsiders to access some of our systems, but would like to
> track or control their access to the others.
>
> Services to our systems are somewhat restricted at our ISP, but we do not
> have a true firewall nor proxy (nor - for my part - really want one as
> our sole and exclusive access)..
>
> The primary common-file server is WinNT, as are most of our workstations.
> There are some Win9* boxes and one Linux box &8-). Our SysAdmin is looking
> at Win products, and has so far found mostly commercial ones. He is trying
> to make an evaluation without much direct experience: your experience
> would be very helpful.
>
> I am interested in either Win or Linux applications, naturally free ones
> would be nice, but I am also interested in 'moderately priced' (?)
> commercial products.
>
> We could set up a box for this purpose - it seems most logical - but
> initially even something which could run on my Linux box or an existing
> WinNT box would be welcome as a learning tool.
>
> I am very ignorant of this - feel free to send quite basic comments.
>
> Thanks -
> John Mills
>
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