[Balug-Talk] ip masquerading and system logs

[Ruben Safir]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 09:26:38PM -0800, Hoover Chan wrote:
> I'm in an environment where I'm being asked to track where students are 
> going on the Internet. The workstations in question are using dynamic 
> addressing and IP masquerading. Is it a matter of adjusting the log level 
> for syslogd or do I need to go to something like Squid and Dansguardian? 
> Or something else?

You might give them assinged IP addresses based on the MAC with DHCPCD
and then you will be able to log them.  I use ntop for some businesses
and my house.

Ruben

> 
> Yes, I know about privacy implications here too and I'm raising that issue 
> at the same time but there are some compelling circumstances for 
> protecting children...
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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> Hoover Chan                   chan at sacredsf.org
> Director of Technology
> Schools of the Sacred Heart
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> San Francisco, CA 94115
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