On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 20:40:02 -0800 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/5/05, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 19:48:04 -0800 > > Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 11/5/05, gentuxx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > My wife is asking if there is an easy way to keep a list of all web > > > > >sites visited on a specific computer in the house. I don't know about > > > > >such stuff. Is there any way to do that for either Mozilla or Firefox? > > > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > >Mark > > > > > > > > > It would depend on how your home network is set up. A squid proxy > > > > could work for you. What are you trying to accomplish? > > > > > > > Thanks. I'll look into squid. I guess with squid all of that machine's > > > requests go to this machine and then it forwards stuff on, keeping a > > > record? Is that the basic idea? > > > > > > If so, does that mean that all traffic for the machine in question > > > actually does through the squid machine? If so that might mean too > > > much wireless traffic the way we are set up. > > > > yes thats the point of squid it is a proxy. > > OK, but that's like using the word in the definition to a guy who's > never used a proxy. ;-) > > I'm still unclear though, and I'm sure I'll find this out either > through reading or use. do all packets for the machine using the proxy > go through the proxy? Or is it more like a DNS server where just the > URL's go through the proxy to figure out what to do? > > Right now the machine under observation is on one wireless leg. The > one machine that's on all the time is on anothe wireless leg. Neither > is directly tied to the cable modem. If the traffic pattern looks like > > M_OBSERVE -> router -> M_SQUID -> router -> Internet -> router -> > M_SQUID -> router -> M_OBSERVE I use ipcop as my internet gateway/router, so all traffic goes through it, and thats where I run squid. ipcop does it all for you, and you might be interested in the copplus addon or the squidguard addon from http://firewalladdons.sourceforge.net/ > > The I created a lot of extra wireless traffic, especially since the > machine being observed seems to like to watch a lot of gaming videos. > If it's just addresses, then no big deal. If it's the whole data > stream then it's not going to work well. > > On the other hand I have a MythTV frontend that is not always turned > on but could be, I suppose, which is on the router, as are a few of my > audio machines. I'm loath to start putting this stuff on machines in > my studio.... > > > > > > > > > > > > Or is it just the addresses that are proxied? > > > > > > As for purpose, as I said earlier my wife wants to know all web sites > > > that a certain computer on our network visits over time. > > > > trouble with the kids? > > :-) > > Thanks, > Mark > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
