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Old 09-18-2006, 04:27 AM   #1
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Chat Monioring


i have heard that there is MSN Chat monitoring software for linux.Which can see what the users in my lan are chatting.Is it true?what is the program name?
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Old 09-18-2006, 04:31 AM   #2
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You could use a packet sniffer for this (tcpdump, wireshark/ethereal). You should also advise users that you intend to monitor their conversations, there are privacy concerns...
 
Old 09-18-2006, 05:53 AM   #3
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You could also use snort to log any chat messages or even catch emails, though as gilead suggested you got to update your users about this as well & you got to present some sensible reasons infront of them to justify this act of yours as this is a pure breach of privacy.

p.s. If you know what is going through a packet & its structure, its not at all dificult to make rules to catch chat messages & emails.
 
  


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