The other night as I was getting ready to sleep, I received an email from the host of my personal Linux VPS saying that I had exceeded my monthly transfer quota. I didn’t pay much mind to the warning, as the excess transfer was insignificant, and at that time I was too tired to care. I closed my email, got into bed and fell asleep.
Archive for the ‘How To’ Category
Reporting on Astaro Security Gateway
Friday, December 10th, 2010
Astaro Security Gateway devices are capable of producing some very detailed log files including full URLs, usernames, categories, block action and reason which gives you some great reporting options in WebSpy Vantage.
Take a look at our dedicated Astaro pages to get an idea of what can be achieved when analyzing Astaro Web Gateway log files with WebSpy Vantage.
I’ve created some quick videos to show you how to enable the correct logging options on the Astaro Security Gateway appliance, how to import these log files into Vantage, and analyze the data on the Summaries screen. (more…)
Google Claim 6.4% of Internet traffic. Help us put this to the test
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
According to recent report, Google has a record slice, 6.4%, of the world’s Internet traffic. An accurate figure? Well, we wanted to put this claim to the test and therefore started off by investigating the share of WebSpy’s traffic to Google sites. We also encourage our Vantage and Analyzer users to do the same thing and share results in below comment section – it will only take a minute.
Hit and Miss – Are you Missing out on Important Hit Data?
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Today I thought I’d cover some interesting hit information and explain how you can get more out of your data by ensuring your hits are accurately reported on.
As the term ‘hit’ can sometimes be confusing, let’s start off by properly define hits.
Useful LDAP Search Queries
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Today I was asked how to filter out computer objects when importing your Organizational structure into WebSpy Vantage.
The default LDAP query when you first run through the Import Organization wizard should filter these computers objects out. The query is: (more…)
