Monitoring Connections, Analyzing Logs and Preventing Bandwidth Theft

OK, three questions:

I'll just explain what's running first;

Got Ensim for Windows running on an server run by IIS6, there are just under
200 seperate sites hosted on the server at the moment, everything 'basic' is
installed now like PHP, Perl etc etc...

Firstly, is there a way to monitor all open connections to a server, as in
what sites are currently being accessed, what's being sent and recieved,
what programs are being used etc etc? I've found a couple of filters but I'm
not sure if this is what I want.

Are there any free options around that can help me here?

Secondly, I've tried to install Webalizer and AwStats on the server but they
are directed at a Linux server so setting them up on IIS is incredibly hard.

Are there any good (preferably free!) web stats programs that are easy to
set up on IIS and can help to monitor log files, giving referrers bandwidth
etc etc...

Thirdly, I've got a BIG problem with people hotlinking to files on my sites,
this is taking up a lot of bandwidth which is quite a problem. I've seen
things like Coldlink but they all cost a fair bit, are there any good free
options that I could use?

Thanks to anyone who can help.

Thanks to anyone who reads this and thinks 'F**k that!'

:cp

Phillip

jeff
Fri Jul 16 08:27:56 CDT 2004

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 22:50:40 GMT, "Phillip Hudson"
<phillip.hudson2@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>Secondly, I've tried to install Webalizer and AwStats on the server but they
>are directed at a Linux server so setting them up on IIS is incredibly hard.

AWStats is rather simple on IIS/Windows and there is a good Windows
installation write up on the Awstats installation page:

http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_setup.html

>Are there any good (preferably free!) web stats programs that are easy to
>set up on IIS and can help to monitor log files, giving referrers bandwidth
>etc etc...

Sure. See:

Logfiles:
http://www.iisfaq.com/default.aspx?view=P141

>Thirdly, I've got a BIG problem with people hotlinking to files on my sites,
>this is taking up a lot of bandwidth which is quite a problem. I've seen
>things like Coldlink but they all cost a fair bit, are there any good free
>options that I could use?

Checking the HTTP_REFERER is a common method, but if you Google for
anti-hotlinking scripts or anti-leech scripts you'll find plenty of
options. The first that popped up for me:

http://www.michaelbrumm.com/leechblocker.html

Jeff

John
Sat Jul 17 13:23:12 CDT 2004

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:50:40 -0700, Phillip Hudson wrote:
>=A0OK, three questions:
>
>
>=A0I'll just explain what's running first;
>
>
>=A0Got Ensim for Windows running on an server run by IIS6, there are
>=A0just under 200 seperate sites hosted on the server at the moment,
>=A0everything 'basic' is installed now like PHP, Perl etc etc...
>
>=A0Firstly, is there a way to monitor all open connections to a
>=A0server, as in what sites are currently being accessed, what's being
>=A0sent and recieved, what programs are being used etc etc? I've found
>=A0a couple of filters but I'm not sure if this is what I want.
>
>=A0Are there any free options around that can help me here?
>
>
>=A0Secondly, I've tried to install Webalizer and AwStats on the server
>=A0but they are directed at a Linux server so setting them up on IIS
>=A0is incredibly hard.
>
>=A0Are there any good (preferably free!) web stats programs that are
>=A0easy to set up on IIS and can help to monitor log files, giving
>=A0referrers bandwidth etc etc...
>
>=A0Thirdly, I've got a BIG problem with people hotlinking to files on
>=A0my sites, this is taking up a lot of bandwidth which is quite a
>=A0problem. I've seen things like Coldlink but they all cost a fair
>=A0bit, are there any good free options that I could use?
>
>=A0Thanks to anyone who can help.
>
>
>=A0Thanks to anyone who reads this and thinks 'F**k that!'
>
>
>=A0:cp
>
>
>=A0Phillip

See this tool. It's not free but it will tell you everything that is running=
in IIS.

http://www.serverautomationtools.com/webcgi/webbatch.exe?techsupt/tsleft.web=
+Valuable-Third-Party-Tools+IIS-Thread-Monitoring-tool.html
John Cesta

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