traffic

What is the most stable, least intrusive way to track web traffic between two sites?

I need to track traffic between a specific set of web sites. I would then store the number of clicks in a database table with the fields fromSite, toSite, day, noOfClicks. The complete urls are unimportant - only web site identity is needed. I've ruled out redirects since I don't want my server to be a single point of failure. I want th...

Difference between SSL and Kerberos authentication?

Hi! I am trying to understand what's the actual difference between SSL and Kerberos authentications, and why sometimes I have both SSL traffic and Kerberos. Or does Kerberos use SSL in any way? Anyone could help? Thank you! ...

Throttle traffic in Apache based on User-Agent

We are running Apache (IBM HTTP Server 6.0.2.0) in front of WebSphere 6.0 on linux. We are getting excessive traffic from a specific User-Agent from varying IP addresses. We do not want to block the User-Agent or IP addresses, but would like to slow them down a bit. Best scenario for us would be to use out of the box Apache config op...

How do I find how much SVN traffic I'm using?

At my office we have an SVN server set up and I'd like to know how much traffic it is using. I'm not interested in the bandwidth, just the total number of 1s and 0s the SVN service is sending/receiving. The data will all be going via the svn:// protocol, and the server is running XP pro. ...

Does anyone know a good guide/book to interpreting results from Google Analytics?

I'm looking for a guide to interpreting results from Google Analytics. Also is there an API for accessing the data? ...

how can i generate a ftp traffic report with awstats?

I would like to generate a report using /var/logs/xferlog showing the traffic for a particular user, for a particular month. ...

Where is Prolog used for traffic control systems?

The user Laurent had an interesting reply to the question [Why hasn’t logic programming caught on?]: If you look at the influence logic-programming has had in the field of -- air traffic control -- I don't think it can be said logic-programming has not caught on. A question arises: Where is prolog used for traffic cont...

API for retrieving driving directions and traffic data?

I'm interested in working on a side-project at work that integrates traffic data and automated route planning with our dispatching application. However, it seems that Google Maps and the Microsoft Virtual Earth Platform place restrictions that interfere with what I would like to do. Is there an API (free or commercial) that allows the f...

can we write a program to measure how much traffic any website has like Alexa does?

Can we write a program to measure how much traffic any website has like Alexa or ComScore does? Do we need to be in the middle of an internet backbone or have access to such traffic data? can we write any program to measure it just using a consumer-level internet connection? ...

Website Stats/Traffic (backlinks, visitors)

Hi, How may I get the ranking statistics of a particular website using PHP, I'm talking about services like statbrain.com. I know I'll have to use other sources like Google, Yahoo and Alexa etc and that's what I want to know, how do I use these sources to get the data? Things I would like to know are number of visitors, Google PageRank...

Identifying characteristics of certain categories network traffic (originating from load balancer or port based NAT)

I'm using a sniffer (such as Wireshark) to monitor network traffic. I have no prior knowledge of the network topology. My purpose is to identify IPs as load balancers or NAT entry points. How can I identify that a particular packet originated from a load balancer or has come through a firewall and has had port based network address tra...

Alexa API?

are there any traffic data api out there for any domain? I can't find an API from Alexa, any other Alexa like companies out there? Is scrapping from Alexa a workable way of obtaining these traffic data? ...

Bash command (netstat etc) to show overview of packet transfer?

Let's say I have a Linux machine that is being bogged down by some network traffic. Might be someone FTPing a large file to it, a bunch of people downloading a large file, etc. What are some options I could use to determine this? I've looked over say the netstat man but I'm not sure if this would be exactly what I need. It could at leas...

What HTTP traffic monitor would you recommend for Windows?

I need the sniffer to test network traffic of applications developed by me for Windows and Facebook. Basic requirements: -display request and response -display HTTP headers -display the time it took to complete HTTP request Now I'm using HTTP Analyzer. A very good tool, but it terminates with some error after 10-15 min running on Vista....

LogParser failing in WebApp

Hello, I've developed a WinForms app that I've that shows the bandwidth a single IIS site using LogParser. This worked quite well. I've now written the exact same thing in ASP.net, but then the following exception is thrown: Cannot find any file matching "C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC4\ex*.log" The exception makes sence, since all ou...

How to Monitor Genuine Page Hits

Hello, I am trying to monitor genuine page hits. Here is what my site does. I have an article directory where people can post articles. When their article is posted they are paid depending on the amount of unique users visit their pages. So page hits are important. Here is the problem I am facing. What I need: I don't want to track pa...

Can I monitor traffic on my Incoming Dialup connection using Wireshark?

Hi, I am trying to create a RAS server in XP Pro. The idea is to log in to this server via a dialup connection. I have set up a new network connection via the New Connect Wizard in XP - according to this tutorial on techrepublic. I am sure that the modem and the connection is working, I have tested it. However, I want to monitor inco...

How to redirect all web traffic to a specific page?

Is there a way to redirect all traffic to my website to a specific page? My free host does support PHP. Not sure if that is what would be appropriate for this or not. Thank you. ...

Delphi - loging all HTTP request

Hi I need loging all HTTP request (from any application). I have Delphi 7.0. Anybody know how do that? ...

Tool for network traffic analysis of a custom protocol

The protocol is very simple and is developed on top of TCP. I need to analyze a big libpcap dump file to calculate the average value and standard deviation of the conversation time and of the number of packets per conversation. Using Wireshark it's simple to analyze the TCP conversations between the endpoints, but the summary includes a...