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Iowa Library Association 2000. Ames, Iowa October 17-19, 2000. Evaluating Outbound Internet Traffic:. Where Public Library Patrons are going and how often.. Presented by Michael J. Dargan. Technical Systems Administrator, Waterloo and Cedar Falls Public Libraries. Why it Matters:. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Iowa Library Association 2000
Ames, Iowa October 17-19, 2000
Evaluating Outbound Internet Traffic:
Where Public Library Patrons are going and how often.
Presented by Michael J. Dargan
Technical Systems Administrator,
Waterloo and Cedar Falls Public Libraries
Why it Matters:
Refute claims of idlers in chat roomsGood anecdotes/examples of Internet usageShow the incidence of visits to “naughty” and “nice” sitesDemonstrate level of usageIdentify which machines are most activeDiscover peak usage hours and days
How the information is gathered
The “Sniffer”
Elron Internet Manager 4.7.5
User Privacy?
Patrons using monitored PCs are not authenticated
Staff members have no expectation of privacy and are so informed
Real Time Monitor could lead administrator to a user
IM475 does make mistakes
www.elron.com
Web Management
Internet Manager
Requires Windows NT 4 SP3
P100/32 megs
Must be on same hub as router
Is managed via web browser with cache disabled
Stores traffic in database with preconfigured reports
Password Protected
Looking at the DB
Last Access by PCs
Busiest PCs
Recently Visited Sites
Sites Most Visited
Unique Sites
Reporting Groups
Recent WebPAC Traffic
Busy WebPACs
Dictionaries?
Recent Naughty Sites
Naughtiest Sites I
Naughty Sites II
Naughty Sites III
Sexually Explicit Lexicon I
Adult
Blowjob
Bondage
Carnal
Clit
Cock
Dirty
Erotica
Fantasy
Fetish
Filthy
Fuck
Hardcore
Kinky
Lesbians
Naked
Sexually Explicit Lexicon II
Nude
Porn
Pussy
Screw
Sex
Slut
Softcore
Teen
Thumb
Twat
Virgin
Whore
XXX
Data Reports
Top 10 Sites
PC Activity
10 Busiest PCs
Traffic Patterns
Traffic by Time of Day
Traffic by Date
PC Access Log
PC Activity Log
Outbound WPL Internet Traffic Conclusions
WPL Patrons go Many Places, Many Times
Popular Places
Our Online Catalog
Our Home Page
Chat
Search Engines
Shopping
Special Interest
IM 4.75 Pros
Does provide great anecdotal informationPuts chatroom use in a larger contextShows how little time is spent in porno sitesDemonstrates vast diversity of activityIn larger network, shows which machines are busy—or not busy
IM 4.75 Cons
Very expensive
Requires dedicated Windows NT
Hardware Intensive
Error prone
No longer available since early fall 2000
Questions?
What’s happening at the WPL?
wrk121.wplwloo.lib.ia.us
This works if we have an Ethernet Connection
