Re: How to detect the IPs of users who are using IM and P2P programs

From: John Lampe (jwlampe@tenablesecurity.com)
Date: Tue Nov 29 2005 - 10:31:32 EST


Nabeel S. Alzahrani(نبيل الزهراني) wrote:

>Dear All,
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>Is there any tool/method that allow me to detect the IPs of users who are using IM (Instant Messaging i.e. MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger, ICQ, etc) and P2P (Peer-2-Peer programs such Kazaa) in our network?
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>Thanks
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NeVO from Tenable Network Security (my employer, btw), is a great tool
for detecting these sort of client apps. Of course, you need to deploy
NeVO in a spot where it will see the traffic. Check out
http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/nevo.shtml for a 30-day demo.

John Lampe

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