From: David Ross Date: 2004-09-08T04:31:46+09:00 Subject: Re: Request for ideas: simple, useful web app --0-4513730-1094585502=:26248 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii There is software that has been seriously developed called MRTG for that. Its not hard to set up at all. And its very good ;) --David Ross Markus wrote:gabriele renzi wrote: > Another nifty thing could be something that writes network traffic > graphs or something like that, but not so good on the db usage part. How about something that watched logs for various attacks (e.g. worms, port-scanning, etc.) and showed over-time graphs. * It involves graphics * A database could be used to store historical data and attack signatures * It could be very simple at first, and easily expanded; Initially, it might only recognize attempts to read .htaccess, for example. More signatures (patterns, where to look for them, and what they mean) could be added later. * It could be quite useful -- MarkusQ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! --0-4513730-1094585502=:26248--