Layer 8 / user level firewall on linux?

[DULMANDAKH Sukhbaatar]

> Does anyone know of a Linux firewall that offers layer 8 firewall /
> user level firewalling? Cyberoam

as I know there is no level 8.

> I basically want to track which user access what on the internet, from
> an internal network. Ideally I want to limit access to certain objects
> (i.e. websites, by URL / keyword / type, FTP, skype, MSN, etc) for
> certain users as well.

from your requirements I see that you can use squid+iptables. squid
for limiting web access by url, keyword, and use iptables for IP/port
based access such as skype, MSN, ftp.


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