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I am going to contact FortiNet support for this. &nbsp;My supervisor had recommended that to begin with, just wanted to make sure it was the right choice.
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I am going to contact FortiNet support for this.  My supervisor had recommended that to begin with, just wanted to make sure it was the right choice.

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What are some tools you have used/have seen others use to capture the web traffic of specific users? &nbsp;Windows 2008 R2 domain with Windows 10 workstations using IE, Chrome, and a few Firefox. &nbsp;FortiNet firewalls in all locations.<br />
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Prefer to keep this project as cheap as possible as it's not a very high priority. &nbsp;<br />
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What are the pros/cons to using firewalls vs software vs a hardware device?
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What are some tools you have used/have seen others use to capture the web traffic of specific users?  Windows 2008 R2 domain with Windows 10 workstations using IE, Chrome, and a few Firefox.  FortiNet firewalls in all locations.

Prefer to keep this project as cheap as possible as it's not a very high priority.  

What are the pros/cons to using firewalls vs software vs a hardware device?

Looking for a web usage history tracking tool. (budget)

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Networking

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Software Firewalls

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Hardware Firewalls

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Windows Server 2008

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