Using C++ to "Listen"

[Jim G.]

I am attempting to develop an application for a client that will monitor Web
Traffic on a Users PC (from a tray application that the user downloads) - I
am NOT interested in blocking or limiting internet access, I only want to be
able to monitor (listen) for ANY internet access by the User from their PC
and then once that is done to "sniff" the packet of info to determine
exactly what webpage the user access. My client is wanting to see what
website a customer of theirs visits, then when they visit a "Green" website
(vendor belonging to their program) the tray application will know that and
display relevant information. I am researching sockets, but I just need to
figure out a way to get the browser url of the page that is visited. If I
cant do this with C++, I can do it in Delphi. And no, cookies will not work
in this situation....

Any help here would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Victor Bazarov]

I am attempting to develop an application for a client that will monitor Web
Traffic [...]

Any help here would be appreciated.

Try comp.os.<your_os_here>.programmer Nothing like you describe can be
achieved without using platform- or OS-specific means, and so is OT here.

V

 

[Jim G.]

Tried the comp.os.windows.programmer group, nothing but porn and spam
there....
This is for the windows envirmnment.

I will keep looking..

Thanks,
Jim

I am attempting to develop an application for a client that will monitor
Web Traffic [...]

Any help here would be appreciated.

Try comp.os.<your_os_here>.programmer Nothing like you describe can be
achieved without using platform- or OS-specific means, and so is OT here.

V

 

[James Aguilar]

I am attempting to develop an application for a client that will monitor
Web Traffic on a Users PC (from a tray application that the user
downloads) - I am NOT interested in blocking or limiting internet access, I
only want to be able to monitor (listen) for ANY internet access by the
User from their PC and then once that is done to "sniff" the packet of info
to determine exactly what webpage the user access. My client is wanting to
see what website a customer of theirs visits, then when they visit a
"Green" website (vendor belonging to their program) the tray application
will know that and display relevant information. I am researching sockets,
but I just need to figure out a way to get the browser url of the page that
is visited. If I cant do this with C++, I can do it in Delphi. And no,
cookies will not work in this situation....

Any help here would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim

Probably best if you ask in an operating system-specific newsgroup. Here,
we don't really concentrate on this kind of thing. Try
comp.os.ms-windows.programming or something like that.

- JFA

 

[Jeff Flinn]

....

Tried the comp.os.windows.programmer group, nothing but porn and spam
there....
This is for the windows envirmnment.

Try microsoft.public.vc... or microsoft.public.win32...

on the news.microsoft.com news server.

Jeff

 

[Mike Wahler]

Tried the comp.os.windows.programmer group, nothing but porn and spam
there....
This is for the windows envirmnment.

I read the group comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32,
and like most groups, it has a smattering of spam,
but imo the bulk of posts are topical and useful.

Also you can visit www.msdn.microsoft.com and search
for info, as well as visit the MS-specific newsgroups
cited there.

If your news server does not provide some or all of
these groups, connect to Microsoft's public news
server, msnews.microsoft.com

-Mike

 

[Howard]

Tried the comp.os.windows.programmer group, nothing but porn and spam
there....
This is for the windows envirmnment.

I will keep looking..

Thanks,
Jim

You're probably looking at that newsgroup via your ISP's newsserver. Try
the microsoft one, at news.microsoft.com. It should be much better.

-Howard

 

[Victor Bazarov]

You're probably looking at that newsgroup via your ISP's newsserver. Try
the microsoft one, at news.microsoft.com. It should be much better.

Last time I looked they didn't carry 'comp.os.ms-windows' hierarchy.

 

[Howard]

Last time I looked they didn't carry 'comp.os.ms-windows' hierarchy.

D'oh! You're quite right, of course. There should be a newsgroup there
that applies, of course. But obviously comp.os.ms-windows ain't it! Mea
culpa!
-H