RFC1470
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Network Working Group R. Enger Request for Comments: 1470 ANS FYI: 2 J. Reynolds Obsoletes: 1147 ISI
Editors
June 1993
FYI on a Network Management Tool Catalog:
Tools for Monitoring and Debugging TCP/IP Internets
and Interconnected Devices
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
The goal of this FYI memo is to provide an update to FYI 2, RFC 1147 [1], which provided practical information to site administrators and network managers. New and/or updated tools are listed in this RFC. Additonal descriptions are welcome, and should be sent to: noctools- [email protected].
Introduction
A static document cannot incorporate references to the latest tools nor recent revisions to the older catalog entries. To provide a more timely and responsive information source, the NOCtools catalog is available on-line via the Internet and Usenet.
news comp.networks.noctools ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/noctools
Because of publication delays and other factors, some of the entries in this catalog may be out of date. The reader is urged to consult the on-line service to obtain the most up-to-date information.
The index provided in this document reflects the current contents of the on-line documentation.
The NOCtools2 Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has compiled this revised catalog. Future revisions will be incorporated into the on-line NOCtools catalog. The reader is encouraged to submit new or revised entries for (near-immediate) electronic publication.
The tools described in this catalog are in no way endorsed by the IETF. For the most part, we have neither evaluated the tools in this catalog, nor validated their descriptions. Most of the descriptions of commercial tools have been provided by vendors. Caveat Emptor.
Acknowledgements
This catalog is the result of work on the part of the NOCTools2 Working Group of the User Services Area of the IETF. The following individuals made especially notable contributions: Chris Myers, Darren Kinley, Gary Malkin, Mohamed Ellozy, and Mike Patton.
Current Postings
The current contents of the NOCtools catalog may be retrieved via anonymous FTP from wuarchive.wustl.edu. The entries are stored as individual files in the directory /doc/noctools.
"No-Writeups" Appendix
This section contains references to tools which are known to exist, but which have not been fully cataloged. If anyone wishes to author an entry for one of these tools please contact us at:
[email protected]
Keep in mind that if these or other tools are included in the future, they will be available in the on-line version of the catalog.
Each mention is separated by a <form-feed> for improved readability. If you intend to actually print-out this section of the catalog, then you should probably strip-out the <ff>.
How to Submit/Update an Entry
1) review the template included below to determine what
information you will need to collect,
2) review the keywords to see what your indexing options are,
3) assemble (update) catalog entry to include results of
1) and 2).
4) Submit your entry using either of the following two methods:
a) Post your submission to: comp.internet.noctools.submissions
b) Email your submission to: [email protected]
New entries will be circulated automatically upon reception. As time permits, the NOCtools editors will review recent submissions and incorporate them into the master indexes. Enquiries regarding the
status of a submission should be E-Mailed to:
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Those submitting an entry to the catalog should insure that any E- mail addresses provided are correct and functional. Either the catalog editors or prospective users of your tool may wish to reach you.
TEMPLATE
NAME
<tool-name>
KEYWORDS
[<keyword-A1>[,<keyword-A2>[,...,<keyword-An>]]];
[<keyword-B1>[,<keyword-B2>[,...,<keyword-Bn>]]];
[<keyword-C1>[,<keyword-C2>[,...,<keyword-Cn>]]];
[<keyword-D1>[,<keyword-D2>[,...,<keyword-Dn>]]];
[<keyword-E1>[,<keyword-E2>[,...,<keyword-En>]]].
ABSTRACT
<summary of the tool>
<summary of the tool>
<summary of the tool>
MECHANISM
<high level technical details of how it works>
<high level technical details of how it works>
<high level technical details of how it works>
CAVEATS
<any warnings or cautions>
<any warnings or cautions>
<any warnings or cautions>
BUGS
<any warnings or cautions>
<any warnings or cautions>
<any warnings or cautions>
LIMITATIONS
<any warnings or cautions>
<any warnings or cautions>
<any warnings or cautions>
HARDWARE REQUIRED
<list any hardware requirements>
<list any hardware requirements>
<list any hardware requirements>
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
<list any software requirements>
<list any software requirements>
<list any software requirements>
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
<How to acquire the tool.>
<Location/Contact Info to access/obtain tool>
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
<Contact info for person responsible for catalog entry>
DATE OF MOST RECENT UPDATE TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
<YYMMDD>
Keywords
This catalog uses "keywords" for terse characterizations of the tools. Keywords are abbreviated attributes of a tool or its use. To allow cross-comparison of tools, uniform keyword definitions have been developed, and are given below. Following the definitions, there is an index of catalog entries by keyword.
Keyword Definitions
The keywords are always listed in a prefined order, sorted first by the general category into which they fall, and then alphabetically. The categories that have been defined for management tool keywords are:
o the general management area to which a tool
relates or a tool's functional role;
o the network resources or components that are
managed;
o the mechanisms or methods a tool uses to
perform its functions;
o the operating system and hardware environment
of a tool; and
o the characteristics of a tool as a hardware
product or software release.
The keywords used to describe the general management area or functional role of a tool are:
Alarm
a reporting/logging tool that can trigger on specific
events within a network.
Analyzer
a traffic monitor that reconstructs and interprets pro-
tocol messages that span several packets.
Benchmark
a tool used to evaluate the performance of network com-
ponents.
Control
a tool that can change the state or status of a remote
network resource.
Debugger
a tool that by generating arbitrary packets and moni-
toring traffic, can drive a remote network component to
various states and record its responses.
Generator
a traffic generation tool.
Manager
a distributed network management system or system com-
ponent.
Map
a tool that can discover and report a system's topology
or configuration.
Reference
a tool for documenting MIB structure or system confi-
guration.
Routing
a packet route discovery tool.
Security
a tool for analyzing or reducing threats to security.
Status
a tool that remotely tracks the status of network com-
ponents.
Traffic
a tool that monitors packet flow.
The keywords used to identify the network resources or components that a tool manages are:
Bridge
a tool for controlling or monitoring LAN bridges.
CHAOS
a tool for controlling or monitoring implementations of
the CHAOS protocol suite or network components that use
it.
DECnet
a tool for controlling or monitoring implementations of
the DECnet protocol suite or network components that
use it.
DNS
a Domain Name System debugging tool.
Ethernet
a tool for controlling or monitoring network components
on ethernet LANs.
FDDI
a tool for controlling or monitoring network components
on FDDI LANs or WANs.
IP
a tool for controlling or monitoring implementations of
the TCP/IP protocol suite or network components that
use it.
OSI
a tool for controlling or monitoring implementations of
the OSI protocol suite or network components that use
it.
NFS
a Network File System debugging tool.
Ring
a tool for controlling or monitoring network components
on Token Ring LANs.
SMTP
an SMTP debugging tool.
Star
a tool for controlling or monitoring network components
on StarLANs.
The keywords used to describe a tool's mechanism are:
CMIS
a network management system or component based on
CMIS/CMIP, the Common Management Information System and
Protocol.
Curses
a tool that uses the "curses" tty interface package.
Eavesdrop
a tool that silently monitors communications media
(e.g., by putting an ethernet interface into "promiscu-
ous" mode).
NMS
the tool is a component of or queries a Network Manage-
ment System.
Ping
a tool that sends packet probes such as ICMP echo mes-
sages; to help distinguish tools, we do not consider
NMS queries or protocol spoofing (see below) as probes.
Proprietary
a distributed tool that uses proprietary communications
techniques to link its components.
RMON
a tool which employs the RMON extensions to SNMP.
SNMP
a network management system or component based on SNMP,
the Simple Network Management Protocol.
Spoof
a tool that tests operation of remote protocol modules
by peer-level message exchange.
X
a tool that uses X-Windows.
The keywords used to describe a tool's operating environment are:
DOS
a tool that runs under MS-DOS.
HP
a tool that runs on Hewlett-Packard systems.
Macintosh
a tool that runs on Macintosh personal computers.
OS/2
a tool that runs under the OS/2 operating system.
Standalone
an integrated hardware/software tool that requires only
a network interface for operation.
Sun
a tool that runs on Sun Microsystems platforms.
(binary distribution built for use on a Sun.)
UNIX
a tool that runs under 4.xBSD UNIX or related OS.
VMS
a tool that runs under DEC's VMS operating system.
The keywords used to describe a tool's characteristics as a hardware or software acquisition are:
Free
a tool is available at no charge, though other restric-
tions may apply (tools that are part of an OS distribu-
tion but not otherwise available are not listed as
"free").
Library
a tool packaged with either an Application Programming
Interface (API) or object-level subroutines that may be
loaded with programs.
Sourcelib
a collection of source code (subroutines) upon which
developers may construct other tools.
Tools Indexed by Keywords
Following is an index of the most up-to-date catalog entries sorted by keyword, which is available via:
news comp.networks.noctools.tools ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/noctool
This index can be used to locate the tools with a particular attribute: tools are listed under each keyword that characterizes them. The keywords and the subordinate lists of tools under them are in alphabetical order.
Alarm
CMIP Library Dual Manager Eagle EMANATE EtherMeter LanProbe LANWatch MONET NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETMON for Windows NETscout NOCOL SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research snmpd from Empire Technologies SpiderMonitor XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet
Analyzer
LANVista LANWatch NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETscout PacketView Sniffer SpiderMonitor
Benchmark
hammer & anvil iozone LADDIS LANVista nhfsstone SPIMS spray ttcp XNETMON from SNMP Research
CMIS
CMIP library Generic Managed System MIB Browser
Control
CMIP Library Dual Manager Eagle MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET NETMON for Windows proxyd SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System snmpd from Empire Technologies TokenVIEW XNETMON from SNMP Research
Debugger
Ethernet Box II LANVista NetMetrix Traffic Generator ping from UCB SPIMS XNETMON from SNMP Research
Generator
hammer & anvil LADDIS LANVista
NetMetrix Traffic Generator nhfsstone ping ping from UCB Sniffer SpiderMonitor spray TTCP
Manager
Beholder CMIP Library CMU SNMP Distribution decaddrs by Wellfleet Dual Manager EMANATE Ethernet Box II getone by Wellfleet Interactive Network Map LanProbe LANVista MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET NetLabs CMOT Agent NetLabs SNMP Agent NETMON for Windows NETscout NNStat NOCOL OverVIEW SAS/CPE for Open Systems Software SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System snmpd from Empire Technologies tokenview Tricklet Wollongong-Manager XNETMON from SNMP Research XNETMON from Wellfleet xnetperfmon
Map --- decaddrs by Wellfleet Dual Manager
etherhostprobe EtherMeter Interactive Network Map LanProbe NETMON for Windows Network Integrator I NPRV SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research XNETMON by SNMP Research XNETMON by Wellfleet
Reference
EMANATE ethernet-codes HyperMIB MIB Manager from Empire Technologies XNETMON
Routing
arp decaddrs by Wellfleet etherhostprobe getone by Wellfleet hopcheck MONET net_monitor NETMON for Windows netstat NPRV ping from UCB query traceroute
Security
Computer Security Checklist Dual Manager Eagle EMANATE LAN Patrol SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research XNETMON by SNMP Research xnetperfmon
Status
Beholder CMIP Library CMU SNMP DiG dnsstats doc Dual Manager EMANATE fping getone by Wellfleet host Internet Rover lamers LanProbe mconnect MONET net_monitor Netlabs CMOT Agent Netlabs SNMP Agent NETscout NNStat NOCOL NPRV OverVIEW ping ping from UCB proxyd from SNMP Research SAS/CPE SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research TokenVIEW Tricklet vrfy XNETMON by SNMP Research xnetmon by Wellfleet xnetperfmon xup
Traffic
etherfind EtherMeter Ethernet Box II EtherView getethers LAN Patrol LanProbe LANVista LANWatch ENTM MONET NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON by Mitre NETscout netwatch Network Integrator I nfswatch nhfsstone NNStat ositrace PacketView Sniffer SpiderMonitor spray tcpdump tcplogger trpt ttcp XNETMON by SNMP Research
Bridge
decaddrs by Wellfleet EMANATE MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET proxyd by SNMP Research SAS/CPE SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System snmpd from SNMP Research XNETMON from SNMP Research
CHAOS
Interactive Network Map LANWatch
DECnet
decaddrs by Wellfleet LANVista LANWatch MONET net_monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETMON for Windows NETscout Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
DNS --- DiG dnsstats doc lamers LANWatch NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NOCOL
Ethernet
arp Beholder Eagle EMANATE etherfind etherhostprobe EtherMeter Ethernet Box II ethernet-codes EtherView getethers LAN Patrol LanProbe LANVista LANWatch
ENTM Interactive Network Map MONET NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON for Windows NETscout netwatch Network Integrator I nfswatch NNStat PacketView proxyd from SNMP Research SAS/CPE Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor tcpdump XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
FDDI
EMANATE ethernet-codes NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator nfswatch SAS/CPE SNMP Libraries and utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research XNETMON from SNMP Research
IP -- arp CMU SNMP Dual Manager Eagle EMANATE etherfind
etherhostprobe EtherView fping getone from Wellfleet hammer & anvil hopcheck Internet Rover LanProbe LANVista LANWatch ENTM Interactive Network Map MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET net_monitor Netlabs CMOT Agent Netlabs SNMP Agent NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON by Mitre NETMON for Windows NETscout netstat netwatch nfswatch nhfsstone NNStat NOCOL NPRV OverVIEW PacketView ping ping from UCB proxyd from SNMP Research query SAS/CPE SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research PSI SNMP SpiderMonitor SPIMS spray tcpdump
tcplogger traceroute trpt ttcp XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
OSI --- CMIP Library Dual Manager EMANATE LANVista LANWatch Netlabs CMOT Agent NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETMON for Windows NETscout NOCOL ositrace proxyd from SNMP Research SAS/CPE Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor SPIMS XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
NFS --- etherfind EtherView iozone LADDIS NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETscout nfswatch nhfsstone Sniffer tcpdump
Ring
Eagle EMANATE Interactive Network Map LANVista LANWatch NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON by Mitre NETMON for Windows NETscout netwatch PacketView proxyd from SNMP Research Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research TokenVIEW XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
SMTP
host Internet Rover LANWatch mconnect NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer Sniffer vrfy
Star
EMANATE Interactive Network Map LAN Patrol LANWatch NETMON for Windows NETscout proxyd from SNMP Research Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research
XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
Curses
Eagle Internet Rover net_monitor nfswatch NOCOL PSI SNMP
Eavesdrop
etherfind Ethernet Box II EtherView LAN Patrol LANVista LANWatch ENTM NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetNetrix Traffic Generator NETMON from Mitre NETscout netwatch nfswatch NNStat OSITRACE PacketView Sniffer SpiderMonitor tcplogger trpt
NMS --- CMU SNMP decaddrs from Wellfleet Dual Manager EMANATE EtherMeter Ethernet Box II getone from Wellfleet Interactive Network Map MONET
Netlabs CMOT Agent Netlabs SNMP Agent NETMON for Windows NETscout NNStat NOCOL OverVIEW proxyd from SNMP Research SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research TokenVIEW XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
Ping
etherhostprobe fping getethers hopcheck Interactive Network Map Internet Rover LANWatch net_monitor NOCOL NPRV ping ping from UCB spray traceroute ttcp XNETMON from SNMP Research xup
Proprietary
Eagle EtherMeter Ethernet Box II LanProbe LANVista TokenVIEW
RMON
Beholder
SNMP
Beholder CMU SNMP decaddrs from Wellfleet Dual Manager EMANATE getone from Wellfleet Interactive Network Map MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET Netlabs SNMP Agent NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON for Windows NETscout NOCOL OverVIEW proxyd from SNMP Research SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research Wollongong-Manager XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
Spoof
DiG doc Internet Rover host LADDIS mconnect nhfsstone NOCOL query SPIMS
vrfy
X - Dual Manager Interactive Network Map MIB Manager from Empire Technologies NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator SAS/CPE PSI SNMP XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research xup
DEC --- Wollongong-Manager
DOS --- Computer Security Checklist Ethernet Box II hammer & anvil hopcheck iozone LAN Patrol LANVista netmon NETMON for Windows netwatch OverVIEW PacketView ping SAS/CPE SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research TokenVIEW Wollongong-Manager xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
HP -- iozone SAS/CPE xup
Macintosh
HyperMIB
OS/2
Beholder Tricklet
Standalone
LANVista Sniffer SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor
Sun --- Avatar SunSNMPD Wollongong Manager
UNIX
arp CMIP Library CMU SNMP decaddrs from Wellfleet DiG doc dnsstats Eagle etherfind etherhostprobe EtherView fping getethers getone from Wellfleet host Interactive Network Map Internet Rover iozone LADDIS
lamers mconnect MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET net_monitor Dual Manager NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON from Mitre NETscout netstat Network Integrator I nfswatch nhfsstone NNStat NOCOL OSITRACE ping ping from UCB proxyd from SNMP Research query SAS/CPE SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research SPIMS spray tcpdump tcplogger traceroute Tricklet trpt ttcp vrfy XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
VMS --- arp ENTM
fping net_monitor netstat NPRV ping SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research tcpdump traceroute ttcp xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
Free
arp Beholder CMIP Library CMU SNMP Distribution DiG dnsstats doc ENTM fping getethers hammer & anvil hopcheck host Interactive Network Map Internet Rover iozone lamers net_monitor netmon from Mitre netstat netwatch nfswatch nhfsstone NNStat NOCOL NPRV OSITRACE PING ping from UCB query SNMP Development Kit tcpdump tcplogger traceroute Tricklet
trpt ttcp vrfy
Library
CMIP Library CMU SNMP Dual Manager NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator proxyd from SNMP Research SAS/CPE
Sourcelib
Beholder CMIP Library CMU SNMP EMANATE HyperMIB Interactive Network Map Internet Rover LANWatch MIB Manager from Empire Technologies net_monitor NETMON for Windows NOCOL proxyd from SNMP Research SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor Tricklet XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research
Tool Descriptions
This section is an updated collection of brief descriptions of tools for managing TCP/IP internets. These entries are in alphabetical order, by tool name.
The entries all follow a standard format. Immediately after the NAME of a tool are its associated KEYWORDS. Keywords are terse descriptions of the purposes or attributes of a tool. A more
detailed description of a tool's purpose and characteristics is given in the ABSTRACT section. The MECHANISM section describes how a tool works. In CAVEATS, warnings about tool use are given. In BUGS, known bugs or bug-report procedures are given. LIMITATIONS describes the boundaries of a tool's capabilities. HARDWARE REQUIRED and SOFTWARE REQUIRED relate the operational environment a tool needs. Finally, in AVAILABILITY, pointers to vendors, online repositories, or other sources for a tool are given.
Where tool names conflict, the vendor name is used as well. For example, MITRE, and SNMP Research each submitted an updated description of a tool called, "NETMON". These tools were independently developed, are functionally different, and run in different environments. MITRE's tool is listed as "NETMON_MITRE," and the tool from SNMP Research as "NETMON_WINDOWS_SNMP_RESEARCH".
Internet Tool Catalog ARP
NAME
arp
KEYWORDS
routing; ethernet, IP;; UNIX, VMS; free.
ABSTRACT
Arp displays and can modify the internet-to-ethernet
address translations tables used by ARP, the address
resolution protocol.
MECHANISM
The arp program accesses operating system memory to
read the ARP data structures.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Only the super user can modify ARP entries.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX or related OS, or VMS.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
Available via anonymous FTP from uunet.uu.net, in
directory bsd-sources/src/etc. Available with 4.xBSD
UNIX and related operating systems. For VMS, available
as part of TGV MultiNet IP software package, as well as
Wollongong's WIN/TCP and Process Software Corporation's
TCPware for VMS.
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
This entry maintained by the NOCtools editors.
Send email to [email protected].
Internet Tool Catalog AVATAR-SNMP-TOOLKIT
NAME
SNMP Application Development Toolkit
KEYWORDS
manager;;SNMP;;sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
snmpapi is an api toolkit for developing SNMP
applications and agents. The toolkit is simple and
very fast that can be used for any type of
application. It is very well suited for embedded
systems such as bridges or routers. An example MIB II
agent for Sun Sparcstations is provided. snmpapi is
distributed in source form only.
MECHANISM
snmpapi is a library of C functions.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
AVAILABILITY
Available now. For more information, send e-mail to
[email protected].
Internet Tool Catalog AVATAR-SUNSNMPD
NAME
sunsnmpd
KEYWORDS
manager;;snmp;sun;.
ABSTRACT
sunsnmpd is a fully supported SNMP agent with MIB II
support for Sun Sparscations running SunOS 4.1 or
higher. sunsnmpd supports both SNMP GET and SET
operations.
MECHANISM
sundnmpd is a daemon process which starts up at boot
time from the rc.local file. It uses /dev/kmem to access
kernel structures.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Must be started by a super user.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Sun Sparcstations.
AVAILABILITY
Available now. Site licensing only. For more information,
send e-mail to [email protected].
Internet Tool Catalog ChameLAN-100
NAME
ChameLAN 100
KEYWORDS
analyzer, benchmark, debugger, generator, map,
reference, status, traffic; bridge, DECnet, ethernet,
FDDI, IP, OSI, NFS, ring; eavesdrop, SNMP, X;
standalone, UNIX.
ABSTRACT
Tekelec's ChameLAN 100 is a portable diagnostic system
for monitoring and simulation of FDDI, Ethernet and
Token Ring networks -- simultaneously. Protocol
analysis of multiple topologies, as well as mixed
topoloies simultaneously, is a key feature of
the product family. Tekelec's proprietary FDDI
hardware guarantees complete real-time analysis of
networks and network components at the full ring
bandwidth of 125 Mbps. It passively connects to the
network and captures 100 percent of the data, measures
performance and isolates real-time problems.
The simulation option offers full bandwidth load
generation that allows you to create and simulate any
network condition. It gives you the ability to inject
errors and misformed frames. A set of
confidence tests allow simple evaluation of new
equipment. A ring map feature displays network
topology and status of all nodes via the SMT
process.
Monitoring of FDDI, Ethernet and Token Ring allows the
user to: view network status in real time; view
network, node, or node pair statistics; capture
frames; control capture using trigger and filter
capabilities; view real-time statistics; view captured
frames in decoded format; and view the last frame
transmitted by each station.
The following Real-Time Network Statistics of FDDI,
Ethernet and Token Ring networks is displayed: frame
rate, runts, byte rate, jabbers, CRC/align errors, and
collisions.
Product developers can use the ChameLAN 100 to observe
and control various events to help debug their FDDI,
Ethernet and Token Ring products. End users can
perform real-time monitoring to test and
diagnose problems that may occur when developing,
installing or managing FDDI, Ethernet and Token Ring
networks and network products. End users can use the
ChameLAN 100 to aid in the installation and
maintenance of Ethernet and Token Ring networks. To
isolate specific network trouble spots the ChameLAN
100 uses filtering and triggering techniques for data
capture. Higher level protocol decode includes
TCP/IP, OSI and DECnet protocol suites. Protocol
decode of IPX, SNMP, XTP, and AppleTalk are also
supported. Development of additional protocol decodes
is also under development. The ChameLAN 100 family
also offers a Protocol Management Development System
(PMDS) that enables users to develop custom protocol
decode suites.
The FDDI, Ethernet and Token Ring hardware interfaces
feature independent processing power. Real-time data
is monitored unobtrusively at full bandwidth without
affecting network activity. Real-time data may also
be saved to a 120MB or optional 200MB hard disk drive
for later analysis. FDDI data is captured at 125 megabits
per second (Mbps), Ethernet at 10 Mbps and Token Ring
at 4 or 16 Mbps.
MECHANISM
This portable, standalone unit incorporates the power
of UNIX, X-Windows and Motif. Its UNIX-based
programming interface facilitates development of
customized monitoring and simulation applications. The
ChameLAN 100 may connect to the network at any
location using standard equipment. Standard graphical
Motif/X-Windows and TCP/IP allow remote control
through Ethernet and 10Base T interfaces. Tekelec
also offers a rackmounted model -- ChameLAN 100-X.
Both models can be controlled via a Sun Workstation
remotely.
CAVEATS
none.
BUGS
none known.
LIMITATIONS
none reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
None. The ChameLAN 100 is a self-contained unit, and
includes its own interface cards. It installs
into a network with standard interface
connectors.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
None.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
The ChameLAN 100 product famil y is available
commercially. For more information or a free demo,
call or write:
1.800.tek.elec
Tekelec
26580 West Agoura Road
Calabasas, CA 91302
Phone: 818.880.5656
Fax: 818.880.6993
The ChameLAN 100 is listed on the GSA schedule.
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Todd Koch
Public Relations Specialist
818.880.7718
Internet: [email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog CMU_SNMP
NAME
The CMU SNMP Distribution
KEYWORDS
manager, status; IP; NMS, SNMP; UNIX; free, sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The CMU SNMP Distribution includes source code for an
SNMP agent, several SNMP client applications, an ASN.1
library, and supporting documentation.
The agent compiles into about 10 KB of 68000 code. The
distribution includes a full agent that runs on a
Kinetics FastPath2/3/4, and is built into the KIP
appletalk/ethernet gateway. The machine independent
portions of this agent also run on CMU's IBM PC/AT
based router.
The applications are designed to be useful in the real
world. Information is collected and presented in a
useful format and is suitable for everyday status
monitoring. Input and output are interpreted
symbolically. The tools can be used without
referencing the RFCs.
MECHANISM
SNMP.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None reported. Send bug reports to
[email protected]. ("sw0l" is "ess double-you
zero ell.")
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
The KIP gateway agent runs on a Kinetics FastPath2/3/4.
Otherwise, no restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
The code was written with efficiency and portability in
mind. The applications compile and run on the follow-
ing systems: IBM PC/RT running ACIS Release 3, Sun3/50
running SUNOS 3.5, and the DEC microVax running Ultrix
2.2. They are expected to run on any system with a
Berkeley socket interface.
AVAILABILITY
This distribution is copyrighted by CMU, but may be
used and sold without permission. Consult the copy-
right notices for further information. The distribu-
tion is available by anonymous FTP from the host
lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu (128.2.13.21) as the files
pub/cmu-snmp.9.tar, and pub/kip-snmp.9.tar. The former
includes the libraries and the applications, and the
latter is the KIP SNMP agent.
Please direct questions, comments, and bug reports to
[email protected]. ("sw0l" is "ess double-you
zero ell.") If you pick up this package, please send a
note to the above address, so that you may be notified
of future enhancements/changes and additions to the set
of applications (several are planned).
Internet Tool Catalog COMPUTER-SECURITY-CHECKLIST
NAME
Computer Security Checklist
KEYWORDS
security; DOS.
ABSTRACT
This program consists of 858 computer security ques-
tions divided up in thirteen sections. The program
presents the questions to the user and records their
responses. After answering the questions in one of the
thirteen sections, the user can generate a report from
the questions and the user's answers. The thirteen
sections are: telecommunications security, physical
access security, personnel security, systems develop-
ment security, security awareness and training prac-
tices, organizational and management security, data and
program security, processing and operations security,
ergonomics and error prevention, environmental secu-
rity, and backup and recovery security.
The questions are weighted as to their importance, and
the report generator can sort the questions by weight.
This way the most important issues can be tackled
first.
MECHANISM
The questions are displayed on the screen and the user
is prompted for a single keystroke reply. When the end
of one of the thirteen sections is reached, the answers
are written to a disk file. The question file and the
answer file are merged to create the report file.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
DOS operating system.
AVAILABILITY
A commercial product available from:
C.D., Ltd.
P.O. Box 58363
Seattle, WA 98138
(206) 243-8700
Internet Tool Catalog CMIP-LIBRARY
NAME
CMIP Library
KEYWORDS
manager; osi; cmis; unix; free, sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The CMIP Library implements the functionality of the
Common Management Information Service/Protocol as in
the full international standards (ISO 9595, ISO 9596)
published in 1990. It is designed to work with the
ISODE package and can act as a building block for the
construction of CMIP-based agent and manager
applications.
MECHANISM
The CMIP library uses ISO ROS, ACSE and ASN.1
presentation, as implemented in ISODE, to provide its
service.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None known.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Has been tested on SUN 3 and SUN 4 architectures.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
The ISODE protocol suite, BSD UNIX.
AVAILABILITY
The CMIP library and related management tools built
upon it, known as OSIMIS (OSI Management Information
Service), are publicly available from University
College London, England via FTP and FTAM. To obtain
information regarding a copy send email to
[email protected] or call +44 71 380 7366.
Internet Tool Catalog DECADDRS
NAME
decaddrs, decaroute, decnroute, xnsroutes, bridgetab
KEYWORDS
manager, map, routing; bridge, DECnet; NMS, SNMP; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
These commands display private MIB information from
Wellfleet systems. They retrieve and format for
display values of one or several MIB variables from the
Wellfleet Communications private enterprise MIB, using
the SNMP (RFC1098). In particular these tools are used
to examine the non-IP modules (DECnet, XNS, and Bridg-
ing) of a Wellfleet system.
Decaddrs displays the DECnet configuration of a
Wellfleet system acting as a DECnet router, showing the
static parameters associated with each DECnet inter-
face. Decaroute and decnroute display the DECnet
inter-area and intra-area routing tables (that is area
routes and node routes). Xnsroutes displays routes
known to a Wellfleet system acting as an XNS router.
Bridgetab displays the bridge forwarding table with the
disposition of traffic arriving from or directed to
each station known to the Wellfleet bridge module. All
these commands take an IP address as the argument and
can specify an SNMP community for the retrieval. One
SNMP query is performed for each row of the table.
Note that the Wellfleet system must be operating as an
IP router for the SNMP to be accessible.
MECHANISM
Management information is exchanged by use of SNMP.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Distributed and supported for Sun 3 systems.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Distributed and supported for SunOS 3.5 and 4.x.
AVAILABILITY
Commercial product of:
Wellfleet Communications, Inc.
12 DeAngelo Drive
Bedford, MA 01730-2204
(617) 275-2400
Internet Tool Catalog DIG
NAME
DiG
KEYWORDS
status; DNS; spoof; UNIX; free.
ABSTRACT
DiG (domain information groper), is a command line tool
which queries DNS servers in either an interactive or a
batch mode. It was developed to be more
convenient/flexible than nslookup for gathering perfor-
mance data and testing DNS servers.
MECHANISM
Dig is built on a slightly modified version of the bind
resolver (release 4.8).
CAVEATS
none.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX.
AVAILABILITY
DiG is available via anonymous FTP from venera.isi.edu
in pub/dig.2.0.tar.Z.
Internet Tool Catalog EMANATE_SNMP_RESEARCH
NAME
EMANATE: Enhanced MANagement Agent Through Extensions
from SNMP Research.
KEYWORDS
alarm, control, manager, reference, security, status;
bridge, Ethernet, FDDI, IP, OSI, ring, star;
NMS, SNMP;
sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The EMANATE system provides a run-time extensible SNMP
agent that dynamically reconfigures an agent's MIB
without having to recompile, relink, or restart the
agent. An EMANATE capable SNMP agent can support zero,
one, or many subagents and dynamically reconfigure to
connect or disconnect those subagents' MIBs.
The EMANATE system consists of several logically
independent components and subsystems:
o Master SNMP agent which contains an API to communicate
with subagents.
o Subagents which implement various MIBS.
o Subagent Developer's Kit which contains tools to assist
in the implementation of subagents.
o EMANATE libraries which provide the API for the
subagent.
MECHANISM
A concise API allows a standard means of communication
between the master and subagents. System dependent
mechanisms are employed for transfer of information
between the master and subagents.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Multiple platforms including PC's, workstations, hosts,
and servers are supported. Contact SNMP Research for
more details.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
C compiler.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
This is a commercial product available under license
from:
SNMP Research
3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
Attn: John Southwood, Sales and Marketing
(615) 573-1434 (Voice) (615) 573-9197 (FAX)
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog ETHERFIND_SUN
NAME
etherfind
KEYWORDS
traffic; ethernet, IP, NFS; eavesdrop; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
Etherfind examines the packets that traverse a network
interface, and outputs a text file describing the
traffic. In the file, a single line of text describes
a single packet: it contains values such as protocol
type, length, source, and destination. Etherfind can
print out all packet traffic on the ethernet, or
traffic for the local host. Further packet filtering
can be done on the basis of protocol: IP, ARP, RARP,
ICMP, UDP, ND, TCP, and filtering can also be done
based on the source, destination addresses as well as
TCP and UDP port numbers.
MECHANISM
In usual operations, and by default, etherfind puts the
interface in promiscuous mode. In 4.3BSD UNIX and
related OSs, it uses a Network Interface Tap (NIT) to
obtain a copy of traffic on an ethernet interface.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Minimal protocol information is printed. Can only be
run by the super user. The syntax is painful.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Ethernet.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS.
AVAILABILITY
Executable included in Sun OS "Networking Tools and
Programs" software installation option.
Internet Tool Catalog ETHERNET-CODES
NAME
ethernet-codes
KEYWORDS
reference;
ethernet, fddi;
;
;
;
ABSTRACT
Mike Patton of MIT LCS has compiled a very
comprehensive list of the IEEE numbers used on
Ethernet and FDDI (with some permutation).
This file contains collected information on the
various codes used on IEEE 802.3 and EtherNet.
There are three "pages": type codes, vendor
codes, and the uses of multicast (including
broadcast) addresses.
MECHANISM
FTP the file and use it like a secret decoder ring.
CAVEATS
Since this information is from collected wisdom,
there are certainly omissions.
BUGS
Mike welcomes any further additions.
They can be sent to a special mailbox that he has set up:
[email protected]
LIMITATIONS
See caveats.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
The file is stored as flat, non-compressed ASCII text.
It can be FTP'ed from:
ftp.lcs.mit.edu
Retreive the file:
/pub/map/EtherNet-codes
To submit additions or obtain further assistance, send email to:
[email protected]
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
This entry maintained by the NOCtools editors.
Send email to [email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog GENERIC-MANAGED-SYSTEM
NAME
Generic Managed System
KEYWORDS
manager; osi; cmis; unix; free, sourcelib
ABSTRACT
The Generic Managed System (GMS) implements the
functions that would be common to any OSI managed
system. These include the parseing of CMIS requests,
selection of managed objects according to the scoping
and filtering rules, handling of notifications and
event forwarding discriminators etc. The intention is
that the implementors should use the GMS as a basis
for their own managed object implementations. A
support environment is provided to assist with this.
MECHANISM
The GMS uses the UCL CMIP library plus a library of
C++ objects representing common managed objects and
attribute types.
CAVEATS
The system is still experimental, is subject to change
and is not yet well documented.
BUGS
See above.
LIMITATIONS
None known.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Has been tested on SUN 3 and SUN 4 architectures.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
The ISODE protocol suite, BSD UNIX, UCL CMIP Library,
GNU C++ (g++).
AVAILABILITY
The CMIP library and related management tools built
upon it, known as OSIMIS (OSI Management Information
Service), are publicly available from University
College London, England via FTP and FTAM. To obtain
information regarding a copy send email to
[email protected] or call +44 71 380 7366.
Internet Tool Catalog GETETHERS
NAME
getethers
KEYWORDS
Traffic; Ethernet; Ping; UNIX; Free
ABSTRACT
Getethers runs through all addresses on an ethernet
segment (a.b.c.1 to a.b.c.254) and pings each address,
and then determines the ethernet address for that
host. It produces a list, in either plain ASCII, the
file format for the Excelan Lanalyzer, or the file
format for the Network General Sniffer, of
hostname/ethernet address pairs for all hosts on the
local nework. The plain ASCII list optionally
includes the vendor name of the ethernet card in
each system, to aid in the determination of the
identity of unknown systems.
MECHANISM
Getethers uses a raw IP socket to generate ICMP echo
requests and receive ICMP echo replies, and then
examines the kernel ARP table to determine the
ethernet address of each responding system.
CAVEATS
Assumes that the ethernet it is looking at is either
a Class C IP network, or part of a Class B IP network
that is subnetted with a netmask of 255.255.255.0.
(This is easy to change, but it's compiled in.)
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Has been tested on Sun-3 and Sun-4 (SPARC) systems
under SunOS 4.1.x, DEC VAXes under 4.3BSD.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Runs under SunOS 4.x and 4.3BSD; should be easy to
port to any other Berkeley-like system. Requires
raw sockets and the ioctl calls to get at the ARP
table.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
Public domain, and freely distributable. Available
via anonymous FTP from harbor.ecn.purdue.edu; also has
been posted to comp.sources.unix. The current version
is Version 1.4 from May 1992.
Contact point:
Dave Curry
Purdue University
Engineering Computer Network
1285 Electrical Engineering Bldg.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285
[email protected]
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Dave Curry (see address above).
Internet Tool Catalog GETONE_WELLFLEET
NAME
getone, getmany, getroute, getarp, getaddr, getif,
getid.
KEYWORDS
manager, routing, status; IP; NMS, SNMP; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
These commands retrieve and format for display values
of one or several MIB variables (RFC1066) using the
SNMP (RFC1098). Getone and getmany retrieve arbitrary
MIB variables; getroute, getarp, getaddr, and getif
retrieve and display tabular information (routing
tables, ARP table, interface configuration, etc.), and
getid retrieves and displays system name, identifica-
tion and boot time.
Getone <target> <mibvariable> retrieves and displays
the value of the designated MIB variable from the
specified target system. The SNMP community name to be
used for the retrieval can also be specified. Getmany
works similarly for groups of MIB variables rather than
individual values. The name of each variable, its
value and its data type is displayed. Getroute returns
information from the ipRoutingTable MIB structure,
displaying the retrieved information in an accessible
format. Getarp behaves similarly for the address
translation table; getaddr for the ipAddressTable; and
getif displays information from the interfaces table,
supplemented with information from the ipAddressTable.
Getid displays the system name, identification, ipFor-
warding state, and the boot time and date. All take a
system name or IP address as an argument and can
specify an SNMP community for the retrieval. One SNMP
query is performed for each row of the table.
MECHANISM
Queries SNMP agent(s).
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Distributed and supported for Sun 3 systems.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Distributed and supported for SunOS 3.5 and 4.x.
AVAILABILITY
Commercial product of:
Wellfleet Communications, Inc.
12 DeAngelo Drive
Bedford, MA 01730-2204
(617) 275-2400
Internet Tool Catalog HAMMER_ANVIL
NAME
hammer & anvil
KEYWORDS
benchmark, generator; IP; DOS; free.
ABSTRACT
Hammer and Anvil are the benchmarking programs for IP
routers. Using these tools, gateways have been tested
for per-packet delay, router-generated traffic over-
head, maximum sustained throughput, etc.
MECHANISM
Tests are performed on a gateway in an isolated
testbed. Hammer generates packets at controlled rates.
It can set the length and interpacket interval of a
packet stream. Anvil counts packet arrivals.
CAVEATS
Hammer should not be run on a live network.
BUGS
None reported.
LIMITATIONS
Early versions of hammer could not produce inter-packet
intervals shorter than 55 usec.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Hammer runs on a PC/AT or compatible, and anvil
requires a PC or clone. Both use a Micom Interlan
NI5210 for LAN interface.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
MS-DOS.
AVAILABILITY
Hammer and anvil are copyrighted, though free. Copies
are available from pub/eutil on husc6.harvard.edu.
Internet Tool Catalog HOPCHECK
NAME
hopcheck
KEYWORDS
routing; IP; ping; DOS; free.
ABSTRACT
Hopcheck is a tool that lists the gateways traversed by
packets sent from the hopcheck-resident PC to a desti-
nation. Hopcheck uses the same mechanism as traceroute
but is for use on IBM PC compatibles that have ethernet
connections. Hopcheck is part of a larger TCP/IP pack-
age that is known as ka9q that is for use with packet
radio. Ka9q can coexist on a PC with other TCP/IP
packages such as FTP Inc's PC/TCP, but must be used
independently of other packages. Ka9q was written by
Phil Karn. Hopcheck was added by Katie Stevens,
[email protected]. Unlike traceroute, which
requires a UNIX kernel mod, hopcheck will run on the
standard, unmodified ka9q release.
MECHANISM
See the description in traceroute.
CAVEATS
See the description in traceroute.
BUGS
None known.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
IBM PC compatible with ethernet network interface card;
ethernet card supported through FTP spec packet driver.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
DOS.
AVAILABILITY
Free for radio amateurs and educational institutions;
others should contact Phil Karn, [email protected].
Available via anonymous FTP at ucdavis.edu, in the
directory "dist/nethop".
Internet Tool Catalog INTERNET_ROVER
NAME
Internet Rover
KEYWORDS
status; IP, SMTP; curses, ping, spoof; UNIX; free,
sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
Internet Rover is a prototype network monitor that uses
multiple protocol "modules" to test network functional-
ity. This package consists of two primary pieces of
code: the data collector and the problem display.
There is one data collector that performs a series of
network tests, and maintains a list of problems with
the network. There can be many display processes all
displaying the current list of problems which is useful
in a multi-operator NOC.
The display task uses curses, allowing many terminal
types to display the problem file either locally or
from a remote site. Full source is provided. The data
collector is easily configured and extensible. Contri-
butions such as additional protocol modules, and shell
script extensions are welcome.
MECHANISM
A configuration file contains a list of nodes,
addresses, NodeUp? protocol test (ping in most cases),
and a list of further tests to be performed if the node
is in fact up. Modules are included to test TELNET,
FTP, and SMTP. If the configuration contains a test
that isn't recognized, a generic test is assumed, and a
filename is checked for existence. This way users can
create scripts that create a file if there is a prob-
lem, and the data collector simply checks the existence
of that file to determine if there is problem.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
This tool does not yet have the capability to perform
actions based on the result of the test. Rather, it is
intended for a multi-operator environment, and simply
displays a list of what is wrong with the net.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
This software is known to run on Suns and IBM RTs.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Curses, 4.xBSD UNIX socket programming libraries, BSD
ping.
AVAILABILITY
Full source available via anonymous FTP from merit.edu
(35.1.1.42) in the ~ftp/pub/inetrover directory.
Source and executables are public domain and can be
freely distributed for non-commercial use. This pack-
age is unsupported, but bug reports and fixes may be
sent to: [email protected].
Internet Tool Catalog IOZONE
NAME
iozone
KEYWORDS
benchmark; nfs;; dos,hp,unix,vmx; free.
ABSTRACT
Software to assess the sequential file I/O capability
of a system. May be useful as reference to compare
against results obtained when files are accessed via
NFS, Andrew, etc.
MECHANISM
This test writes a X MEGABYTE sequential file in Y
byte chunks, then rewinds it and reads it back.
[The size of the file should be big enough to factor
out the effect of any disk cache.]. Finally,
IOZONE deletes the temporary file. Options allow one to
vary X and Y. In addition, 'auto test' runs IOZONE
repeatedly using record sizes from 512 to 8192 bytes
(adjustable), and file sizes from 1 to 16 megabytes
(adjustable). It creates a table of results.
CAVEATS
The file is written (filling any cache buffers), and
then read. If the cache is >= X MB, then most if not
all the reads will be satisfied from the cache.
However, if it is less than or equal to
.5X MB, then NONE of the reads will be satisfied from
the cache. This is becase after the file is written,
a .5X MB cache will contain the upper .5 MB of the
test file, but we will start reading
from the beginning of the file (data which is no
longer in the cache).
In order for this to be a fair test, the length of the
test file must be AT LEAST 2X the amount of disk cache
memory for your system. If not, you are really
testing the speed at which your CPU
can read blocks out of the cache (not a fair test).
BUGS
none known at this time.
LIMITATIONS
IOZONE does not normally test the raw I/O speed of
your disk or system-em. It tests the speed of
sequential I/O to actual files.
Therefore, this measurement factors in the efficiency
of you machines file system, operating system, C
compiler, and C runtime library. It produces a
measurement which is the number of bytes
per second that your system can read or write to a file.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
This program has been ported and tested on the
following computer operating systems:
Vendor Operating System Notes on compiling IOzone
Apollo Domain/OS no cc switches -- BSD domain AT&T UNIX System V R4 AT&T 6386WGS AT&T UNIX 5.3.2 define SYSTYPE_SYSV Generic AT&T UNIX System V R3 may need cc -DSVR3 Convergent Unisys/AT&T SVR3 cc -DCONVERGENT -o iozone iozone.c Digital Equipment ULTRIX V4.1 Digital Equipment VAX/VMS V5.4 see below ** Digital Equipment VAX/VMS (POSIX) Hewlett-Packard HP-UX 7.05 IBM AIX Ver. 3 rel. 1 Interactive UNIX System V R3 Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 tested Borland, Microsoft C MIPS RISCos 4.52 NeXt NeXt OS 2.x OSF OSF/1 Portable! POSIX 1003.1-1988 may need to define _POSIX_SOURCE QNX QNX 4.0 SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2.2 SCO XENIX 2.3 SCO XENIX 3.2 Silicon Graphics UNIX cc -DSGI -o iozone iozone.c Sony Microsystems UNIX same as MIPS Sun Microsystems SUNOS 4.1.1 Tandem Computers GUARDIAN 90 1. call the source file IOZONEC
2. C/IN IOZONEC/IOZONE;RUNNABLE
3. RUN IOZONE
Tandem Computers Non-Stop UX
- for VMS, define iozone as a foreign command via this DCL command:
$IOZONE :== $SYS$DISK:[]IOZONE.EXE
this lets you pass the command line arguments to IOZONE
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
OS as shown in the hardware listing above.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
Author: Bill Norcott
1060 Hyde Avenue
San Jose, CA 95129
[email protected]
Availability:
This tool has been posted to comp.sources.misc.
It is available from the usual archive sites.
Program can be located using ARCHIE or other
servers.
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
This entry is maintained by the noctools editors.
Send email to [email protected].
Internet Tool Catalog LADDIS
NAME
LADDIS
KEYWORDS
benchmark, generator;
NFS;
spoof;
unix;
free.
ABSTRACT
"LADDIS: A Multi-Vendor and Vendor-Neutral SPEC NFS
Benchmark", Bruce Nelson, LADDIS Group & Auspex Systems.
Over the past 24 months, engineers from Legato,
Auspex, Data General, DEC, Interphase, and Sun
(LADDIS) met regularly to create the LADDIS NFS
benchmark: an unbiased, standard, vendor-independent,
scalable NFS performance test.
The purpose of the LADDIS benchmark is to give users a
credible and undisputed test of NFS performance, and
to give vendors a publishable standard performance
measure that customers can use for load planning,
system configuration, and equipment buying decisions.
Toward this end, the LADDIS benchmark is being adopted
by SPEC (the System Performance Evaluation
Cooperative, creators of SPECmarks) as the first
member of SPEC's System-level File Server (SFS)
benchmark suite."
"In particular, we have had unexpected interest from
some router vendors in using LADDIS to both rate and
stress-test IP routers. This is because LADDIS can
send back-to-back full-size packet trains, and because
it can generate a 90%-Ethernet util on simulated
"real" NFS workloads, just like routers encounter in
the real world. But LADDIS is for local Ethernet or
FDDI nets only, not WAN."
MECHANISM
Generates NFS requests and measures responsiveness of
the server.
CAVEATS
"LADDIS is not released yet by SPEC, although a free
beta version, quite stable, is available now as
PRE-LADDIS. So you might want to put PRE-LADDIS in
your listing, noting that full LADDIS
availability from SPEC is expected by the end of 1992."
BUGS
The licensee is requested to direct beta test comments
via electronicmail to:
"[email protected]".
This alias will forward all comments to the SPECSFS
mailing list (which includes the LADDIS Group).
LIMITATIONS
LADDIS is for local Ethernet or FDDI nets only, not
WAN.
HARDWAE REQUIRED
A host with LAN connectivity. Presumably, a host with
enough horsepower to generate an adequate work load.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
LADDIS is a sophisticated Unix-based NFS traffic
generator program.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 92 13:12:20 PST
From: bnelson (Bruce Nelson)
Dear Person:
The SPEC PRE-LADDIS beta test process became
operational on Monday, February 3, 1992. This email
describes the process as announced during the LADDIS
Group's presentation at UniForum '92 and
also at Interop '91. The content of the beta test
license and the license request process are consistent
with the proposals approved by the SPEC Steering
Committee at the January 1992 meeting in Milpitas,
California.
The SPEC PRE-LADDIS beta test will consist of one beta
test version of PRE-LADDIS distributed ONLY by
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Internet Tool Catalog LAN_PATROL
NAME
LAN Patrol
KEYWORDS
security, traffic; ethernet, star; eavesdrop; DOS.
ABSTRACT
LAN Patrol is a full-featured network analyzer that
provides essential information for effective fault and
performance management. It allows network managers to
easily monitor user activity, find traffic overloads,
plan for growth, test cable, uncover intruders, balance
network services, and so on. LAN Patrol uses state of
the art data collection techniques to monitor all
activity on a network, giving an accurate picture of
how it is performing.
LAN Patrol's reports can be saved as ASCII files to
disk, and imported into spreadsheet or database pro-
grams for further analysis.
MECHANISM
The LAN Patrol interface driver programs a standard
interface card to capture all traffic on a network seg-
ment. The driver operates from the background of a
standard PC, maintaining statistics for each station on
the network. The information can be viewed on the PC's
screen, or as a user-defined report output either to
file or printer.
CAVEATS
None. Normal operation is completely passive, making
LAN Patrol transparent to the network.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
LAN Patrol can monitor up to 10,000 packets/sec on an
AT class PC, and is limited to monitoring a maximum of
1024 stations for intervals of up to 30 days.
Because LAN Patrol operates at the physical level, it
will only see traffic for the segment on which it is
installed; it cannot see traffic across bridges.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Computer: IBM PC/XT/AT, PS/2 Model 30, or compatible.
Requires 512K memory and a hard drive or double-sided
disk drive.
Display: Color or monochrome text. Color display
allows color-coding of traffic information.
Ethernet, StarLAN, LattisNet, or StarLAN 10 network
interface card.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
PC DOS, MS-DOS version 3.1 or greater.
AVAILABILITY
LAN Patrol many be purchased through network dealers,
or directly from:
Legend Software, Inc.
Phone: (201) 227-8771
FAX: (201) 906-1151
Internet Tool Catalog LANVista
NAME
LANVista
KEYWORDS
analyzer, benchmark, debugger, generator, manager, traffic;
DECnet, Ethernet, IP, OSI, Ring; Eavesdrop, Proprietary;
DOS, Standalone.
ABSTRACT
CXR/Digilog's LANVista family of protocol and statistical
analyzers provide the tools to troubleshoot an Ethernet and
Token Ring 4/16Mbps network. LANVista lets you capture
frames to RAM and or disk, generate traffic for stress
testing, test your network cable for fault isolation, and
decode all 7 layers of many popular protocol stacks.
LANVista's 100 family offers exceptional price/performance
and a wide range of options. Combined with an
integrated upgrade path to the fully distributed LANVista
200 system, the 100 line provides a reasonably priced
entry into LAN management and protocol analysis.
All LANVista models are fully operable under Microsoft
Windows. Under Windows, LANVista can be operated in
the background, gathering data and alarms as other
tasks are completed. Displayed data may easily be
cut from LANVista and pasted into other Windows
applications such as Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Harvard
Graphics, etc.
The versatile LANVista family can also be remotely
controlled through the use of PC Anywhere, Commute,
Carbon Copy, or other PC remote control packages.
This feature allows the use of "co-pilot" mode which
enables an operator at the central site to guide and
train a remote operator through network management or
analysis tasks.
All LANVista models provide features vital to effective
network management and troubleshooting. Basic
capabilities include: Network database, statistics
based on the entire network and on a node basis, Token
Ring functional address statistics, Bridged traffic
statistics, Protocol statistics, logging of statistics
to a printer or file of user definable alarms, Hardware
Pre-Capture filtering, Post capture filtering, Playback of
captured data, Traffic simulation and On-line context
sensitive Help.
Protocol Interpreters used for decoding network traffic
supported by LANVista include: TCP/IP, DECnet, Banyan
Vines, XNS/MS-Net, AppleTalk, IBM Token Ring, Novell,
3Com 3+ Open, SNMP and OSI.
MECHANISM
LANVista is available in three forms. A kit version which
consists of a plug-in PC card and Master software, a self
contained unit that packages the kit version in a portable
PC, and a Distributed system. The LANVista distributed
system allows slave units placed anywhere in the world to
be controlled from a single central location for
centralized management of an enterprise network.
LANVista's PC cards provides a physical interface to
the LAN and frame preprocessing power. The Master
software controls the PC card, and the display and
processing of information gathered from the network.
CAVEATS
Optimal performance of LANVista's master software is achieved
with DOS 5.0 by utilizing RAMDRIVE.SYS, SMARTDRV.SYS and High
memory.
BUGS
None Known.
LIMITATIONS
None Known.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
IBM PC AT, 386, 486 or compatible.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
DOS
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
LANVista is available worldwide. For information on a
local sales representative contact:
CXR/DIGILOG
900 Business Center Drive
Horsham, PA 19044
Phone 1-800-DIGILOG
FAX: 215-956-0108
GSA schedule pricing is honored.
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
CXR/DIGILOG Help Desk 1-800-DIGILOG
Send email to: [email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog LANPROBE
NAME
LanProbe -- the HP 4990S LanProbe Distributed Analysis
System.
KEYWORDS
alarm, manager, map, status, traffic; ethernet; eaves-
drop, NMS; proprietary.
ABSTRACT
The LanProbe distributed monitoring system performs
remote and local monitoring of ethernet LANs in a pro-
tocol and vendor independent manner.
LanProbe discovers each active node on a segment and
displays it on a map with its adapter card vendor name,
ethernet address, and IP address. Additional informa-
tion about the nodes, such as equipment type and physi-
cal location can be entered in to the data base by the
user.
When the NodeLocator option is used, data on the actual
location of nodes is automatically entered and the map
becomes an accurate representation of the physical lay-
out of the segment. Thereafter when a new node is
installed and becomes active, or when a node is moved
or becomes inactive, the change is detected and shown
on the map in real time. The system also provides the
network manager with precise cable fault information
displayed on the map.
Traffic statistics are gathered and displayed and can
be exported in (comma delimited) CSV format for further
analysis. Alerts can be set on user defined thres-
holds.
Trace provides a remote protocol analyzer capability
with decodes for common protocols.
Significant events (like power failure, cable breaks,
new node on network, broadcast IP source address seen,
etc.) are tracked in a log that is uploaded to Pro-
beView periodically.
ProbeView generates reports that can be manipulated by
MSDOS based word processors, spreadsheets, and DBMS.
MECHANISM
The system consists of one or more LanProbe segment
monitors and ProbeView software running under Microsoft
Windows. The LanProbe segment monitor attaches to the
end of an ethernet segment and monitors all traffic.
Attachment can be direct to a thin or thick coax cable,
or via an external transceiver to fiber optic or twist-
ed pair cabling. Network data relating to the segment
is transferred to a workstation running ProbeView via
RS-232, ethernet, or a modem connection.
ProbeView software, which runs on a PC/AT class works-
tation, presents network information in graphical
displays.
The HP4992A NodeLocator option attaches to the opposite
end of the cable from the HP4991A LanProbe segment mon-
itor. It automatically locates the position of nodes
on the ethernet networks using coaxial cabling schemes.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
HP 4991A LanProbe segment monitor
HP 4992A NodeLocator (for optional capabilities)
80386 based PC capable of running MS-Windows
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
HP 4990A ProbeView
MSDOS 3.0 or higher and Microsoft Windows/286 2.1.
AVAILABILITY
A commercial product available from:
Hewlett-Packard Company
P.O. Box 10301,
Palo Alto, CA 94303-0890
Internet Tool Catalog LANWATCH
NAME
LANWatch
KEYWORDS
alarm, analyzer, traffic; CHAOS, DECnet, DNS, ethernet,
IP, OSI, ring, SMTP, star; eavesdrop; DOS; library,
sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
LANWatch 2.0 is an inexpensive, powerful and flexible
network analyzer that runs under DOS on personal com-
puters and requires no hardware modifications to either
the host or the network. LANWatch is an invaluable
tool for installing, troubleshooting, and monitoring
local area networks, and for developing and debugging
new protocols. Network managers using LANWatch can
inspect network traffic patterns and packet errors to
isolate performance problems and bottlenecks. Protocol
developers can use LANWatch to inspect and verify
proper protocol handling. Since LANWatch is a
software-only package which installs easily in existing
PCs, network technicians and field service engineers
can carry LANWatch in their briefcase for convenient
network analysis at remote sites.
LANWatch has two operating modes: Display and Examine.
In Display Mode, LANWatch traces network traffic by
displaying captured packets in real time. Examine Mode
allows you to scroll back through stored packets to
inspect them in detail. To select a subset of packets
for display, storage or retrieval, there is an exten-
sive set of built-in filters. Using filters, LANWatch
collects only packets of interest, saving the user from
having to sort through all network traffic to isolate
specific packets. The built-in filters include alarm,
trigger, capture, load, save and search. They can be
controlled separately to match on source or destination
address, protocol, or packet contents at the hardware
and transport layers. LANWatch also includes suffi-
cient source code so users can modify the existing
filters and parsers or add new ones.
The LANWatch distribution includes executables and
source for several post-processors: a TCP protocol
analyzer, a node-by-node traffic analyzer and a dump
file listing tool.
MECHANISM
Uses many common PC network interfaces by placing them
in promiscuous mode and capturing traffic.
CAVEATS
Most PC network interfaces will not capture 100% of the
traffic on a fully-loaded network (primarily missing
back-to-back packets).
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
LANWatch can't analyze what it doesn't see (see
Caveats).
HARDWARE REQUIRED
LANWatch requires a PC or PS/2 with a supported network
interface card.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
LANWatch runs in DOS. Modification of the supplied
source code or creation of additional filters and
parsers requires Microsoft C 5.1
AVAILABILITY
LANWatch is commercially available from FTP Software,
Incorporated, 26 Princess Street, Wakefield, MA, 01880
(617 246-0900).
Internet Tool Catalog LLL_ENTM
NAME
ENTM -- Ethernet Traffic Monitor
KEYWORDS
traffic; ethernet, IP; eavesdrop; VMS; free.
ABSTRACT
ENTM is a screen-oriented utility that runs under
VAX/VMS. It monitors local ethernet traffic and
displays either a real time or cumulative, histogram
showing a percent breakdown of traffic by ethernet pro-
tocol type. The information in the display can be
reported based on packet count or byte count. The per-
cent of broadcast, multicast and approximate lost pack-
ets is reported as well. The screen display is updated
every three seconds. Additionally, a real time, slid-
ing history window may be displayed showing ethernet
traffic patterns for the last five minutes.
ENTM can also report IP traffic statistics by packet
count or byte count. The IP histograms reflect infor-
mation collected at the TCP and UDP port level, includ-
ing ICMP type/code combinations. Both the ethernet and
IP histograms may be sorted by ASCII protocol/port name
or by percent-value. All screen displays can be saved
in a file for printing later.
MECHANISM
This utility simply places the ethernet controller in
promiscuous mode and monitors the local area network
traffic. It preallocates 10 receive buffers and
attempts to keep 22 reads pending on the ethernet dev-
ice.
CAVEATS
Placing the ethernet controller in promiscuous mode may
severly slow down a VAX system. Depending on the speed
of the VAX system and the amount of traffic on the lo-
cal ethernet, a large amount of CPU time may be spent
on the Interrupt Stack. Running this code on any pro-
duction system during operational hours is discouraged.
BUGS
Due to a bug in the VAX/VMS ethernet/802 device driver,
IEEE 802 format packets may not always be detected. A
simple test is performed to "guess" which packets are
in IEEE 802 format (DSAP equal to SSAP). Thus, some
DSAP/SSAP pairs may be reported as an ethernet type,
while valid ethernet types may be reported as IEEE 802
packets.
In some hardware configurations, placing an ethernet
controller in promiscuous mode with automatic-restart
enabled will hang the controller. Our VAX 8650 hangs
running this code, while our uVAX IIs and uVAX IIIs do
not.
Please report any additional bugs to the author at:
Allen Sturtevant
National Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
P.O. Box 808; L-561
Livermore, CA 94550
Phone : (415) 422-8266
E-Mail: [email protected]
LIMITATIONS
The user is required to have PHY_IO, TMPMBX and NETMBX
privileges. When activated, the program first checks
that the user process as enough quotas remaining
(BYTLM, BIOLM, ASTLM and PAGFLQUO) to successfully run
the program without entering into an involuntary wait
state. Some quotas require a fairly generous setting.
The contents of IEEE 802 packets are not examined.
Only the presence of IEEE 802 packets on the wire is
reported.
The count of lost packets is approximated. If, after
each read completes on the ethernet device, the utility
detects that it has no reads pending on that device,
the lost packet counter is incremented by one.
When the total number of bytes processed exceeds
7fffffff hex, all counters are automatically reset to
zero.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
A DEC ethernet controller.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
VAX/VMS version V5.1+.
AVAILABILITY
For executables only, FTP to the ANONYMOUS account
(password GUEST) on CCC.NMFECC.GOV and GET the follow-
ing files:
[ANONYMOUS.PROGRAMS.ENTM]ENTM.DOC (ASCII text)
[ANONYMOUS.PROGRAMS.ENTM]ENTM.EXE (binary)
[ANONYMOUS.PROGRAMS.ENTM]EN_TYPES.DAT (ASCII text)
[ANONYMOUS.PROGRAMS.ENTM]IP_TYPES.DAT (ASCII text)
Internet Tool Catalog Interactive Network Map
NAME
map -- Interactive Network Map
KEYWORDS
manager, map; CHAOS, ethernet, IP, ring, star; NMS,
ping, SNMP, X; UNIX; free, sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
Map draws a map of network connectivity and allows
interactive examination of information about various
components including whether hosts can be reached over
the network.
The program is supplied with complete source and is
written in a modular fashion to make addition of dif-
ferent protocols stacks, displays, or hardcopy devices
relatively easy. This is one of the reasons why the
initial version supports at least two of each. Contri-
butions of additional drivers in any of these areas
will be welcome as well as porting to additional plat-
forms.
MECHANISM
Net components are pinged by use of ICMP echo and,
optionally, CHAOS status requests and SNMP "gets." The
program initializes itself from static data stored in
the file system and therefore does not need to access
the network in order to get running (unless the static
files are network mounted).
CAVEATS
As of publication, the tool is in beta release.
BUGS
Several minor nits, documented in distribution files.
Bug discoveries should be reported by email to Bug-
[email protected].
LIMITATIONS
See distribution file for an indepth discussion of sys-
tem capabilities and potential.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
An X display is needed for interactive display of the
map, non-graphical interaction is available in non-
display mode. For hardcopy output a PostScript or Tek-
tronix 4692 printer is required.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX or related OS. IP/ICMP is required;
CHAOS/STATUS and SNMP can be used but are optional.
X-Windows is required for interactive display of the
map.
AVAILABILITY
The program is Copyright MIT. It is available via
anonymous FTP with a license making it free to use and
distribute for non-commercial purposes. FTP to host
FTP.LCS.MIT.Edu, directory nets. The complete
distribution is in map.tar.Z and some short
documentation files are there (as well as in the
distribution). Of most interest are ReadMe and Intro.
To be added to the email forum that discusses the
software, or for other administrative details, send a
request to: [email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog MCONNECT
NAME
mconnect
KEYWORDS
status; SMTP; spoof; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
Mconnect allows an interactive session with a remote
mailer. Mail delivery problems can be diagnosed by
connecting to the remote mailer and issuing SMTP com-
mands directly.
MECHANISM
Opens a TCP connection to remote SMTP on port 25. Pro-
vides local line buffering and editing, which is the
distinction between mconnect and a TELNET to port 25.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Mconnect is not a large improvement over using a TELNET
connection to port 25.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX or related OS.
AVAILABILITY
Available with 4.xBSD UNIX and related operating sys-
tems.
Internet Tool Catalog MIB-BROWSER
NAME
MIB Browser
KEYWORDS
manager; osi; cmis, x; unix; free, sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The MIB Browser is an X Windows HCI tool that allows
you to "browse" through the objects in a Management
Information Base (MIB). The browser is generic in that
it can connect to a CMIS agent without having any
prior knowledge of the structure of the MIB in the
agent.
MECHANISM
CMIP is used to transfer the values of attributes
between the managed system and the browser.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
Unexpected termination of the agent can cause browser
to crash (ISODE bug!).
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Unix workstation, has been tested on SUN 3 and SUN 4
architectures.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
The ISODE protocol suite, BSD UNIX, X Windows, GNU C++
(g++), Interviews (2.6).
AVAILABILITY
The CMIP library and related management tools built
upon it, known as OSIMIS (OSI Management Information
Service), are publicly available from University
College London, England via FTP and FTAM. To obtain
information regarding a copy send email to
[email protected] or call +44 71 380 7366.
Internet Tool Catalog MONET
NAME
MONET -- the Hughes LAN Systems SNMP Network Management
Center (formerly the Hughes LAN Systems 9100) software
product runs on a Sun SPARCStation hardware platform.
KEYWORDS
control, graphics, network topology,manager, routing,
status, traffic; bridge, configuration, performance,
alarm management, relational database, mib parser for
RDBMS, intelligent hub management, DECnet, ethernet,
IP; NMS, SNMP; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
Monet provides the capability to manage and control
SNMP-based networking products from any vendor including
those from Hughes LAN Systems.
A comprehensive relational database manages the data and
ensures easy access and control of resources throughout
the network.
Monet provides multivendor management through its
advanced Mib master MIB parser that allows the parsing
of enterprise MIBs (ASN.1 format per RFC1212) directly
into the RDBMS for use by Monet's applications.
Major features include:
Remote access with X:
Use of the X/Motif user-interface, enabling remote
access to the all applications.
Database Management
Stores and retrieves the information required to
administer and configure the network. It can be
used to:
- Store and recall configuration data for all
devices.
- Provide availability history for devices.
- Assign new internet addresses.
- Provide administrative information such as
physical location of devices, responsible
person, maintenance history, asset data,
hardware/software versions, etc.
- Full-function SQL interface.
- User-customizable RDBMS report generation.
Graphics and Network Mapping
The Graphics module enables the user to view the
nodes in the network as "dynamic" icons in
heirarchical maps. The network is represented by
these heirarchical maps. Though there is a
library of device icons, cities and geographical
maps included, the user has access to a
graphics editor that allows customizing and the
creation of new icons and maps.
A Device's icon may be selected to:
- Register/deregister the device,
- Access the open alarms and acknowledge
faults for the selected device,
- Ping the device to determine accessibility,
- Draw graphs of any of the device's numeric
MIB objects, either the values as retrieved
in real-time or the history values
previously stored in the RDBMS by the
Performance Manager,
- Telnet to the device,
- Customize the graphical dynamics (color,
fill, rotation, etc.) of the device's icon
by associating them to the values of the
device's MIB objects.
Configuration Management
- Retrieves configuration information from SNMP
devices.
- Stores device parameters in the RDBMS, with
common sets of parameters used for multiple
devices, or for multiple ports on a device,
stored only once in the RDBMS.
- Configures devices from the parameters stored in
the RDBMS, including those relating to TCP/IP,
DECnet and any other protocol/feature
configurable via SNMP.
- Polls devices to compare their current parameter
values with those in the database and produce
reports of the discrepancies.
- Collect data about the state of the network.
- Learn the parameters of the devices in the
network and populate the database.
Performance Management
- Displays local network traffic graphically, by
packet size, protocol, network utilization,
sources and destinations of packets, etc.
- Provides for the scheduling of jobs to retrieve
MIB values of a device and store them in the RDBMS
for review or summary reporting at a later time.
- Allows high/low thresholds to be set on retrieved
values with alarms generated when thresholds are
exceeded.
Fault Management
- Provides availability monitoring and indicates
potential problems.
- Creates alarms from received SNMP traps, and from
other internally-generated conditions,
- Records alarms in the alarm log in the RDBMS.
- Lists alarms for selected set of devices,
according to various filter conditions,
- Possible causes and suggested actions for the
alarms are listed.
- New alarms are indicated by a flashing icon and
optional audio alert.
- Visual indication of alarms bubbles up the network
map heirarchy.
- Cumulative reports can be produced.
Utilities Function
- View and/or terminate current NMC processes,
- Access to database maintenance utilities.
MECHANISM
SNMP.
CAVEATS
None reported.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Maximum number of nodes that can be monitored is
18,000. This can include Hosts, Terminal Servers, PCs,
Routers, and Bridges.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
The host for the NMC software is a Sun 4 desktop works-
tation. Recommended minimum hardware is the Sun IPX
Color workstation, with a 1/4" SCSI tape drive.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
MONET V5.0, which is provided on 1/4" tape format, runs on
the Sun 4.1.1 Operating System.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
A commercial product of:
Hughes LAN Systems Inc.
1225 Charleston Road
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: (415) 966-7300
Fax: (415) 960-3738
RCA Telex: 276572
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog NET_MONITOR
NAME
net_monitor
KEYWORDS
routing, status; DECnet, IP; curses, ping; UNIX, VMS;
free, sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
Net_monitor uses ICMP echo (and DECnet reachability
information on VAX/VMS) to monitor a network. The mon-
itoring is very simplistic, but has proved useful. It
periodically tests whether hosts are reachable and
reports the results in a full-screen display. It
groups hosts together in common sets. If all hosts in
a set become unreachable, it makes a lot of racket with
bells, since it assumes that this means that some com-
mon piece of hardware that supports that set has
failed. The periodicity of the tests, hosts to test,
and groupings of hosts are controlled with a single
configuration file.
The idea for this program came from the PC/IP monitor
facility, but is an entirely different program with
different functionality.
MECHANISM
Reachability is tested using ICMP echo facilities for
TCP/IP hosts (and DECnet reachability information on
VAX/VMS). A DECnet node is considered reachable if it
appears in the list of hosts in a "show network" com-
mand issued on a routing node.
CAVEATS
This facility has been found to be most useful when run
in a window on a workstation rather than on a terminal
connected to a host. It could be useful if ported to a
PC (looks easy using FTP Software's programming
libraries), but this has not been done. Curses is very
slow and cpu intensive on VMS, but the tool has been
run in a window on a VAXstation 2000. Just don't try
to run it on a terminal connected to a 11/750.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
This tool is not meant to be a replacement for a more
comprehensive network management facility such as is
provided with SNMP.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
A host with a network connection.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Curses, 4.xBSD UNIX socket programming libraries (lim-
ited set) and some flavor of TCP/IP that supports ICMP
echo request (ping). It has been run on VAX/VMS run-
ning WIN/TCP and several flavors of 4BSD UNIX (includ-
ing SunOS 3.2, 4.0, and 4.3BSD). It could be ported to
any platform that provides a BSD-style programming li-
brary with an ICMP echo request facility and curses.
AVAILABILITY
Requests should be sent to the author:
Dale Smith
Asst Dir of Network Services
University of Oregon
Computing Center
Eugene, OR 97403-1211
Internet: [email protected]. BITNET: [email protected] UUCP: ...hp-pcd!uoregon!dsmith Voice: (503)686-4394
With the source code, a makefile is provided for most
any UNIX box and a VMS makefile compatible with the
make distributed with PMDF. A VMS DCL command file is
also provided, for use by those VMS sites without
"make."
The author will attempt to fix bugs, but no support is
promised. The tool is copyrighted, but free (for now).
Internet Tool Catalog NETLABS_CMOT_AGENT
NAME
Netlabs CMOT Agent
KEYWORDS
manager, status; IP, OSI; NMS.
ABSTRACT
Netlabs' CMOT code debuted in Interop 89. The CMOT
code comes with an Extensible MIB, which allows users
to add new MIB variables. The code currently supports
all the MIB variables in RFC 1095 via the data types in
RFC 1065, as well as the emerging MIB-II, which is
currently in experimental stage. The CMOT has been
benchmarked at 100 Management Operations per Second
(MOPS) for a 1-MIPS machine.
MECHANISM
The Netlabs CMOT agent supports the control and moni-
toring of network resources by use of CMOT message
exchanges.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Portable to most hardware.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Portable to most operating systems.
AVAILABILITY
Commercially available from:
Netlabs Inc
11693 Chenault Street Ste 348
Los Angeles CA 90049
(213) 476-4070
[email protected] (Anne Lam)
Internet Tool Catalog NETLABS_DUAL_MANAGER
NAME
Dual Manager
KEYWORDS
alarm, control, manager, map, security, status; IP,
OSI; NMS, SNMP, X; UNIX; library.
ABSTRACT
Netlabs' Dual Manager provides management of TCP/IP
networks using both SNMP and CMOT protoocls. Such
management can be initiated either through the X-
Windows user interface (both Motif and Openlook), or
through OSI Network Management (CMIP) commands. The
Dual Manager provides for configuration, fault, secu-
rity and performance management. It provides extensive
map management features, including scanned maps in the
background. It provides simple mechanisms to extend
the MIB and assign specific lists of objects to
specific network elements, thereby providing for the
management of all vendors' specific MIB extensions. It
provides an optional relational DBMS for storing and
retrieving MIB and alarm information. Finally, the
Dual Manager is an open platform, in that it provides
several Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for
users to extend the functionality of the Dual Manager.
The Dual Manager is expected to work as a TCP/IP
"branch manager" under DEC's EMA, AT&T's UNMA and other
OSI-conformant enterprise management architectures.
MECHANISM
The Netlabs Dual Manager supports the control and moni-
toring of network resources by use of both CMOT and
SNMP message exchanges.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Runs on Sun/3 and Sun/4s.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Available on System V or SCO Open Desktop environments.
Uses X-Windows for the user interface.
AVAILABILITY
Commercially available from:
Netlabs Inc
11693 Chenault Street Ste 348
Los Angeles CA 90049
(213) 476-4070
[email protected] (Anne Lam)
Internet Tool Catalog NETLABS_SNMP_AGENT
NAME
Netlabs SNMP Agent.
KEYWORDS
manager, status; IP; NMS, SNMP.
ABSTRACT
Netlabs' SNMP code debuted in Interop 89, where it
showed interoperation of the code with several imple-
mentations on the show floor. The SNMP code comes with
an Extensible MIB, which allows users to add new MIB
variables. The code currently supports all the MIB
variables in RFC 1066 via the data types in RFC 1065,
as well as the emerging MIB-II, which is currently in
experimental stage. The SNMP has been benchmarked at
200 Management Operations per Second (MOPS) for a 1-
MIPS machine.
MECHANISM
The Netlabs SNMP agent supports the control and moni-
toring of network resources by use of SNMP message
exchanges.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Portable to most hardware.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Portable to most operating systems.
AVAILABILITY
Commercially available from:
Netlabs Inc
11693 Chenault Street Ste 348
Los Angeles CA 90049
(213) 476-4070
[email protected] (Anne Lam)
Internet Tool Catalog NetMetrix-Load-Monitor
NAME
NetMetrix Load Monitor
KEYWORDS
alarm,traffic; Ethernet, FDDI, IP, Ring; Eavesdrop,
SNMP, X; UNIX;
ABSTRACT
The NetMetrix Load Monitor is a distributed
client-server monitoring tool for ethernet, token
ring, and FDDI networks. A unique "dual" architecture
provides compatibility with both RMON and X windows.
RMON allows interoperability and an enterprise-wide
view, while X windows enables much more powerful,
intelligent applications at remote segments and saves
network bandwidth.
The Load Monitor provides extensive traffic
statistics. It looks at load by time interval, source
node, destination node, application, protocol or
packet size. A powerful ZOOM feature allows extensive
correlational analysis which is displayed in a wide
variety of graphs and tables.
You can answer questions such as: Which sources are
generating most of the load on the network when it is
most heavily loaded and where is this load going?
Which source/destination pairs generate the most
traffic over the day? Where should bridges and
routers be located to optimally partition the network?
How much load do applications, like the X Windows
protocol, put on the network and who is generating that
load when it is the greatest.
A floating license allows easy access to the software
tool anywhere you need it.
MECHANISM
NetMetrix turns the network interface into promiscuous
mode to capture packets.
CAVEATS
none.
BUGS
none known.
LIMITATIONS
none.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
SPARC system
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS 4.0 or higher
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
NetMetrix is available from:
Sales Department
Metrix Network Systems, Inc.
One Tara Boulevard
Nashua, New Hampshire 03062
telephone: 603-888-7000
fax: 603-891-2796
email: [email protected]
Government agencies please note that NetMetrix is on the GSA
schedule.
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Norma Shepperd
Marketing Administrator
603-888-7000
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog NetMetrix-NFS-Monitor
NAME
NetMetrix NFS Monitor
KEYWORDS
traffic; Ethernet, FDDI, NFS, Ring; Eavesdrop, SNMP, X;
UNIX
ABSTRACT
The NetMetrix NFS Monitor is a distributed network
monitoring tool which monitors and graphs NFS load,
response time, retransmits, rejects and errors by
server, client, NFS procedure, or time
interval. Breakdown server activity by file system
and client activity by user.
A powerful ZOOM feature lets you correlate monitoring
variables. You can see client/server relationships,
compare server performance, evaluate NFS performance
enhancement strategies.
A floating license and the X Window protocol allows
monitoring of remote ethernet, token ring and FDDI
segments from a central enterprise-wide display.
MECHANISM
NetMetrix turns the network interface into promiscuous
mode to capture packets.
CAVEATS
none.
BUGS
none known.
LIMITATIONS
none.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
SPARC system
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS 4.0 or higher
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
NetMetrix is available from:
Sales Department
Metrix Network Systems, Inc.
One Tara Boulevard
Nashua, New Hampshire 03062
telephone: 603-888-7000
fax: 603-891-2796
email: [email protected]
Government agencies please note that NetMetrix is on
the GSA schedule.
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Norma Shepperd
Marketing Administrator
603-888-7000
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog NetMetrix-Protocol-Analyzer
NAME
NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer
KEYWORDS
alarm, analyzer, traffic; DECnet, DNS, Ethernet, FDDI,
IP, OSI, NFS, Ring, SMTP; Eavesdrop, SNMP, X; UNIX;
Library
ABSTRACT
The NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer is a distributed
client-server monitoring tool for ethernet, token
ring, and FDDI networks. A unique "dual" architecture
provides compatibility with both RMON and
X windows. RMON allows interoperability, while X
windows enables much more powerful, intelligent
applications at remote segments and saves network
bandwidth.
With the Protocol Analyzer, you can decode and display
packets as they are being captured. Extensive filters
let you sift through packets either before or after
trace capture. The capture filter may be specified by
source, destination between hosts, protocol, packet
size, pattern match, or by a complete expression using
an extensive filter expression language.
Full 7-layer packet decodes are available for all
major protocols including DECnet, Appletalk, Novell,
XNS, SNA, BANYAN, OSI and TCP/IP. The decodes for the
TCP/IP stack have all major protocols including NFS,
YP, DNS, SNMP, OSPF, etc.
Request and reply packets are matched. Packets can be
displayed in summary, detail or hex, with multiple
views to see packet dialogues side by side.
A complete developers' kit is available for custom
decodes.
A floating license allows easy acess to the software
tool anywhere you need it.
MECHANISM
NetMetrix turns the network interface into promiscuous
mode to capture packets.
CAVEATS
none.
BUGS
none known.
LIMITATIONS
none.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
SPARC system
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS 4.0 or higher
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
NetMetrix is available from:
Sales Department
Metrix Network Systems, Inc.
One Tara Boulevard
Nashua, New Hampshire 03062
telephone: 603-888-7000
fax: 603-891-2796
email: [email protected]
Government agencies please note that NetMetrix is on the
GSA schedule.
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Norma Shepperd
Marketing Administrator
603-888-7000
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog NetMetrix-Traffic-Generator
NAME
NetMetrix Traffic Generator
KEYWORDS
Debugger, Generator, Traffic; Ethernet, FDDI, IP,
Ring; Eavesdrop, SNMP, X; UNIX; Library
ABSTRACT
The NetMetrix Traffic Generator is a distributed
software tool which allows you to simulate network
load or test packet dialogues between nodes on your
ethernet, token ring, or FDDI segments. The Traffic
Generator can also be used to test and validate
management station alarms, routers, bridges, hubs, etc.
An easy-to-use programming interface provides complete
flexibility over variables such as bandwidth, packet
sequence, and conditional responses.
A floating license and the X Window System protocol
allows testing of remote ethernet, token ring and FDDI
segments from a central console.
MECHANISM
NetMetrix turns the network interface into promiscuous
mode to capture packets.
CAVEATS
none.
BUGS
none known.
LIMITATIONS
none.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
SPARC system
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS 4.0 or higher
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
NetMetrix is available from:
Sales Department
Metrix Network Systems, Inc.
One Tara Boulevard
Nashua, New Hampshire 03062
telephone: 603-888-7000
fax: 603-891-2796
email: [email protected]
Government agencies please note that NetMetrix is on
the GSA schedule.
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Norma Shepperd
Marketing Administrator
603-888-7000
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog NETMON_MITRE
NAME
NETMON and iptrace
KEYWORDS
traffic; IP; eavesdrop; UNIX; free.
ABSTRACT
NETMON is a facility to enable communication of net-
working events from the BSD UNIX operating system to a
user-level network monitoring or management program.
Iptrace is a program interfacing to NETMON which logs
TCP-IP traffic for performance measurement and gateway
monitoring. It is easy to build other NETMON-based
tools using iptrace as a model.
NETMON resides in the 4.3BSD UNIX kernel. It is
independent of hardware-specific code in UNIX. It is
transparent to protocol and network type, having no
internal assumptions about the network protocols being
recorded. It is installed in BSD-like kernels by
adding a standard function call (probe) to a few points
in the input and output routines of the protocols to be
logged.
NETMON is analogous to Sun Microsystems' NIT, but the
interface tap function is extended by recording more
context information. Aside from the timestamp, the
choice of information recorded is up to the installer
of the probes. The NETMON probes added to the BSD IP
code supplied with the distribution include as context:
input and output queue lengths, identification of the
network interface, and event codes labeling packet dis-
cards. (The NETMON distribution is geared towards
measuring the performance of BSD networking protocols
in an IP gateway).
NETMON is designed so that it can reside within the
monitored system with minimal interference to the net-
work processing. The estimated and measured overhead
is around five percent of packet processing.
The user-level tool "iptrace" is provided with NETMON.
This program logs IP traffic, either at IP-level only,
or as it passes through the network interface drivers
as well. As a separate function, iptrace produces a
host traffic matrix output. Its third type of output
is abbreviated sampling, in which only a pre-set number
of packets from each new host pair is logged. The
three output types are configured dynamically, in any
combination.
OSITRACE, another logging tool with a NETMON interface,
is available separately (and documented in a separate
entry in this catalog).
MECHANISM
Access to the information logged by NETMON is through a
UNIX special file, /dev/netmon. User reads are blocked
until the buffer reaches a configurable level of full-
ness.
Several other parameters of NETMON can be tuned at com-
pile time. A diagnostic program, netmonstat, is
included in the distribution.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
Bug reports and questions should be addressed to:
[email protected]
Requests to join this mailing list:
[email protected]
Questions and suggestions can also be directed to:
Allison Mankin (703)883-7907
[email protected]
LIMITATIONS
A NETMON interface for tcpdump and other UNIX protocol
analyzers is not included, but it is simple to write.
NETMON probes for a promiscuous ethernet interface are
similarly not included.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX-like network protocols or the ability to
install the BSD publicly available network protocols in
the system to be monitored.
AVAILABILITY
The NETMON distribution is available by anonymous FTP
in pub/netmon.tar or pub/netmon.tar.Z from aelred-
3.ie.org. A short user's and installation guide,
NETMON.doc, is available in the same location. The
NETMON distribution is provided "as is" and requires
retention of a copyright text in code derived from it.
It is copyrighted by the MITRE-Washington Networking
Center.
Internet Tool Catalog NETMON_WINDOWS_SNMP_RESEARCH
NAME
NETMON for Windows -- an SNMP-based network management
tool that runs under Microsoft Windows 3.0 from SNMP
Research.
KEYWORDS
alarm, control, manager, map, routing;
DECnet, Ethernet, IP, OSI, ring, star;
NMS, SNMP;
DOS;
sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The NETMON application implements a powerful network
management station based on a low-cost DOS platform.
NETMON's network management tools for configuration,
performance, security, and fault management have been
used successfully with a wide assortment of wide- and
local-area-network topologies and medias. Multiprotocol
devices are supported including those using TCP/IP,
DECnet, and OSI protocols.
Some features of NETMON's network management tools include:
o Fault management tool displays a map of the network
configuration with node and link state indicated
in one of several colors to indicate current status;
o Configuration management tool may be used to edit the
network management information base stored in the
NMS to reflect changes occurring in the network;
o Graphs and tabular tools for use in fault and performance
management;
o Mechanisms by which additional variables, such as vendor-
specific variables, may be added;
o Alarms may be enabled to alert the operator of events
occurring in the network;
o Events are logged to disk;
o Output data may be transferred via flat files for
additional report generation by a variety of
statistical packages.
The NETMON application comes complete with source code
including a powerful set of portable libraries for generating
and parsing SNMP messages.
MECHANISM
The NETMON for Windows application is based on the
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Polling is
performed via the powerful SNMP get-next operator and
the SNMP get operator. Trap directed polling is used
to regulate the focus and intensity of the polling.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
The minimum system is a IBM 386 computer, or
compatible, with hard disk drive.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
DOS 5.0 or later, Windows 3.0 in 386 mode, and TCP/IP
kernel software from FTP Software.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
This is a commercial product available under license
from:
SNMP Research
3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
Attn: John Southwood, Sales and Marketing
(615) 573-1434 (Voice) (615) 573-9197 (FAX)
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog NETscout
NAME
NETscout(tm)
KEYWORDS
Alarm, Analyzer, Manager, Status, Traffic;
DECnet, Ethernet, IP, OSI, NFS, Ring, Star, Eavesdrop;
NMS, SNMP;
UNIX;
ABSTRACT
The NETscout family of distributed LAN Analyzer
devices are intended to provide network users with a
comprehensive capability to identify and isolate fault
conditions in data communications networks.
NETscout has the capability to collect wide ranging
statistical data, to display selectively captured and
fully decoded network traffic, to set user-defined
alarm conditions, and to obtain real-time updates
from all segments of a widely dispersed internetwork
from a centralized SNMP-compatible network management
console.
The NETscout family is based on standards so that
operation may be realized in heterogeneous networks
which constitute a multi-protocol, multi-topology,
multi-vendor environment. The fundamental standards
upon which NETscout is based are the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP), which defines the protocol
for all inter-communications between NETscout devices,
and the Remote Monitoring Management Information Base
(RMON-MIB), which defines the type of information
which is to be gathered and made available to the
user for each network segment.
NETscout clients provide a full array of monitoring
and analysis features including intelligent seven
level decoding of all majorprotocol stacks:
DOD including TCP/IP XNS Novell
DECNET including LAT ISO APPLETALK
IBM Token Ring Vines NETBIOS/SMB
SNMP including RMON-MIB SUN-NFS SMT
NETscout agents support all nine groups of the
RMON-MIB standard. NETscout agents can work with any
SNMP-based network management system and currently
support Ethernet and Token Ring.
MECHANISM
The operation of the NETscout family is divided into
two distinct subcategories. The first is the "Client"
which is the user console from which operational
commands are issued and where all results and
diagnostic information are displayed. In a NETscout
topology it is feasible to have multiple clients
active simultaneously within a single network. The
second category is the "Agent", a hardware/software
device which is attached to a specific network
segment and which gathers statistical information for
that segment as well as providing a window into that
segment where network traffic may be observed and
gathered for more detailed user analysis. A
typical network will have multiple segments and
multiple agents up to the point of having one agent
for each logical network segment.
NETscout Model 9210 is a software package which, when
combined in a Sun SPARCstation in conjunction with
SunNet Manager running under Open Windows, implements
the NETscout client function. SunNet Manager provides
the background operational tools for client operation
while the NETscout software provides
application-specific functions related to RMON-MIB
support as well as all software necessary to
perform the protocol decode function.
SunNet Manager also implements a network map file
which includes a topographical display of the entire
network and is the mechanism for selecting
network elements to perform operations.
NETscout Model 9215 is a software package that
operates in conjunction with SunNet Manager and
implements the statistics monitoring function only.
That is, it does not include the protocol
decode function or the mechanism to retrieve actual
data from a remote agent. It does, however, include
complete statistics gathering and event and alarm
generation.
Frontier NETscout Models 9510 and 9515, and Model 9610
and 9615 are agent software packages that implement
selected network diagnostic functions when loaded into
a Sun SPARCstation (9510, 9515) or a SynOptics
LattisNet Hub (9610, 9615) respectively which is
connected to an Ethernet network segment
using conventional network interface hardware. Models
9510 and 9610 support all nine RMON-MIB groups
including "filters" and "packet capture" and thus
provide for complete protocol monitoring and decode
when used with a client
equipped with protocol decode software. Models 9515
an 9615 include support for seven RMON-MIB groups
which excludes "filters" and "data capture" and
therefore perform network monitoring only through
collection and presentation of network statistics,
events, and alarms. All models also support the MIB2
system and interface groups.
Frontier NETscout Models 9520 and 9525, and Model 9620
and 9625 are agent software packages that are
identical in function to their respective models
described above except that they are for use on
Token Ring segments.
CAVEATS
The RMON-MIB standard for Token Ring applications has
not yet beenformally released and is not approved.
NETscout products correspond to the latest draft for
Token Ring functions and will be updated as
required to conform to the standard as it is approved.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Sun SPARCstation or LattisNet Hub depending upon Model
number.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Sun OS 4.1.1 for client and agent, SunNet Manager for
client.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
NETscout products are available commercially. For
information regarding your local representative, contact:
Frontier Software Development, Inc.
1501 Main Street
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Phone: 508-851-8872
Fax: 508-851-6956
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Marketing
Frontier Software
Internet Tool Catalog NETSTAT
NAME
netstat
KEYWORDS
routing; IP; UNIX, VMS; free.
ABSTRACT
Netstat is a program that accesses network related data
structures within the kernel, then provides an ASCII
format at the terminal. Netstat can provide reports on
the routing table, TCP connections, TCP and UDP
"listens", and protocol memory management.
MECHANISM
Netstat accesses operating system memory to read the
kernel routing tables.
CAVEATS
Kernel data structures can change while netstat is run-
ning.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX or related OS, or VMS.
AVAILABILITY
Available via anonymous FTP from uunet.uu.net, in
directory bsd-sources/src/ucb. Available with 4.xBSD
UNIX and related operating systems. For VMS, available
as part of TGV MultiNet IP software package, as well as
Wollongong's WIN/TCP.
Internet Tool Catalog NETWORK_INTEGRATOR
NAME
Network Integrator I
KEYWORDS
map, traffic; ethernet; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
This tool monitors traffic on network segments. All
information is dumped to either a log file or, for
real-time viewing, to a command tool window. Data is
time-stamped according to date and time. Logging can
continue for up to 24 hours.
The tool is flexible in data collection and presenta-
tion. Traffic filters can be specified according to
header values of numerous protocols, including those
used by Apple, DEC, Sun, HP, and Apollo. Bandwidth
utilization can be monitored, as well as actual load
and peak throughput. Additionally, the Network
Integrator can analyze a network's topology, and record
the location of all operational nodes on a network.
Data can be displayed in six separate formats of bar
graphs. In addition, there are several routines for
producing statistical summaries of the data collected.
MECHANISM
The tools work through RPC and XDR calls.
CAVEATS
Although the tool adds only little traffic to a net-
work, generation of statistics from captured files
requires a significant portion of a workstation's CPU.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Must be root to run monitor. There does not seem to be
a limit to the number of nodes, since it monitors by
segments. The only major limitation is the amount of
disk space that a user can commit to the log files.
The size of the log files, however, can be controlled
through the tool's parameters.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Sun3 or Sun4.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
4.0BSD UNIX or greater, or related OS.
AVAILABILITY
Copyrighted, commercially available from
Network Integrators,
(408) 927-0412.
Internet Tool Catalog NFSwatch
NAME
nfswatch
KEYWORDS
Traffic; Ethernet, IP, NFS; Curses, Eavesdrop; UNIX;
Free
ABSTRACT
Nfswatch monitors all incoming ethernet traffic to an
NFS file server and divides it into several
categories. The number and percentage of packets
received in each category is displayed on
the screen in a continuously updated display.
By default, nfswatch monitors all packets destined for
the local host over a single network interface.
Options are provided to specify the specific interface
to be monitored, or all interfaces at once. NFS
traffic to the local host, to a remote host, from a
specific host, between two hosts, or all NFS traffic
on the network may be monitored.
Categories of packets monitored and counted include:
ND Read, ND Write, NFS Read, NFS Write, NFS Mount,
Yellow Pages (NIS), RPC Authorization, Other RPC, TCP,
UDP, ICMP, RIP, ARP, RARP, Ethernet Broadcast, and
Other.
Packets are also tallied either by file system or file
(specific files may be watched as an option), NFS
procedure name (RPC call), or NFS client hostname.
Facilities for taking "snapshots" of the screen, as
well as saving data to a log file for later analysis
(the analysis tool is included) are also available.
MECHANISM
Nfswatch uses the Network Interface Tap, nit(4) under
SunOS 4.x, and the Packet Filter, packetfilter(4),
under Ultrix 4.x, to place the ethernet interface into
promiscuous mode. It filters out NFS packets, and
decodes the file handles in order to determine how to
count the packet.
CAVEATS
Because the NFS file handle is a non-standard (server
private) piece of data, nfswatch must be modified to
understand file handles used by various
implementations. It currently knows
about the SunOS 4.x and Ultrix file handle formats.
BUGS
Does not monitor FDDI interfaces. (It should be a
simple change, but neither author has access to a
system with FDDI interfaces for testing.)
LIMITATIONS
Up to 256 exported file systems and 256 individual
files can be monitored at any time.
Only NFS requests are counted; the NFS traffic
generated by a server in response to those packets
is not counted.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Any Ultrix system (VAX or DEC RISC hardware)
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Ultrix release 4.0 or later. For Ultrix 4.1, may
require the patched "if_ln.o" kernel module, available
from Digital's Customer Support Center.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
Copyrighted, but freely distributable. Available via
anonymous FTP from harbor.ecn.purdue.edu,
ftp.erg.sri.com, and gatekeeper.dec.com, as well as
numerous other sites around the Internet. The current
version is Version 3.0 from January 1991.
Contact points:
Dave Curry Jeff Mogul
Purdue University Digital Equipment Corp.
Engineering Computer Network Western Research Laboratory
1285 Electrical Engineering Bldg. 100 Hamilton Avenue
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285 Palo Alto, CA 94301
[email protected] [email protected]
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Dave Curry (see address above).
Internet Tool Catalog NHFSSTONE
NAME
nhfsstone
KEYWORDS
benchmark, generator; NFS; spoof; UNIX; free.
ABSTRACT
Nhfsstone (pronounced n-f-s-stone, the "h" is silent)
is an NFS benchmarking program. It is used on an NFS
client to generate an artificial load with a particular
mix of NFS operations. It reports the average response
time of the server in milliseconds per call and the
load in calls per second. The nhfsstone distribution
includes a script, "nhfsnums" that converts test
results into plot(5) format so that they can be graphed
using graph(1) and other tools.
MECHANISM
Nhfsstone is an NFS traffic generator. It adjusts its
calling patterns based on the client's kernel NFS
statistics and the elapsed time. Load can be generated
over a given time or number of NFS calls.
CAVEATS
Nhfsstone will compete for system resources with other
applications.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
4.xBSD-based UNIX
AVAILABILITY
Available via anonymous FTP from bugs.cs.wisc.edu.
Alternatively, Legato Systems will provide the program
free of charge, if certain conditions are met. Send
name and both email and U.S. mail addresses to:
Legato Systems, Inc.
Nhfsstone
260 Sheridan Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94306
A mailing list is maintained for regular information
and bug fixes: [email protected] or
uunet!legato.com!nhfsstone. To join the list:
[email protected] or
uunet!legato.com!nhfsstone-request.
Internet Tool Catalog NNSTAT
NAME
NNStat
KEYWORDS
manager, status, traffic; ethernet, IP; eavesdrop, NMS;
UNIX; free.
ABSTRACT
NNStat is a collection of programs that provides an
internet statistic collecting capability. The NNStat
strategy for statistic collection is to collect traffic
statistics via a promiscuous ethernet tap on the local
networks, versus instrumenting the gateways. If all
traffic entering or leaving a network or set of net-
works traverses a local ethernet, then by stationing a
statistic gathering agent on each local network a pro-
file of network traffic can be gathered. Statistical
data is retrieved from the local agents by a global
manager.
A program called "statspy" performs the data gathering
function. Essentially, statspy reads all packets on an
ethernet interface and records all information of
interest. Information of interest is gathered by exa-
mining each packet and determining if the source or
destination IP address is one that is being monitored,
typically a gateway address. If so then the contents
of the packet are examined to see if they match further
criteria.
A program called "collect" performs global data collec-
tion. It periodically polls various statspy processes
in the domain of interest to retrieve locally logged
statistical data.
The NNSTAT distribution comes with several sample awk
programs which process the logged output of the collect
program.
MECHANISM
Local agents (statspy processes) collect raw traffic
data via a promiscuous ethernet tap. Statistical, fil-
tered or otherwise reduced data is retrieved from the
local agents by a global manager (the "collect" pro-
cess).
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
Bug fixes, extensions, and other pointers are discussed
in the electronic mail forum, bytecounters. To join,
send a request to [email protected].
Forum exchanges are archived in the file
bytecounters/bytecounters.mail, available via anonymous
FTP from venera.isi.edu.
LIMITATIONS
NNStat presumes a topology of one or more long haul
networks gatewayed to local ethernets.
A kernel mod required to run with SunOS4. These mods
are described in the bytecounters archive.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Ethernet interface. Sun 3, Sun 4 (SPARC), or PC RT
workstation.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Distribution is for BSD UNIX, could easily be adapted
to any UNIX with promiscuous ethernet support.
AVAILABILITY
Distribution is available via anonymous FTP from
venera.isi.edu, in file pub/NNStat.tar.Z. Documenta-
tion is in pub/NNStat.userdoc.ms.Z.
Internet Tool Catalog NOCOL(8)
NAME
nocol - network monitoring tools for an IP network
SYNOPSIS
This is an overview of the NOCOL software.
DESCRIPTION
NOCOL (Network Operations Center On-Line) is a
collection of network monitoring programs that run on
Unix systems. The software consists of a number of
monitoring agents that poll various parameters from any
system and put it in a format suitable for
post-processing. The post-processors can be a display
agent, an automated troubleshooting program, an
event logging program, etc. Presently, monitors for
tracking reachability, SNMP traps, data throughput
rate, and nameservers have been developed and are in
use. Addition of more monitoring agents is easy and
they will be added as necessary. A display agent-
nocol(1) using curses has already been developed. Work
on an "intelligent" module is currently in progress for
event logging and some automatic troubleshooting.
All data collected by the monitoring agents follows a
fixed (non-readable) format. Each data entry is termed
an event in NOCOL, and each event has certain flags and
severity associated with it. The display agent
nocol(1), displays the output of these monitoring
agents depending on the severity of the event. There
can be multiple displays running simultanously and
all process the same set of monitored data.
There are four levels of severity associated with an
event- CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING and INFO. The severity
level is controlled independently by the monitoring
agents, and the decision to raise or set an event's
severity to any level depends on the logic imbedded in
the monitoring agent.
As an example, for the pingmon(8) monitor, if a site is
unreachable via ping, it would be assigned a severity
of WARNING by pingmon, which would then elevate to
CRITICAL if the site is still unreachable after some
time. In the case of trapmon(8), an SNMP trap message
of EGP neighbor lost would be directly assigned a
severity level of CRITICAL, while an Warm Start trap is
assigned a severity of WARNING.
The display agent (and other data post-processors)
would use this event severity to decide whether to
display it (or troubleshoot/log it) depending on the
user selected display severity level.
The software is very flexible and allows enhancements
and development with a minimum amount of effort. The
display module processes all the files present in the
data directory, and displays them sequentially. This
allows new monitoring programs to simply start
generating data in the data directory and the display
module will automatically start displaying the new
data. The monitoring tools can be changed, and the only
element that has to remain common between all the
modules is the EVENT data structure.
CURRENT MODULES
NOCOL presently consists of the following modules:
nocol
which simply displays the data collected by the
monitoring agents. It uses the curses screen
management system to support a wide variety of terminal
types. The criterion for displaying an event is:
1. Severity level of the event is higher than the
severity level set in the display.
2. The display filter (if set) matches some string in
the event line.
The display can be in regular 80 column mode or in
extended 132 column mode. Critical events are
displayed in reverse video (if the terminal type
supports it). Additional features like displaying
informational messages in a part of the window,
automatic resizing window sizes, operator
acknowledgement via a bell when a new event goes
critical are also available.
ippingmon
which monitors the reachability of a site via "ICMP"
ping packets (ICMP was preferred over SNMP for many
obvious reasons). This program can use the default out-
put from the system's ping program, but an accompanying
program ( multiping) can ping multiple IP sites at the
same time and is preferable for monitoring a large list
of sites. A site is marked unreachable if a certain
number of packets is lost, and the severity level is
increased each time that the site tests unreachable.
osipingmon
which is similar to the ippingmon module but uses the
OSI ping program instead. No multiple ping program for
OSI sites has been developed at this time. The only
requirement is that the system's ping program output
match the typical BSD IP ping program's output.
nsmon
which monitors the nameservers (named) on the list of
specified hosts. It periodically sends an SOA query for
the default domain and if the queried nameservers
cannot resolve the query, then the site is elevated to
CRITICAL status.
tpmon
For monitoring the throughput (kbits per second) to a
list of hosts. The program connects to the discard
socket on the remote machine (using a STREAM socket)
and sends large packets for a small amount of time to
evaluate the effective throughput. It elevates a site
to WARNING level if the throughput drops below a
certain threshold (set in the configuration file).
trapmon
Converts all SNMP traps into a format suitable for
displaying using NOCOL. The severity of the various
traps is preset (and can be changed during compilation
time).
PLATFORM
Any Unix system with the curses screen management library
and IP (Internet Protocol) programming facility. It has been
tested on Sun Sparc 4.1.1, Ultrix, and NeXT systems. Porting
to other platforms might require minor adjustments depending
on the vagaries of the different vendors (mostly in the
include files).
AVAILABILITY
NOCOL was developed at JvNCnet and has been in use for
monitoring the JvNCnet wide area network since 1989.
It is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.jvnc.net under
pub/jvncnet-packages/nocol.tar.Z. The system running at
JvNCet can be viewed by logging into the host nocol.jvnc.net
with username nocol (an rlogin instead of telnet will handle
your X window terminal types better).
To be added to the NOCOL mailing list (for future updates
and bug fixes), send a message to nocol-users-
[email protected] with your email address.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Possible future enhancements are:
1. Event logging.
2. Addition of an automated troubleshooting mechanism
when a site severity level reaches a particular
level.
3. SNMP monitors to watch the state of certain vari-
ables (interface errors, packet rate, route state
changes).
AUTHOR
The software was developed at JvNCnet over a period of time.
The overall design and initial development was done by Vikas
Aggarwal and Sze-Ying Wuu. Additional development is being
done and coordinated by Vikas Aggarwal ([email protected]).
Copyright 1992 JvNCnet. (See the file COPYRIGHT for full
details)
SEE ALSO
nocol(1) nocol(3) tpmon(8) tsmon(8) nsmon(8)
Internet Tool Catalog NPRV
NAME
NPRV -- IP Node/Protocol Reachability Verifier
KEYWORDS
map, routing, status; IP; ping; VMS; free.
ABSTRACT
NPRV is a full-screen, keypad-oriented utility that
runs under VAX/VMS. It allows the user to quickly scan
through a user-defined list of IP addresses (or domain
names) and verify a node's reachability. The node's
reachability is determined by performing an ICMP echo,
UDP echo and a TCP echo at alternating three second
intervals. The total number of packets sent and
received are displayed, as well as the minimum, average
and maximum round-trip times (in milliseconds) for each
type of echo. Additionally, a "trace route" function
is performed to determine the path from the local sys-
tem to the remote host. Once all of the trace route
information has filled the screen, a "snapshot" of the
screen can be written to a text file. Upon exiting the
utility, these text files can be used to generate a
logical network map showing host and gateway intercon-
nectivity.
MECHANISM
The ICMP echo is performed by sending ICMP ECHO REQUEST
packets. The UDP and TCP echoes are performed by con-
necting to the UDP/TCP echo ports (port number 7). The
trace route information is compiled by sending alter-
nating ICMP ECHO REQUEST packets and UDP packets with
very large destination UDP port numbers (in two
passes). Each packet is initially sent with a TTL
(time to live) of 1. This should cause an ICMP TIME
EXCEEDED error to be generated by the first routing
gateway. Then each packet is sent with a TTL of 2.
This should cause an ICMP TIME EXCEEDED error to be
generated by the second routing gateway. Then each
packet is sent with a TTL of 3, and so on. This pro-
cess continues until an ICMP ECHO REPLY or UDP PORT
UNREACHABLE is received. This indicates that the
remote host has been reached and that the trace route
information is complete.
CAVEATS
This utility sends one echo packet per second (ICMP,
UDP or TCP), as well as sending out one trace route
packet per second. If a transmitted trace route packet
is returned in less than one second, another trace
route packet is sent in 100 milliseconds. This could
cause a significant amount of contention on the local
network.
BUGS
None known. Please report any discovered bugs to the
author at:
Allen Sturtevant
National Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
P.O. Box 808; L-561
Livermore, CA 94550
Phone : (415) 422-8266
E-Mail: [email protected]
LIMITATIONS
The user is required to have SYSPRV privilege to per-
form the ICMP Echo and trace route functions. The
utility will still run with this privilege disabled,
but only the UDP Echo and TCP Echo information will be
displayed. This utility is written in C, but unfor-
tunately it cannot be easily ported over to UNIX since
many VMS system calls are used and all screen I/O is
done using the VMS Screen Management Routines.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Any network interface supported by TGV Incorporated's
MultiNet software.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
VAX/VMS V5.1+ and TGV Incorporated's MultiNet version
2.0.
AVAILABILITY
For executables only, FTP to the ANONYMOUS account
(password GUEST) on CCC.NMFECC.GOV (128.55.128.30) and
GET the following files:
[ANONYMOUS.PROGRAMS.NPRV]NPRV.DOC (ASCII text)
[ANONYMOUS.PROGRAMS.NPRV]NPRV.EXE (binary)
[ANONYMOUS.PROGRAMS.NPRV]SAMPLE.IPA (ASCII text)
Internet Tool Catalog NSLOOKUP
NAME
nslookup
KEYWORDS
status; DNS, BIND; UNIX, VMS; free.
ABSTRACT
Nslookup is an interactive program for querying
Internet Domain Name System (DNS) servers. It is
essentially a user-friendly front end to
the BIND "resolver" library routines.
This program is useful for converting a hostname
into an IP address (and vice versa), determining
the name servers for a domain , listing
the contents of a domain, displaying any type of
DNS record, such as MX, CNAME, SOA, etc.,
diagnosing name server problems.
By default, nslookup will query
the default name server but you can specify a
different server on the command line or from a
configuration file. You can also specify
different values for the options that control the
resolver routines.
MECHANISM
The program formats, sends and receives DNS
(RFC 1034) queries.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None known.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX or related OS, or VMS.
AVAILABILITY
NSLookup is included in the BIND distribution.
Available via anonymous FTP from uunet.uu.net,
in directory /networking/ip/dns/bind. Available
with 4.xBSD UNIX and related operating systems.
For VMS, available as part of TGV MultiNet IP
software package, as well as Wollongong's WIN/TCP.
Internet Tool Catalog OSITRACE
NAME
OSITRACE
KEYWORDS
traffic; OSI; eavesdrop; UNIX; free.
ABSTRACT
OSITRACE is a network performance tool that displays
information about ISO TP4 connections. One line of
output is displayed for each packet indicating the
time, source, destination, length, packet type,
sequence number, credit, and any optional parameters
contained in the packet. Numerous options are avail-
able to control the output of OSITRACE.
To obtain packets to analyze, OSITRACE uses Sun
Microsystems' Network Interface Tap (NIT) in SunOS 3.4,
3.5, and 4.0.X. OSITRACE may also obtain data from the
NETMON utility which is described as another tool
entry.
In Sun systems, OSITRACE may be easily installed: OSI
kernel support is not needed, nor is any other form of
OSI software support.
MECHANISM
This tool has been designed in such a way that code to
process different protocol suites may be easily added.
As such, OSITRACE also has the ability to trace the DOD
TCP protocols.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
Bug reports and questions should be addressed to: ie-
[email protected]
Requests to join this mailing list: ie-tools-
[email protected]
Questions and suggestions can also be directed to: Greg
Hollingsworth, [email protected]
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restriction.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS 3.4, 3.5, or 4.0.X, or BSD UNIX-like network pro-
tocols with NETMON installed.
AVAILABILITY
OSITRACE is copyrighted by the MITRE-Washington Net-
working Center, but freely distributed "as is." It re-
quires retention of a copyright text in code derived
from it. The distribution is available by anonymous
FTP in pub/pdutrace.tar or pub/pdutrace.tar.Z from
aelred-3.ie.org.
Internet Tool Catalog OVERVIEW
NAME
OverVIEW
KEYWORDS
manager, status; IP; NMS, SNMP; DOS.
ABSTRACT
Network and internet monitor; Performance monitor;
Fully Graphic user interface; Event logging; TFTP boot
server
MECHANISM
OverVIEW uses SNMP to query routers, gateways and
hosts. Also supports SGMP, PING and is committed to
CMIP/CMOT. The SNMP queries allow dynamic determina-
tion of configuration and state. Sets of related
queries allows monitoring of congestion and faults.
The hardware and software are sold as an integrated
package.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
256 nodes, 256 nets
HARDWARE REQUIRED
80286, 640K, EGA, mouse.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
MS-DOS, OverVIEW, Network kernel, Mouse driver, SNMP
agents for monitored devices.
AVAILABILITY
Fully supported product of Proteon, Inc. For more
information, contact:
Proteon, Inc. Phone: (508) 898-2800
2 Technology Drive Fax: (508) 366-8901
Westborough, MA 01581 Telex: 928124
Internet Tool Catalog PING
NAME
ping
KEYWORDS
generator, status; IP; ping; DOS, UNIX, VMS; free.
ABSTRACT
Ping is perhaps the most basic tool for internet
management. It verifies that a remote IP implementa-
tion and the intervening networks and interfaces are
functional. It can be used to measure round trip
delay. Numerous versions of the ping program exist.
MECHANISM
Ping is based on the ICMP ECHO_REQUEST message.
CAVEATS
If run repeatedly, ping could generate high system
loads.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
PC/TCP's ping is the only implementation known support
both loose and strict source routing. Though some ping
implementations support the ICMP "record route"
feature, the usefulness of this option for debugging
routes is limited by the fact that many gateways do not
correctly implement it.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
None.
AVAILABILITY
Ping is widely included in TCP/IP distributions. Pub-
lic domain versions of ping are available via anonymous
FTP from uunet.uu.net, in directory bsd-
sources/src/etc, and from venera.isi.edu, in directory
pub.
Internet Tool Catalog PROCESS-TCPWARE-SNMP
NAME
SNMP agent
KEYWORDS
alarm, manager, status, traffic; IP; SNMP; VMS;.
ABSTRACT
The SNMP agent listens for and responds to network
management requests sent from SNMP-conforming network
management stations. The SNMP agent also sends SNMP
traps, under specific conditions, to identified trap
receivers. SNMP communities and generation of traps
are fully configurable. The SNMP agent supports all
MIB-II variables except the EGP group.
MECHANISM
Network management variables are made available for
inspection and/or alteration by means of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
No known bugs.
LIMITATIONS
Does not yet provide the ability for sites to add
extra MIB definitions.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Supported VAX processors.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
VMS V4 or later
AVAILABILITY
The SNMP agent is included in TCPware for VMS, a
commercial product available under license from:
Process Software Corporation
959 Concord Street
Framingham, MA 01701
+1 800 722 7770, +1 508 879 6994 (voice)
+1 508 879-0042 (FAX) TELEX 517891
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog PROXYD
NAME
proxyd -- SNMP proxy agent daemons from SNMP Research.
KEYWORDS
control, management, status;
bridge, Ethernet, IP, OSI, ring, star;
NMS, SNMP;
UNIX;
library, sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
SNMP proxy agents may be used to permit the monitoring
and controlling of network elements which are otherwise
not addressable using the SNMP management protocol
(e.g., a network bridge that implements a proprietary
management protocol). Similarly, SNMP proxy agents may
be used to protect SNMP agents from redundant network
management agents through the use of caches. Finally,
SNMP proxy agents may be used to implement elaborate
MIB access policies.
The proxy agent daemon:
- listens for SNMP queries and commands from logically
remote network management stations,
- translates and retransmits those as appropriate
network management queries or cache lookups,
- listens for and parses the responses,
- translates the responses into SNMP responses, and
- returns those responses as SNMP messages to the
network management station that originated the
transaction.
The proxy agent daemon also emits SNMP traps to
identified trap receivers. The proxy agent daemon is
designed to make the addition of additional vendor-
specific variables a straight-forward task. The proxy
application comes complete with source code including a
powerful set of portable libraries for generating and
parsing SNMP messages and a set of command line utilities.
MECHANISM
Network management variables are made available for
inspection and/or alteration by means of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
This application is a template for proxy application
writers.
Only a few of the many LanBridge 100 variables are
supported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
System from Sun Microsystems, Incorporated.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Sun OS 3.5 or 4.x.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
This is a commercial product available under license
from:
SNMP Research
3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
Attn: John Southwood, Sales and Marketing
(615) 573-1434 (Voice) (615) 573-9197 (FAX)
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog PROXYD_SNMP_RESEARCH
NAME
proxyd -- SNMP proxy agent daemons from SNMP Research.
KEYWORDS
control, management, status;
bridge, Ethernet, IP, OSI, ring, star;
NMS, SNMP;
UNIX;
library, sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
SNMP proxy agents may be used to permit the monitoring
and controlling of network elements which are otherwise
not addressable using the SNMP management protocol
(e.g., a network bridge that implements a proprietary
management protocol). Similarly, SNMP proxy agents may
be used to protect SNMP agents from redundant network
management agents through the use of caches. Finally,
SNMP proxy agents may be used to implement elaborate
MIB access policies.
The proxy agent daemon:
- listens for SNMP queries and commands from logically
remote network management stations,
- translates and retransmits those as appropriate
network management queries or cache lookups,
- listens for and parses the responses,
- translates the responses into SNMP responses, and
- returns those responses as SNMP messages to the
network management station that originated the
transaction.
The proxy agent daemon also emits SNMP traps to
identified trap receivers. The proxy agent daemon is
designed to make the addition of additional vendor-
specific variables a straight-forward task. The proxy
application comes complete with source code including a
powerful set of portable libraries for generating and
parsing SNMP messages and a set of command line utilities.
MECHANISM
Network management variables are made available for
inspection and/or alteration by means of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
This application is a template for proxy application
writers.
Only a few of the many LanBridge 100 variables are
supported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
System from Sun Microsystems, Incorporated.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Sun OS 3.5 or 4.x.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
This is a commercial product available under license
from:
SNMP Research
3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
Attn: John Southwood, Sales and Marketing
(615) 573-1434 (Voice) (615) 573-9197 (FAX)
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog QUERY
NAME
query, ripquery
KEYWORDS
routing; IP; spoof; UNIX; free.
ABSTRACT
Query allows remote viewing of a gateway's routing
tables.
MECHANISM
Query formats and sends a RIP request or POLL command
to a destination gateway.
CAVEATS
Query is intended to be used a a tool for debugging
gateways, not for network management. SNMP is the pre-
ferred protocol for network management.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
The polled gateway must run RIP.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restriction.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
4.3BSD UNIX or related OS.
AVAILABILITY
Available with routed and gated distributions.
Routed may be obtained via anonymous FTP from
uunet.uu.net, in file bsd-
sources/src/network/routed.tar.Z.
Gated may be obtained via anonymous FTP from
devvax.tn.cornell.edu. Distribution files are in
directory pub/gated.
Internet Tool Catalog SAS-CPE
NAME
SAS/CPE(tm) for Open Systems Software
KEYWORDS
manager, status;
bridge, ethernet, FDDI, IP, OSI, NFS;
X;
DOS, HP, UNIX;
library.
ABSTRACT
SAS/CPE(tm) for Open Systems software is an integrated system designed
to facilitate the analysis and presentation of computer performance
and resource utilization data. SAS/CPE software features include:
. Processing of raw computer and network performance data into
detail-level SAS data sets.
. Conversion and validation of logged data values to forms
more useful for display and analysis (e.g., I/O counts
are converted to I/O rates per second).
. Numerous sample reports on performance data processed by
SAS/CPE software.
. Reduction of logged performance data into daily, weekly,
monthly or yearly summarized values.
. Menu-driven interface to the creation and management of multiple
performance data bases.
. Menu-driven report designing interface that allows users with no
programming knowledge to create and manage custom reports from
their performance data base. No SAS coding is needed for this
interface.
MECHANISM
SAS/CPE for Open Systems processes and reports data
from SNMP and other proprietary monitoring protocols,
as well as du and accounting.
CAVEATS
The product is currently in alpha testing.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
HP, SUN or IBM Workstation
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
The SAS(r) System Base Software, SAS/GRAPH Software and
SAS/CPE for Open System Software
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
SAS/CPE for Open Systems Software is available from:
SAS Institute Inc.
SAS Campus Drive
Cary, NC 27513
Phone 919-677-8000
FAX 919-677-8123
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Send email to [email protected].
Internet Tool Catalog SNIFFER
NAME
Sniffer
KEYWORDS
analyzer, generator, traffic; DECnet, ethernet, IP,
NFS, OSI, ring, SMTP, star; eavesdrop; standalone.
ABSTRACT
The Network General Sniffer is a protocol analyzer for
performing LAN diagnostics, monitoring, traffic genera-
tion, and troubleshooting. The Sniffer protocol
analyzer has the capability of capturing every packet
on a network and of decoding all seven layers of the
OSI protocol model. Capture frame selection is based
on several different filters: protocol content at lower
levels; node addresses; pattern matching (up to 8
logically-related patterns of 32 bytes each); and des-
tination class. Users may extend the protocol
interpretation capability of the Sniffer by writing
their own customized protocol interpreters and linking
them to the Sniffer software.
The Sniffer displays network traffic information and
performance statistics in real time, in user-selectable
formats. Numeric station addresses are translated to
symbolic names or manufacturer ID names. Network
activities measured include frames accepted, Kbytes
accepted, and buffer use. Each network version has
additional counters for activities specific to that
network. Network activity is expressed as
frames/second, Kbytes/second, or per cent of network
bandwidth utilization.
Data collection by the Sniffer may be output to printer
or stored to disk in either print-file or spread-sheet
format.
Protocol suites understood by the Sniffer include:
Banyan Vines, IBM Token-Ring, Novell Netware, XNS/MS-
Net (3Com 3+), DECnet, TCP/IP (including SNMP and
applications-layer protocols such as FTP, SMTP, and
TELNET), X Windows (for X version 11), NFS, and several
SUN proprietary protocols (including mount, pmap, RPC,
and YP). Supported LANs include: ethernet, Token-ring
(4Mb and 16Mb versions), ARCNET, StarLAN, IBM PC Net-
work (Broadband), and Apple Localtalk Network.
MECHANISM
The Sniffer is a self-contained, portable protocol
analyzer that require only AC line power and connection
to a network to operate. Normally passive (except when
in Traffic Generator mode), it captures images of all
or of selected frames in a working buffer, ready for
immediate analysis and display.
The Sniffer is a standalone device. Two platforms are
available: one for use with single network topologies,
the other for use with multi-network topologies. Both
include Sniffer core software, a modified network
interface card (or multiple cards), and optional proto-
col interpreter suites.
All Sniffer functions may be remotely controlled from a
modem-connected PC. Output from the Sniffer can be
imported to database or spreadsheet packages.
CAVEATS
In normal use, the Sniffer is a passive device, and so
will not adversely effect network performance. Perfor-
mance degradation will be observed, of course, if the
Sniffer is set to Traffic Generator mode and connected
to an active network.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
None. The Sniffer is a self-contained unit, and
includes its own interface card. It installs into a
network as would any normal workstation.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
None.
AVAILABILITY
The Sniffer is available commercially. For information
on your local representative, call or write:
Network General Corporation
4200 Bohannon Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Phone: 415-688-2700
Fax: 415-321-0855
For acquisition by government agencies, the Sniffer is
included on the GSA schedule.
Internet Tool Catalog SNMP_DEVELOPMENT_KIT
NAME
The SNMP Development Kit
KEYWORDS
manager, status; IP; NMS, SNMP; UNIX; free, sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The SNMP Development Kit comprises C Language source
code for a programming library that facilitates access
to the management services of the SNMP (RFC 1098).
Sources are also included for a few simple client
applications whose main purpose is to illustrate the
use of the library. Example client applications query
remote SNMP agents in a variety of modes, and generate
or collect SNMP traps. Code for an example SNMP agent
that supports a subset of the Internet MIB (RFC 1066)
is also included.
MECHANISM
The Development Kit facilitates development of SNMP-
based management applications -- both clients and
agents. Example applications execute SNMP management
operations according to the values of command line
arguments.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
Fixed in the next release.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
The SNMP library source code is highly portable and
runs on a wide range of platforms.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
The SNMP library source code has almost no operating
system dependencies and runs in a wide range of
environments. Certain portions of the example SNMP
agent code are specific to the 4.3BSD implementation of
the UNIX system for the DEC MicroVAX.
AVAILABILITY
The Development Kit is available via anonymous FTP from
host allspice.lcs.mit.edu. The copyright for the
Development Kit is held by the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and the Kit is distributed without
charge according to the terms set forth in its code and
documentation. The distribution takes the form of a
UNIX tar file.
Bug reports, questions, suggestions, or complaints may
be mailed electronically to [email protected],
although no response in any form is guaranteed. Dis-
tribution via UUCP mail may be arranged by contacting
the same address. Requests for hard-copy documentation
or copies of the distribution on magnetic media are
never honored.
Internet Tool Catalog SNMP_Libraries_SNMP_RESEARCH
NAME
SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research.
KEYWORDS
alarm, control, manager, map, security, status;
bridge, DECnet, Ethernet, FDDI, IP, OSI, ring, star;
NMS, SNMP;
DOS, UNIX, VMS;
sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The SNMP Libraries and Utilities serve two purposes:
1) to act as building blocks for the construction of
SNMP-based agent and manager applications; and
2) to act as network management tools for network
fire fighting and report generation.
The libraries perform ASN.1 parsing and generation tasks
for both network management station applications and
network management agent applications. These libraries
hide the details of ASN.1 parsing and generation from
application writers and make it unnecessary for them to
be expert in these areas. The libraries are very robust
with considerable error checking designed in. The
several command line utilities include applications for
retrieving one or many variables, retrieving tables, or
effecting commands via the setting of remote network
management variables.
MECHANISM
The parsing is performed via recursive descent methods.
Messages are passed via the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP).
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
The monitored and managed nodes must implement the SNMP
over UDP per RFC 1157 or must be reachable via a proxy
agent.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
This software has been ported to numerous platforms
including workstations, general-purpose timesharing
systems, and embedded hardware in intelligent network
devices such as repeaters, bridges, and routers.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
C compiler, TCP/IP library.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
This is a commercial product available under license
from:
SNMP Research
3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
Attn: John Southwood, Sales and Marketing
(615) 573-1434 (Voice) (615) 573-9197 (FAX)
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog SNMP_PACKAGED_AGENT_SNMP_RESEARCH
NAME
SNMP Packaged Agent System -- an SNMP host/gateway
agent daemon including a complete protocol stack and
runtime environment required to support an SNMP Agent
from SNMP Research.
KEYWORDS
control, manager, status;
bridge, Ethernet, FDDI, IP, OSI, ring, star;
NMS, SNMP;
DOS, standalone, UNIX;
sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The snmpd agent daemon listens for and responds to
network management queries and commands from logically
remote network management stations. The agent daemon
also emits SNMP traps to identified trap receivers.
The agent daemon is designed to make the addition of
additional vendor-specific variables a
straight-forward task. The snmpd application comes
complete with source code including a powerful set of
portable libraries for generating and parsing SNMP
messages and a set of command line utilities.
The Packaged Agent System is designed to aid the
hardware manufacturer who is not experienced with the
TCP/IP protocol suite. A lightweight, non-preemptive
scheduler/tasking system for faster execution and less
impact on slow CPUs is included in the package.
Development environment is either MS DOS or UNIX.
MECHANISM
Network management variables are made available for
inspection and/or alteration by means of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
The Motorola 68XXX and the Intel 8088 and X86
platforms are fully supported. Other platforms can be
supported. Contact SNMP Research for details.
This software has been ported to numerous platforms
including workstations, general-purpose timesharing
systems, and embedded hardware in intelligent network
devices such as repeaters, bridges, and routers.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
C compiler.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
This is a commercial product available under license
from:
SNMP Research
3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
Attn: John Southwood, Sales and Marketing
(615) 573-1434 (Voice) (615) 573-9197 (FAX)
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog SNMPD_SNMP_RESEARCH
NAME
snmpd -- an SNMP host/gateway agent daemon from SNMP
Research.
KEYWORDS
control, mananger, status;
bridge, Ethernet, FDDI, IP, OSI, ring, star;
NMS, SNMP;
DOS, UNIX;
sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The snmpd agent daemon listens for and responds to
network management queries and commands from logically
remote network management stations. The agent daemon
also emits SNMP traps to identified trap receivers. The
agent daemon is architected to make the addition of
additional vendor-specific variables a straight-forward
task. The snmpd application comes complete with source
code including a powerful set of portable libraries for
generating and parsing SNMP messages and a set of
command line utilities.
MECHANISM
Network management variables are made available for
inspection and/or alteration by means of the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Only operating system variables available without
source code modifications to the operating system and
device device drivers are supported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
This software has been ported to numerous platforms
including workstations, general-purpose timesharing
systems, and embedded hardware in intelligent network
devices such as repeaters, bridges, and routers.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
C compiler.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
This is a commercial product available under license
from:
SNMP Research
3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
Attn: John Southwood, Sales and Marketing
(615) 573-1434 (Voice) (615) 573-9197 (FAX)
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog SPIDERMONITOR
NAME
SpiderMonitor P220, K220 and
SpiderAnalyzer P320, K320
KEYWORDS
alarm, analyzer, generator, traffic; DECnet, ethernet,
IP, OSI; eavesdrop; standalone; sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The SpiderMonitor and SpiderAnalyzer are protocol
analyzers for performing ethernet LAN diagnostics, mon-
itoring, traffic generation, and troubleshooting. The
SpiderMonitor has the capability of capturing every
packet on a network and of decoding the first four
layers of the OSI protocol model. The SpiderAnalyzer
has additional software for decoding higher protocol
layers. Protocol suites understood: TCP/IP (including
SNMP and applications-layer protocols), OSI, XNS, DEC-
net and IPX. User-definable decodes can be written in
'C' with the Microsoft version 5.0 'C' compiler. A
decode guide is provided.
The SpiderAnalyzer supports multiple simultaneous
filters for capturing packets using predefined patterns
and error states. Filter patterns can also trigger on
NOT matching 1 or more filters, an alarm, or a speci-
fied time.
The SpiderAnalyzer can also employ TDR (Time Domain
Reflectometry) to find media faults, open or short cir-
cuits, or transceiver faults. It can transmit OSI,
XNS, and Xerox link-level echo packets to user-
specified stations, performs loop round tests.
In traffic generation mode, the SpiderAnalyzer has the
ability to generate packets at random intervals of ran-
dom lengths or any combination of random or fixed
interval or length, generation of packets with CRC
errors, or packets that are too short, or packets that
are too long.
Output from the SpiderMonitor/Analyzer can be imported
to database or spreadsheet packages.
MECHANISM
The SpiderMonitor and Spider Analyzer are available as
stand-alone, IBM PC compatible packages based upon a
Compaq III portable system, or as a plug-in boards for
any IBM XT/AT compatible machine. The model 220 (Spi-
derMonitor) systems provide a functional base suited
for most network management needs. The model 320 (Spi-
derAnalyzer) systems provide extended functionality in
the development mode and traffic generation mode as
well more filtering capabilities than the 220 models.
CAVEATS
Traffic generation will congest an operational ether-
net.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Monitoring of up to 1024 stations and buffering of up
to 1500 packets. The model 220 provides for 3 filters
with a filter depth of 46 bytes. The model 320 pro-
vides for 4 filters and a second level of filtering
with a filter depth of 64 bytes.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
PX20s are self contained, the KX20s require an IBM
PC/XT-AT compatible machine with 5 megabytes of hard
disk storage and the spare slot into which the board
kit is plugged.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
None. The SpiderAnalyzer requires the Microsoft 'C'
Compiler, Version 5.0 for writing user defined decodes.
AVAILABILITY
The SpiderMonitor/Analyzer is available commercially.
For information on your local representative, call or
write:
Spider Systems, Inc.
12 New England Executive Park
Burlington, MA 01803
Telephone: 617-270-3510
FAX: 617-270-9818
Internet Tool Catalog SPIMS
NAME
SPIMS -- the Swedish Institute of Computer Science
(SICS) Protocol Implementation Measurement
System tool.
KEYWORDS
benchmark, debugger; IP, OSI; spoof; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
SPIMS is used to measure the performance of protocol
and "protocol-like" services including response time
(two-way delay), throughput and the time to open and
close connections. It has been used to:
o benchmark alternative protocol implementations,
o observe how performance varies when parameters in
specific implementations have been varied (i.e.,
to tune parameters).
SPIMS currently has interfaces to the DoD Internet Pro-
tocols: UDP, TCP, FTP, SunRPC, the OSI protocols from
the ISODE 4.0 distribution package: FTAM, ROSE, ISO TP0
and to Sunlink 5.2 ISO TP4 as well as Stanford's VMTP.
Also available are a rudimentary set of benchmarks,
stubs for new protocol interfaces and a user manual.
For an example of the use of SPIMS to tune protocols,
see:
Nordmark & Cheriton, "Experiences from VMTP: How
to achieve low response time," IFIP WG6.1/6.4:
Protocols for High-Speed Networks, May 1989,
Zurich. To be published.
For an example of how SPIMS can be used to benchmark
protocols, see:
Gunningberg, Bjorkman, Nordmark, Sjodin, Pink &
Stromqvist "Application Protocols and Performance
Benchmarks", IEEE Communications Magazine, June
1989, Vol. 27, No.6, pp 30-36.
Sjodin, Gunningberg, Nordmark, & Pink, "Towards
Protocol Benchmarks', IFIP WG6.1/6.4 Protocols
for High-Speed Networks, May 1989, Zurich, pp
57-67
MECHANISM
SPIMS runs as user processes and uses a TCP connection
for measurement set-up. Measurements take place
between processes over the measured protocol. SPIMS
generates messages and transfers them via the measured
protocol service according to a user-supplied specifi-
cation. SPIMS has a unique measurement specification
language that is used to specify a measurement session.
In the language there are constructs for different
application types (e.g., bulk data transfer), for
specifying frequency and sequence of messages, for dis-
tribution over message sizes and for combining basic
specifications. These specifications are independent
of both protocols and protocol implementations and can
be used for benchmarking. For more details on the
internals of SPIMS, see:
Nordmark & Gunningberg, "SPIMS: A Tool for Protocol
Implementation Performance Measurements" Proc. of 13:th
Conf. on Local Computer Networks, Minneapolis 1989, pp
222-229.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SPIMS is implemented on UNIX, including SunOS 4.,
4.3BSD UNIX, DN (UNIX System V, with extensions) and
Ultrix 2.0/3.0. It requires a TCP connection for meas-
urement set-up. No kernel modifications or any modifi-
cations to measured protocols are required.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
SPIMS is not in the public domain and the software is
covered by licenses. Use of the SPIMS software
represents acceptance of the terms and conditions of
the licenses.
The licenses are enclosed in the distribution package.
Licenses and SPIMS cover letter can also be obtained
via an Internet FTP connection without getting the whole
software. The retrieval procedure is identical to the
below university distribution via FTP. The file to
retrieve is pub/spims-dist/licenses.tar.Z
There are two different distribution classes depending on
requesting organization:
1. Universities and non-profit organizations.
To these organizations, SPIMS source code is distributed
free of charge. There are two ways to get the software:
1. FTP.
If you have an Internet FTP connection, you
can use anonymous FTP to sics.se
[192.16.123.90], and retrieve the file
pub/spims-dist/dist910304.tar.Z
(this is a .6MB compressed tar image) in
BINARY mode. Log in as user anonymous and at
the password prompt, use your complete
electronic mail address.
2. On a Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape.
For mailing, a handling fee of US$150.00 will be
charged. Submit a bank check with the request.
Do not send tapes or envelopes.
2. Commercial organizations.
These organizations can chose between a license for
commercial use, or a license for internal research
only and no commercial use whatsoever.
For internal research use only:
The SPIMS source code is distributed for a one
time fee of US$500.00. Organizations
interested in the research prototype need to
contact us via e-mail and briefly motivate why
they qualify (non-commercial use) for the
research prototype.
They will thereafter get a permission to
obtain a copy from the same distribution
source as for universities.
Commercial use:
A commercial version of SPIMS will eventually
be distributed and supported by a commercial
partner. nIn the meantime we will distribute
the research prototype (source code) to
interested organizations without any guaranty
or support. Contact SICS for further
information.
For more information about the research prototype
distribution and about a commercial license, contact:
Swedish Institute of Computer Science
Att: Birgitta Klingenberg
P.O. Box 1263
S-164 28 Kista
SWEDEN
e-address: [email protected] Phone: +46-8-7521500, Fax: +46-8-7517230
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Bengt Ahlgren
Swedish Institute of Computer Science
Box 1263
S-164 28 KISTA, SWEDEN
Email: [email protected] Tel: +46 8 752 1562 (direct) or +46 8 752 1500 Fax: +46 8 751 7230
Internet Tool Catalog SPRAY_SUN
NAME
spray
KEYWORDS
benchmark, generator; IP; ping; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
Spray is a traffic generation tool that generates RPC
or UDP packets, or ICMP Echo Requests. The packets are
sent to a remote procedure call application at the des-
tination host. The count of received packets is
retrieved from the remote application after a certain
number of packets have been transmitted. The differ-
ence in packets received versus packets sent represents
(on a LAN) the packets that the destination host had to
drop due to increasing queue length. A measure of
throughput relative to system speed and network load
can thus be obtained.
MECHANISM
See above.
CAVEATS
Spray can congest a network.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS
AVAILABILITY
Supplied with SunOS.
Internet Tool Catalog TCPDUMP
NAME
tcpdump
KEYWORDS
traffic; ethernet, IP, NFS; UNIX, VMS; free.
ABSTRACT
Tcpdump can interpret and print headers for the follow-
ing protocols: ethernet, IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, NFS, ND,
ARP/RARP, AppleTalk. Tcpdump has proven useful for
examining and evaluating the retransmission and window
management operations of TCP implementations.
MECHANISM
Much like etherfind, tcpdump writes a log file of the
frames traversing an ethernet interface. Each output
line includes the time a packet is received, the type
of packet, and various values from its header.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Public domain version requires a kernel patch for
SunOS. TCPware for VMS - currently interprets headers
for IP, TCP, UDP, and ICMP only.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Any Ultrix system (VAX or DEC RISC hardware)
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Ultrix release 4.0 or later. For Ultrix 4.1, may
require the patched "if_ln.o" kernel module, available
from Digital's Customer Support Center.
AVAILABILITY
Available, though subject to copyright restrictions,
via anonymous FTP from ftp.ee.lbl.gov. The source and
documentation for the tool is in compressed tar format,
in file tcpdump.tar.Z. Also available from
spam.itstd.sri.com, in directory pub. For VMS hosts
with DEC ethernet controllers, available as part of TGV
MultiNet IP software package and TCPware for VMS from
Process Software Corporation.
Internet Tool Catalog TCPLOGGER
NAME
tcplogger
KEYWORDS
traffic; IP; eavesdrop; UNIX; free.
ABSTRACT
Tcplogger consists of modifications to the 4.3BSD UNIX
source code, and a large library of post-processing
software. Tcplogger records timestamped information
from TCP and IP packets that are sent and received on a
specified connection. For each TCP packet, information
such as sequence number, acknowledgement sequence
number, packet size, and header flags is recorded. For
an IP packet, header length, packet length and TTL
values are recorded. Customized use of the TCP option
field allows the detection of lost or duplicate pack-
ets.
MECHANISM
Routines of 4.3BSD UNIX in the netinet directory have
been modified to append information to a log in memory.
The log is read continuously by a user process and
written to a file. A TCP option has been added to
start the logging of a connection. Lots of post-
processing software has been written to analyze the
data.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
To get a log at both ends of the connection, the modi-
fied kernel should be run at both the hosts.
All connections are logged in a single file, but
software is provided to filter out the record of a sin-
gle connection.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
4.3BSD UNIX (as modified for this tool).
AVAILABILITY
Free, although a 4.3BSD license is required. Contact
Olafur Gudmundsson ([email protected]).
Internet Tool Catalog TOKENVIEW_PROTEON
NAME
TokenVIEW
KEYWORDS
control, manager, status; ring; NMS, proprietary; DOS.
ABSTRACT
Network Management tool for 4/16 Mbit IEEE 802.5 Token
Ring Networks. Monitors active nodes and ring errors.
Maintains database of nodes, wire centers and their
connections. Separate network management ring allows
remote configuration of wire centers.
MECHANISM
A separate network management ring used with Proteon
Intelligent Wire Centers allows wire center configura-
tion information to be read and modified from a single
remote workstation. A log of network events used with
a database contain nodes, wire centers and their con-
nections, facilitates tracking and correction of net-
work errors. Requires an "E" series PROM, sold with
package.
CAVEATS
Currently, only ISA bus cards support the required E
series PROM.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
256 nodes, 1 net.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
512K RAM, CGA or better, hard disk, mouse supported.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
MS-DOS, optional mouse driver
AVAILABILITY
Fully supported product of Proteon, Inc. Previously
sold as Advanced Network Manager (ANM). For more in-
formation, contact:
Proteon, Inc. Phone: (508) 898-2800
2 Technology Drive Fax: (508) 366-8901
Westborough, MA 01581 Telex: 928124
Internet Tool Catalog TRACEROUTE
NAME
traceroute
KEYWORDS
routing; IP; ping; UNIX, VMS; free.
ABSTRACT
Traceroute is a tool that allows the route taken by
packets from source to destination to be discovered.
It can be used for situations where the IP record route
option would fail, such as intermediate gateways dis-
carding packets, routes that exceed the capacity of an
datagram, or intermediate IP implementations that don't
support record route. Round trip delays between the
source and intermediate gateways are also reported
allowing the determination of individual gateways con-
tribution to end-to-end delay.
Enhanced versions of traceroute have been developed
that allow specification of loose source routes for
datagrams. This allows one to investigate the return
path from remote machines back to the local host.
MECHANISM
Traceroute relies on the ICMP TIME_EXCEEDED error
reporting mechanism. When an IP packet is received by
an gateway with a time-to-live value of 0, an ICMP
packet is sent to the host which generated the packet.
By sending packets to a destination with a TTL of 0,
the next hop can be identified as the source of the
ICMP TIME EXCEEDED message. By incrementing the TTL
field the subsequent hops can be identified. Each
packet sent out is also time stamped. The time stamp
is returned as part of the ICMP packet so a round trip
delay can be calculated.
CAVEATS
Some IP implementations forward packets with a TTL of
0, thus escaping identification. Others use the TTL
field in the arriving packet as the TTL for the ICMP
error reply, which delays identification.
Sending datagrams with the source route option will
cause some gateways to crash. It is considered poor
form to repeat this behavior.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Most versions of UNIX have errors in the raw IP code
that require kernel mods for the standard version of
traceroute to work. A version of traceroute exists
that runs without kernel mods under SunOS 3.5 (see
below), but it only operates over an ethernet inter-
face.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX or related OS, or VMS.
AVAILABILITY
Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.ee.lbl.gov, in file
traceroute.tar.Z. It is also available from
uc.msc.umn.edu.
A version of traceroute that supports Loose Source
Record Route, along with the source code of the
required kernel modifications and a Makefile for
installing them, is available via anonymous FTP from
zerkalo.harvard.edu, in directory pub, file
traceroute_pkg.tar.Z.
A version of traceroute that runs under SunOS 3.5 and
does NOT require kernel mods is available via anonymous
FTP from dopey.cs.unc.edu, in file
~ftp/pub/traceroute.tar.Z.
For VMS, traceroute is available as part of TGV Mul-
tiNet IP software package.
Internet Tool Catalog TRPT
NAME
TRPT -- transliterate protocol trace
KEYWORDS
traffic; IP; eavesdrop; UNIX; free.
ABSTRACT
TRPT displays a trace of a TCP socket events. When no
options are supplied, TRPT prints all the trace records
found in a system, grouped according to TCP connection
protocol control block (PCB).
An example of TRPT output is:
38241 ESTABLISHED:input
[e0531003..e0531203)@6cc5b402(win=4000)<ACK> -> ESTA-
BLISHED
38241 ESTABLISHED:user RCVD -> ESTABLISHED
38266 ESTABLISHED:output
6cc5b402@e0531203(win=4000)<ACK> -> ESTABLISHED
38331 ESTABLISHED:input
[e0531203..e0531403)@6cc5b402(win=4000)<ACK,FIN,PUSH>
-> CLOSE_WAIT
38331 CLOSE_WAIT:output
6cc5b402@e0531404(win=3dff)<ACK> -> CLOSE_WAIT
38331 CLOSE_WAIT:user RCVD -> CLOSE_WAIT
38343 LAST_ACK:output
6cc5b402@e0531404(win=4000)<ACK,FIN> -> LAST_ACK
38343 CLOSE_WAIT:user DISCONNECT -> LAST_ACK
38343 LAST_ACK:user DETACH -> LAST_ACK
MECHANISM
TRPT interrogates the buffer of TCP trace records that
is created when a TCP socket is marked for debugging.
CAVEATS
Prior to using TRPT, an analyst should take steps to
isolate the problem connection and find the address of
its protocol control blocks.
BUGS
None reported.
LIMITATIONS
A socket must have the debugging option set for TRPT to
operate. Another problem is that the output format of
TRPT is difficult.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX or related OS.
AVAILABILITY
Included with BSD and SunOS distributions. Available
via anonymous FTP from uunet.uu.net, in file bsd-
sources/src/etc/trpt.tar.Z.
Internet Tool Catalog TTCP
NAME
TTCP
KEYWORDS
benchmark, generator; IP; ping; UNIX, VMS; free.
ABSTRACT
TTCP is a traffic generator that can be used for test-
ing end-to-end throughput. It is good for evaluating
TCP/IP implementations.
MECHANISM
Cooperating processes are started on two hosts. The
open a TCP connection and transfer a high volume of
data. Delay and throughput are calculated.
CAVEATS
Will greatly increase system load.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
BSD UNIX or related OS, or VMS.
AVAILABILITY
Source for BSD UNIX is available via anonymous FTP from
vgr.brl.mil, in file ftp/pub/ttcp.c, and from sgi.com,
in file sgi/src/ttcp.c. A version of TTCP has also
been submitted to the USENET news group
comp.sources.unix. For VMS, ttcp.c is included in the
MultiNet Programmer's Kit, a standard feature of TGV
MultiNet IP software package.
Internet Tool Catalog UNISYS-PARAMAX
NAME
Paramax Network Security Server
KEYWORDS
alarm, control, manager, security, status;
ethernet, FDDI, IP; X; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
The Paramax Network Security Server (NSS) is a
security officer's tool for centralized security
management of TCP/IP-based networks. The NSS provides
capability for collection, on-line storage,
maintenance, and correlation of audit data from hosts,
workstations, servers, and network devices. Through
the X window based user interface, a security officer
can review and analyze this audit data at the NSS,
select and request filtered portions of host audit
data, and receive and analyze security alerts from
across the network. The NSS supports centralized
access control of network resources through its
capability to create and update user and host access
permissions data. The user access permissions data
identifies network addresses that each user is
permitted to access. The host access permissions data
identifies network addresses between which
communication is permitted. The NSS supports
centralized management of user authentication data
(user IDs and passwords) and other user data for use
by hosts, workstations, and servers in the network.
It generates pseudo-random pronounceable passwords for
selection and assignment to users by the security officer.
The NSS deadman timer locks the NSS screen or logs the
security officer off the NSS after periods of
inactivity. A biometric authentication device is
optional for rigorous fingerprint authentication of
users at the NSS, and logins to the NSS itself are
permitted only at the console. The NSS currently
provides centralized security management for a System High
Network. It is being upgraded for a Compartmented Mode
environment.
MECHANISM
The NSS uses the Audit Information Transfer Protocol
(AITP) for the transfer of security alerts and audit
data. AITP is NOT proprietary, and the specification
is available from the address listed below. Access to
the NSS audit database is provided via the Structured
Query Language (SQL).
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Hardware required is a Sun 4 (SPARCStation) with a color
monitor, at least 600 MB disk, and 150 MB 1/4"
cartridge tape drive.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS Version 4.1.1 running the Sun OpenWindows X
windowing environment and the SYBASE Relational Data
Base Management System.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
Commercially available from:
Paramax Systems Corporation
5151 Camino Ruiz
Camarillo, California 93011-6004
805-987-6811
Peter Vazzana
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
Paramax Systems Corporation
5151 Camino Ruiz
Camarillo, California 93011-6004
805-987-6811
Nina Lewis <[email protected]>
Internet Tool Catalog WOLLONGONG-MANAGER
NAME
Management Station, Release 3.0
KEYWORDS
manager; ; snmp, x; sun, dec, dos;.
ABSTRACT
Management Station is a network management software
product that supports SNMP. Release 3.0 implements a
distributed network management architecture that helps
solve the scalability and reliability limitations of
using a single cpu for all SNMP management tasks.
Additionally, there are many applications provided
that are all user-configurable. The following
applications and their functionality is listed below:
General Info:
X Windows, 11.4 based implemented with OSF/Motif 1.1.1
toolkit. X Windows interface for all configuration
files. Most applications have "verbose" mode for
display of SNMP PDU traffic. On-line help and
Reference manual pages. ANSI C compliant.
Network Management Daemon:
Responsible for device discovery, trap/alarm
management and fault monitoring for the network map.
Connection with other distributed daemons and any
connected stations is accomplished with SNMP/TCP.
Configured via Manager MIB; also incorporates SMUX MIB
(RFC 1227). Sends any information to INGRES, Oracle
or Sybase via an ESQL interface. User-defined actions
include: send alarm to map; send info to flat file;
execute ESQL command; call any UNIX system command;
forward traps and filter user-defined alarms.
User-defined alarms can use any boolean expression and
MIB variable expressions can be combined with AND/OR
statements.
MIB Compiler
ASN.1 MIB compiler with X Windows interface. Accepts
RFC 1155 and 1212 format. Most vendor-specific MIBs
and proposed Internet standard MIBs already included.
Network Map
Comprehensive network monitoring map with click and
drag interface, hiearchical and virtual views.
Toolkit and preferences applications, device
discovery. Uses /etc/hosts file, NIS or DNS for
device resolution. Background pixmapping capability,
user-definable menu bar, network manager and console
operator modes via UNIX group permissions. Multiple
map use without limitation.
MIB Form and MIB Form Editor
User-designed, X-based SNMP applications. Alias for
MIB variables and interprets returned values. GET
NEXT and SET capability. User-defined polling and
multi-device [agent] capability. Configured via X
interface.
MIB Chart and MIB Chart Editor
Choice of strip chart, packed strip chart or bar
graphs. User-specified polling interval, MIB
variable(s) or MIB expressions using arithmetic
operands. Plot actual value, delta or delta/interval.
Plot multiple MIB expressions from multiple agents
simultaneously. X Windows interface. Pause polling
and grid options.
MIB Tool
X Windows application for the general viewing and
'walking' of MIB trees. GET NEXT and SET options.
Window for viewing RFC 1212 MIB definitions. Command
line interface option.
Application Programming Interface
Complete set of APIs for developers to write SNMP
applications in character mode or X Windows.
MECHANISM
Management Station uses SNMP and ICMP Echo Request to
monitor and control SNMP Agents. Network management
daemon implements Wollongong's Manager MIB, SNMP over
TCP and the SMUX protocol.
CAVEATS
none.
BUGS
See Product Release Notice.
LIMITATIONS
Limitations on number of management agents and network
management daemons not known at this time.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Sun SPARC workstations and servers
DEC DECstations and DECsystems
Motorola MPC (Delta 8000 series)
3/486 PC and PC-compatible
16 MB RAM
n20 MB free disk space for installation
Color monitor strongly recommended
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS 4.1-1 or greater & OpenWindows 2.0 or greater (SUN)
X Windows, 11.4 or greater
RISC ULTRIX 4.1 or greater (DEC)
R32V2 (Motorola)
Open Desktop 1.1 or greater (3/486)
Provided on 1/4" cartridge, TK-50 or 3 1/2" diskettes,
as appropriate, in cpio format.
AVAILABILITY
A commercial product of:
The Wollongong Group, Inc.
1129 San Antonio Rd
Palo Alto, CA. 94303
ph.: (800) 962 - 8649 (in California)
(800) 872 - 8649 (outside California)
fax: (415) 962 - 0286
Internet Tool Catalog XNETDB
NAME
Xnetdb
KEYWORDS
database, manager, map, monitoring, status; IP; Ping,
SNMP, Unix, X; free.
ABSTRACT
Xnetdb is a network monitoring tool based on X Windows
and SNMP which also has integrated database and
statistic viewing capabilities. Xnetdb will determine
and display the status of routers and circuits it has
been told to monitor by querying the designated sites
and displaying the result. It can also query the
status of certain designated SNMP variables, such as a
default route for an important router. Additionally,
it also has integrated database functionality in that
it can display additional information about a site or
circuit such as the equipment at the site, the contact
person(s) for the site, and other useful information.
Finally it can gather designated statistical
information about a circuit and display it on demand.
MECHANISM
Xnetdb uses SNMP or ping to monitor things which its
configured to monitor. It dynamically builds a
network map on its display by querying entities and
obtaining IP addresses and subnet masks. A
configuration file tells xnetdb which IP hosts you
want to monitor.
CAVEATS
While "ping" can be used to monitor hosts, more useful
results are obtained using SNMP.
BUGS
Bugs and other assorted topics are discussed on the
xnetdb mailing list. To join, send a note to
"[email protected]".
LIMITATIONS
None.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
No restrictions.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Most any variety of UNIX plus X-Windows and/or
OpenWindows.
AVAILABILITY
Available via anonymous ftp from ftp.oar.net
(currently 131.187.1.102) in the directory /pub/src.
Special arrangements can be made for sites without
direct IP access by sending a note to
"[email protected]". There are minimal licensing
restrictions - these are detailed within the package.
Internet Tool Catalog XNETMON_SNMP_RESEARCH
NAME
XNETMON -- an X windows based SNMP network management
station from SNMP Research.
KEYWORDS
alarm, benchmark, control, debugger, manager, map,
reference, security, status, traffic;
bridge, DECnet, Ethernet, FDDI, IP, OSI, ring, star;
NMS, Ping, SNMP, X;
UNIX;
Sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
The XNETMON application implements a powerful network
management station based on the X window system.
XNETMON's network management tools for configuration,
performance, security, and fault management have been
used successfully with a wide assortment of wide- and
local-area-network topologies and medias.
Multiprotocol devices are supported
including those using TCP/IP, DECnet, and OSI
protocols.
Some features of XNETMON's network management tools include:
o Fault management tool displays a map of the network
configuration with node and link state indicated
in one of several colors to indicate current status;
o Configuration management tool may be used to edit the
network management information base stored in the
NMS to reflect changes occurring in the network;
o Graphs and tabular tools for use in fault and performance
management (e.g. XNETPERFMON);
o Mechanisms by which additional variables, such as vendor-
specific variables, may be added;
o Alarms may be enabled to alert the operator of events
occurring in the network;
o Events are logged to disk;
o Output data may be transferred via flat files for
additional report generation by a variety of
statistical packages.
The XNETMON application comes complete with source
code including a powerful set of portable libraries
for generating and parsing SNMP messages.
MECHANISM
XNETMON is based on the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP). Polling is performed via the
powerful SNMP get-next operator and the SNMP get
operator. Trap-directed polling is used to regulate
focus and intensity of the polling.
CAVEATS
None.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
Monitored and managed nodes must implement the SNMP over
UDP per RFC 1157 or must be reachable via a proxy agent.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
X windows workstation with UDP socket library.
Monochrome is acceptable, but color is far superior.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
X windows version 11 release 4 or later or MOTIF.
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
This is a commercial product available under license
from:
SNMP Research
3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
Attn: John Southwood, Sales and Marketing
(615) 573-1434 (Voice) (615) 573-9197 (FAX)
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog XNETMON_WELLFLEET
NAME
xnetmon, xpmon
KEYWORDS
alarm, manager, map, status; IP; NMS, SNMP; UNIX.
ABSTRACT
Xnetmon and xpmon provide graphical representation of
performance and status of SNMP-capable network ele-
ments. Xnetmon presents a schematic network map
representing the up/down status of network elements;
xpmon draws a pen plot style graph of the change over
time of any arbitrary MIB object (RFC1066). Both xnet-
mon and xpmon use the SNMP (RFC1098) for retrieving
status and performance data.
MECHANISM
Xnetmon polls network elements for the status of their
interfaces on a controllable polling interval. Pop-up
windows displaying the values of any MIB variable are
supported by separate polls. When SNMP traps are
received from a network element, that element and all
adjacent elements are immediately re-polled to update
their status. The layout of the network map is stati-
cally configured. Xpmon repeatedly polls (using SNMP)
the designated network element for the value of the
designated MIB variable on the user-specified interval.
The change in the variable is then plotted on the strip
chart. The strip chart regularly adjusts its scale to
the current maximum value on the graph.
CAVEATS
Polling intervals should be chosen with care so as not
to affect system performance adversely.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Distributed and supported for Sun-3 systems.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
SunOS 3.5 or 4.x; X11, release 2 or 3.
AVAILABILITY
Commercial product of:
Wellfleet Communications, Inc.
12 DeAngelo Drive
Bedford, MA 01730-2204
(617) 275-2400
Internet Tool Catalog XNETPERFMON_SNMP_RESEARCH
NAME
xnetperfmon -- a graphical network performance and
fault management tool from SNMP Research.
KEYWORDS
manager, security, status;
DECnet, Ethernet, IP, OSI, ring, star;
NMS, SNMP, X;
DOS, UNIX, VMS;
sourcelib.
ABSTRACT
Xnetperfmon is a XNETMON tool used to produce plots of
SNMP variables in graphical displays. The manager may
easily customize the labels, step size, update interval,
and variables to be plotted to produce graphs for fault
and performance management. Scales automatically adjust
whenever a point to be plotted would go off scale.
MECHANISM
The xnetperfmon application communicates with remote
agents or proxy agents via the Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP).
CAVEATS
All plots for a single invocation of xnetperfmon must be
for variables provided by a single network management
agent. However, multiple invocations of xnetperfmon may
be active on a single display simultaneously or proxy
agents may be used to summarize information at a common
point.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Systems supporting X windows.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
XNETMON from SNMP Research and X Version 11 release 4 or
later (option MOTIF)
AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL
This is a commercial product available under license
from:
SNMP Research
3001 Kimberlin Heights Road
Knoxville, TN 37920-9716
Attn: John Southwood, Sales and Marketing
(615) 573-1434 (Voice) (615) 573-9197 (FAX)
CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY
[email protected]
Internet Tool Catalog XUP_HP
NAME
xup
KEYWORDS
status; ping, X; HP.
ABSTRACT
Xup uses the X-Windows to display the status of an
"interesting" set of hosts.
MECHANISM
Xup uses ping to determine host status.
CAVEATS
Polling for status increases network load.
BUGS
None known.
LIMITATIONS
None reported.
HARDWARE REQUIRED
Runs only on HP series 300 and 800 workstations.
SOFTWARE REQUIRED
Version 10 of X-Windows.
AVAILABILITY
A standard command for the HP 300 & 800 Workstations.
Appendix: "No-Writeups"
This section contains references to tools which are known to exist, but which have not been fully cataloged. If anyone wishes to author an entry for one of these tools please contact: noctools- [email protected].
Each mention is separated by a <form-feed> for improved readability. If you intend to actually print-out this section of the catalog, then you should probably strip-out the <ff>.
tuecho.c
/*
* Send / receive TCP or UDP echos in any of a number of bizzare ways.
*
* Joel P. Bion, March 1990
* Copyright (c) 1990 cisco Systems. All rights reserved.
*
* This "tuecho" program is distributed in the hope that it will be
* useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
* of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*
* Prompts as:
* Host: -- host to send echos to -- can be name or a.b.c.d --
* Enter protocol (0 = UDP, 1 = TCP) [0]: -- UDP or TCP
* Size of data portion (bytes) [100]: -- bytes in data, excluding
* headers -- Number of bursts [5]: -- number of bursts of packets to
* send -- Packets per burst [1]: -- packets per burst, all sent AT
* ONCE -- Timeout (seconds) [2]: -- how long to wait for data
* Pause interval (seconds) [0]: -- Pause interval between bursts of
* frames
* Type of pattern (specify = 0, increment = 1) [1]:
* -- if 0 specified, allow you to specify a 16bit pattern
-- as four hex digits (see below). If 1, will create a
-- "incrementing", cycling pattern from 0x0000 -> 0xffff
-- ->.
* Enter pattern (hex value) [abcd]: -- if "0" specified above
*/
Availability:
ftp.uu.net:/networking/cisco/tuecho.c
ftp.cisco.com:tuecho.c
SPY An NFS monitoring/tracing tool
Availability:
A postscript file describing SPY is located on
ftp.uu.net:/networking/ip/nfs/spy.ps.Z
NFSTRACE
This is the rpcspy/nfstrace package.
It is described in detail in the paper "NFS Tracing by Passive Network Monitoring", which appeared in the January, 1992 USENIX conference.
You'll need either a DEC machine running ULTRIX (with the packetfilter installed in the kernel) or a Sun running SunOS 4.x (with NIT). Or you'll need to do a bit of hacking.
The package differs slightly from the version in the paper:
- The handle->name translation facility has been removed. It's
just too fragile to include in the general release. If you need it, contact me directly and I'll be happy to mail you the code.
- The output format is a wee-bit different.
- The IBM-RT Enet filter version is also not included, since I seem to
be the only person in the world running it. RTs are really too slow for this anyway.
To configure the package, edit the makefile in the obvious (to me at least) way.
Note that the not all versions of SunOS NIT have working versions of the packet timestamp mechanism. Try to set the -DSTAMPS option in the makefile, and if that doesn't work, take it out.
If you are actually going to use this to gather traces, I'd like to hear from you! Please send email, and share your results/traces if your organization will allow it. I maintain a mailing list of users for updates, etc. Send me mail to be added to it.
Happy tracing. Matt Blaze Department of Computer Science Princeton University 35 Olden Street Princeton, NJ 08544 [email protected] 609-258-3946
Availability:
ftp.uu.net:/networking/ip/nfs/nfstrace.shar (or check archie)
LAMER
- Lame delegation notifier
- Author: Bryan Beecher
- Last Modified: 6/25/92
- To make use of this software, you need to be running the
- University of Michigan release of BIND 4.8.3, or any version
- of named that supports the LAME_DELEGATION patches posted to
- USENET. The U-M release is available via anonymous ftp from
- terminator.cc.umich.edu:/unix/dns/bind4.8.3.tar.Z.
- You must also have a copy of query(1) and host(1). These
- are also available via anonymous ftp in the aforementioned
- place.
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- handle arguments
- -------------------------------------------------------------
- -d <day>
- This flag is used to append a dot-day suffix to the LOGFILE.
- Handy where log files are kept around for the last week
- and contain a day suffix.
- -f <logfile>
- Change the LOGFILE value altogether.
- -w
- Count up all of the DNS statistics for the whole week.
- -v
- Be verbose.
- -t
- Test mode. Do not send mail to the lame delegation
- hostmasters.
Availability:
ftp.uu.net:/networking/ip/dns/lamer.tar.Z (or check archie)
HOST
host - look up host names using domain server
SYNOPSIS
host [-v] [-a] [-t querytype] [options] name [server] host [-v] [-a] [-t querytype] [options] -l domain [server] host [-v] [options] -H [-D] [-E] [-G] domain host [-v] [options] -C domain host [-v] [options] -A host
DESCRIPTION
host looks for information about Internet hosts or domains. It gets this information from a set of interconnected servers that are spread across the world. By default, it simply converts between host names and Internet addresses. However, with the -t, -a and -v options, it can be used to find all of the information about hosts or domains that is maintained by the domain nameserver.
/*
* Extensively modified by E. Wassenaar, Nikhef-H, <[email protected]> * * The officially maintained source of this program is available * via anonymous ftp from machine 'ftp.nikhef.nl' [192.16.199.1] * in the directory '/pub/network' as 'host.tar.Z' * * Also available in this directory are patched versions of the * BIND 4.8.3 nameserver and resolver library which you may need * to fully exploit the features of this program, although they * are not mandatory. See the file 'README_FIRST' for details. * * You are kindly requested to report bugs and make suggestions * for improvements to the author at the given email address, * and to not re-distribute your own modifications to others. */
/*
* New features * * - Major overhaul of the whole code. * - Very rigid error checking, with more verbose error messages. * - Zone listing section completely rewritten. * - It is now possible to do recursive listings into subdomains. * - Maintain resource record statistics during zone listings. * - Maintain count of hosts during zone listings. * - Exploit multiple server addresses if available. * - Option to exploit only primary server for zone transfers. * - Option to exclude info from names that do not reside in a domain.
* - Implement timeout handling during connect and read. * - Write resource record output to optional logfile. * - Special MB tracing by recursively expanding MR and MG records. * - Special mode to check SOA records at each nameserver for domain. * - Special mode to check inverse mappings of host addresses. * - Code is extensively documented. */
PINGs
Many many versions of the PING program exist. Each implementation has its own set of additional features. Here are a few more PINGs that are worth taking a look at.
Version on ftp.cc.berkeley.edu:pub/ping:
This version has duplicate packet detection, Record Route,
ability to specify data pattern for packets, flood pinging, an
interval option, Multicast support, etc.
Version on nikhefh.nikhef.nl:/pub/network/rping.tar.Z:
'rping' is just like 'ping', but only a single probe packet
is sent to test the reachability of a destination.
As an option, the loose source routing facility is used
to show the roundtrip route the packet has taken.
Multiple addresses of remote hosts are tried until one
responds. As an option, each of multiple addresses can be
probed unconditionally.
Contains a patch for making loose source routing work in
case you have a SUN with an OMNINET ethernet controller.
VRFY
vrfy.tar.Z (Version 921021)
'vrfy' is a tool to verify email addresses and mailing lists.
In its simplest form it takes an address "user@domain", figures
out the MX hosts for "domain", and issues the SMTP command VRFY
at the primary MX host (optionally all), or at "domain" itself
if no MX hosts exist. Without "domain" it goes to "localhost".
More complex capabilities are: recursively expanding forward
files or mailing lists, and detecting mail forwarding loops.
Full-blown RFC822 address specifications are understood.
Syntax checking can be carried out either locally or remotely.
Various options are provided to exploit alternative protocol
suites if necessary, and to print many forms of verbose output.
Obvious limitations exist, but on average it works pretty well.
Needless to say you need internet (nameserver and SMTP) access.
See the man page and the extensive documentation in the source
for further details.
Please send comments and suggestions to Eric Wassenaar <[email protected]>
If you want to receive notification of updates, please send an email with the keyword "subscribe" in the subject or the body to the address <[email protected]>
available as: nikhefh.nikhef.nl:/pub/network/vrfy.tar.Z
XNETLOAD
NAME
xnetload - ethernet load average display for X
SYNOPSIS
xnetload[-toolkitoption ...] [-scale integer]
[-update seconds] [-hl color] [-highlight color]
[-jumpscroll pixels] [-label string] [-nolabel] host
DESCRIPTION
The xnetload program displays a periodically updating histo- gram of the ethernet load average for the specified host. The resulting graph is scaled as 0% to 100%, where 0% corresponds to 0mbs and 100% corresponds to 10mbs. NOTE: The specified host must be running rpc.etherd.
This program has been run using X11R4 and X11R5, under the following operating systems:
SUNOS 4.1.0
SUNOS 4.1.1
ULTRIX V4.2
IRIX 3.3.2
Assuming the Imake templates and Rules are in order and in the proper place on your system, these programs should compile and link straightforward by running the following sequence:
xmkmf
make
Then, as root, issue the following:
make install
make install.man
Then, on your host system, (or on any other system you can rlogin or rsh into) start the etherd daemon with the following (must be root):
/usr/etc/rpc.etherd le0 &
where le0 is the mnemonic for the primary ethernet interface.
To start the xnetload program, the following command line is suggested:
./xnetload -hl red host &
where "host" is the name of any reachable network node (including LOCALHOST) that is running the etherd daemon. A small xload window should appear on your local display with nine horizontal lines. The label:
"Ethernet Load %"
should appear in the upper left hand corner, just below any additional title bars or other decorations provided by your window manager. If the program comes up without the nine lines, or without the "Ethernet Load" label, then either your resource file is not properly installed in the appropriate app-defaults directory, or you may have picked up the wrong xnetload image. Try re-running "make install" as root, or be sure to include the "./" in front of the command name.
Good Luck!
The following changes have been made to this directory since R3:
o Now use Athena StripChart widget.
o Understands WM_DELETE_WINDOW.
o 3-26-92 Modified from xload to xnetload by Roger Smith,
Sterling Software at NASA-Ames Research Center,
Mountain View, Calif. [email protected]
Availability:
ftp proteus.arc.nasa.gov:pub/XEnetload.tar.Z (or check archie)
NETTEST
nettest, nettestd - Performs client and server functions for timing data throughput
The nettest and nettestd commands invoke client and server programs that are used for timing data throughput of various methods of interprocess communication. For TCP and OSI con- nections, the nettest program establishes a connection with the nettestd program, and then it does count writes of size bytes, followed by count reads of size bytes. For UDP, the nettest program performs only writes; reads are not per- formed. The nettestd program, if used with UDP connections, reads the data packets and prints a message for each data packet it receives. The number and size of the reads and writes may not correlate with the number and size of the actual data packets that are transferred; it depends on the protocol that is chosen. If you append an optional k (or K) to the size, count, or bufsize value, the number specified is multiplied by 1024.
This source for nettest and nettestd are provided on an "as is" basis. Cray Research does not provide any support for this code (unless you are a customer who has purchased the UNICOS operating system).
We will gladly take bug reports for nettest/nettestd. Suggested fixes are prefered to just bug reports. Changes to allow nettest/nettestd to run on other architectures are also welcomed. We will try to incorporate bugfixes and update the publicly available code, but we can make no guarantees.
For copyright information, see the notice in each source file.
Send bug-reports/fixes to:
E-mail: [email protected] U.S. Mail: David Borman Cray Research, Inc. 655F Lone Oak Drive Eagan, MN 55121
Notes:
1) The -b option to nettestd has not been tested... 2) The ISO code should work on a 4.4BSD system, but the
gethostinfo() routine is specific to UNICOS...
Availability:
ftp sgi.com:/sgi/src/nettest
ETHERCK
etherck is a simple program that displays Sun ethernet statistics. If you have a high percents of input errors that are due to "out of buffers", then you can run the "iepatch" script to patch a kernel that uses the Intel ethernet chip ("ie"). A back of the envelope calculation shows that a .25% input error rate gives about a 10% degradation of NFS performance if 8k packets are being used.
In our environment at Legato, patching the ie buffer allocation made the input error rate drop more than 2 orders of magnitude. This was after we had applied other networking fixes (e.g., using Prestoserve, going from thin wire to twisted pair) and pushed a higher load on the server.
Note that both etherck and iepatch must be run by root (or you can make etherck setgid kmem).
Availability:
send EMAIL to: [email protected] with a Subject line: send unsupported etherck
The following is part of the 'help' file from the Legato Email Server:
This message comes to you from the request server at Legato.COM, [email protected]. It received a message from you asking for help.
The request server is a mail-response program. That means that you mail it a request, and it mails back the response.
The request server is a very dumb program. It does not have much error checking. If you don't send it the commands that it understands, it will just answer "I don't understand you".
The request server has 4 commands. Each command must be the first word on a line. The request server reads your entire message before it does anything, so you can have several different commands in a single message. The request server treats the "Subject:" header line just like any other line of the message. You can use any combination of upper and lower case letters in the commands.
The request server's files are organized into a series of directories and subdirectories. Each directory has an index, and each subdirectory has an index. The top-level index gives you an overview of what is in the subdirectories, and the index for each subdirectory tells you what is in it.
The server has 4 commands:
"help" command: The command "help" or "send help" causes the server to
send you the help file. You already know this, of course,
because you are reading the help file. No other commands are
honored in a message that asks for help (the server figures
that you had better read the help message before you do
anything else).
SEND a request to Legato to get the rest of the help file!
NETCK
netck is a shar file that contains the sources to build "netck", a network checker that uses the rstat(3R) protocol to gather and print statistics from machines on the network. netck is useful to help understand what part of what machines are potential NFS bottlenecks. To get this file, send email to the request server with the command "send unsupported netck".
Availability:
same as ETHERCK (send email To: [email protected]; subject: HELP)
References
[1] Stine, R., Editor, "FYI on a Network Management Tool Catalog:
Tools for Monitoring and Debugging TCP/IP Internets and Interconnected Devices", FYI 2, RFC 1147, Sparta, Inc., April 1990.
Security Considerations
Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
Authors' Addresses
Robert M. Enger Advanced Network and Services 1875 Campus Commons Drive, Suite 220 Reston, VA. 22091-1552
Phone: 703-758-7722 EMail: [email protected]
Joyce K. Reynolds Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292
Phone: (310) 822-1511 Email: [email protected]
