Re: network statistic tool

From: Marlon Jabbur (msjabburat_private)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 14:09:29 PDT

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    You can integrate Ntop with rrdtool. This will give you graphics that 
    looks like MRTG.
    
    Marlon
    On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 03:50:55PM -0400, Sam Evans wrote:
    > You might take a look at 'ntop'  from www.ntop.org -- It's an excellent
    > network overview tool that would provide exactly what you are looking for.
    > 
    > Plus, it's free. :)
    > 
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    > 
    > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Soeren Ziehe wrote:
    > 
    > > Hello,
    > >
    > > this is not strictly for pentesting. However the people on this ML
    > > should know an answer, I'd guess.
    > >
    > > We're experiencing severe network disruptions of varying duration and at
    > > varying times. Mechanical or electric failures in the network have been
    > > ruled out as far as possible.
    > >
    > > We would like to have a "look" at the traffic on the network.
    > > However we do /not/ want to look at each and every packet. We're
    > > interested in the distribution of protocols and distribution of traffic.
    > >
    > > Therefore the usual tools like Ethereal, tcpdump, Etherpeek et al. are
    > > not meeting our needs.
    > >
    > > Does anyone know a tool which samples the traffic and presents summary
    > > statistics on network traffic?
    > >
    > > Seeing a high percentage of "file sharing" would not really surprise us.
    > > But how to get an overview without being lost in the surge of packets
    > > such traffic causes?
    > >
    > > I know of Etherload, which is a DOS tool, that provided said services.
    > > A modern successor should be the tool we're hunting for.
    > >
    > > Robinton
    > >
    > > --
    > > I've asked for kindness and ultimate truth. Still waiting for the answer.
    > > --
    > > Sich zu Tode zu arbeiten ist die einzige gesellschaftlichanerkannte Form
    > > des Selbstmordes.
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