Also RMON and Netflow can give you a pretty good snapshot as well. Wes Noonan, MCSE/CCNA/CCDA/NNCSS/Security+ Senior QA Rep. BMC Software, Inc. (713) 918-2412 wnoonanat_private http://www.bmc.com > -----Original Message----- > From: winter [mailto:shonky_secat_private] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 15:43 > To: PEN-TESTat_private > Cc: 'Soeren Ziehe' > Subject: RE: network statistic tool > > Hi, > > Sniffer Pro (nai) has some good protocol distrubition reports. May be a > bit > heavy for what you want through. > > winter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Soeren Ziehe [mailto:robintonat_private] > Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2003 4:17 AM > To: PEN-TESTat_private > Subject: network statistic tool > > > 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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