Passive Measurement Tools

Network Usage:

• SNMP-based tools retrieve network information such as state and utilization of links, router CPU loads, etc.: MRTG, Cricket
• Netflow-based tools use flow-based accounting information from routers for traffic analysis, detection of routing and security problems, denial-of-service attacks etc.

Traffic Capture and Analysis Tools

• Packet Capture and Analysis Tools detect protocol problems via the analysis of packets, trouble shooting: tcpdump, Wireshark, jnettop etc.

– Main.FrancoisXavierAndreu - 06 Jun 2005
-- Main.SimonLeinen - 05 Jan 2006