Highly Focused
Item Name Area Description Candidate  for Study Next Steps Notes open source platforms Packaging (tar, configure?) Ease of Installation and Configuration If open source, what about development details? (libs, languages?) Pros Cons Notes
1 IPlanet LDAP Directory Service Resource Opensource The iPlanet™ Directory Server Resource Kit (iPlanet DSRK) provides tools and APIs for deploying, accessing, tuning, and maintaining your iPlanet Directory Server. These utilities will help you implement and maintain more robust solutions based on LDAP, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. No None   Yes Iplanet (Unix, Windows NT) Zipped binaries Easy API in C and Java     Focused on LDAP
2 SiLK Opensource SiLK is a collection of netflow tools developed by the CERT/AC to   facilitate security analysis in large networks. SiLK consists of a   suite of tools which collect and examine netflow data, allowing   analysts to rapidly query large sets of data. SiLK was explicitly   designed with a tradeoff in mind: while traffic summaries do not   provide packet-by-packet (in particular, payload) information, they   are also considerably more compact and consequently can be used to   acquire a wider view of network traffic problems. Yes - Track it Track development, keep it in periphery   Yes UNIX, Linux Tar, autotools (./configure,make, make install) Moderately easy C, Perl, Python Nice tools for router analysis   Application-based, Broad focus, Security, Event
3 AirCERT Opensource Automated Incident Reporting (AirCERT) is a scalable distributed system for sharing security event data among administrative domains. Using AirCERT, organizations can exchange security data ranging from raw alerts generated automatically by network intrusion detection systems (and related sensor technology), to incident reports based on the assessments of human analysts. The infrastructure is designed around several formats for exchanging reports, including IODEF ,IDMEF , and SNML , and  provides a set of configurable data normalization tools for transforming data to the AirCERT framework.  This framework automates the process of sanitization, normalization, and sharing -- enabling cooperation and coordination on an otherwise impractical scale, and making possible a whole new class of analyses. Yes - High Priority Install, read docs/code, test capabilities   Yes UNIX, Linux Tar, autotools (./configure,make, make install) Moderately easy C, apache Has practically everything we need in it, from file formats to transfer methods Library can only be used from C/C++ programs Application-based, Broad focus, Security, Event
4 IPDR Opensource/Consortia IPDR.org is an open consortium of leading service providers, equipment vendors, system integrators, and billing and mediation vendors collaborating to facilitate the exchange of usage and control data between network and hosting elements and operations and business support systems by deployment of IPDR standards. No None   Yes NA NA NA NA NA NA Not software. Network-oriented, overly narrow focus
5 Experience and Trends in AI for Network Monitoring and Diagnosis Academic paper In this paper, we outline two practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that we have developed for use in network monitoring and fault diagnosis.  Based on this experience, we discuss the factors that were important to the success of these systems, and highlight our direction for future research in this field. Yes - Low Priority Read for possible methodological interests   NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Useful for analysis stage, methods focus
6 WIldPackets Commercial These analysis tools represent our core product line. From the desktop to the datacenter, wired to wireless, both distributed and local, these products enable IT organizations to monitor, troubleshoot, and secure their network systems. Providing precise, contemporary analysis of the problems facing today's networks, WildPackets' analyzers are the first and only analyzers to offer both Expert network diagnostics, statistical monitoring, and frame decoding in real-time, during capture. Yes - High Priority Read more docs, contact company for possible product evaluation   No Windows Binaries NA NA NA NA Discovery,  Network-oriented, broad focus, security and management uses
7 eProbe Commercial ePROBE is a combined hardware and software solution for distributing network management capabilities to remote networks, such as DMZs (firewall protected network). ePROBE is an intelligent network  appliance that provides root cause analysis, performance reporting, mapping, and trap forwarding on all monitored devices. No None   No OpenView, NetView Binaries NA NA NA NA Really fits under all 3 categories. Hardware component
8 Cricket Opensource Cricket is a high performance, extremely flexible system for monitoring trends in time-series data. Cricket was expressly developed to help network managers visualize and understand the traffic on their networks, but it can be used all kinds of other jobs, as well. No None   Yes Apache/Perl Tar, perl modules Easy Perl, requires apache and some perl modules Provides some analysis of data   Focused, Network oriented, Analysis oriented
9 Redcell Assure Commercial Redcell Assure provides all the tools necessary to manage complex, multi-service, multi-technology networks and services across a heterogeneous network. It includes real-time fault management ,event management ,performance monitoring ,root cause analysis ,network inventory database and SLA management as well as auto-topology and device discovery . Yes - High Priority Read more docs, contact company for possible product evaluation   No Windows NT, Solaris Binaries NA NA Lots of features Costs $16,000 Broad scope, security, network-oriented
10 Intermapper Commercial Server, SNMP monitoring.  Real-time and historical data analysis.  Failure notification options. No None   No Mac, Solaris, Windows, Linux Binaries NA NA     Focused, Network  Lots of published papers
11 Codima Technologies Commercial Probe-based network analysis.  Passive and SNMP-based active modes. No None   No Windows 2000 or XP Binaries NA NA     Network
12 ExtraLan Solarwinds Commercial Network analysis, largely for security evaluation.  A number of stress tests are included.  Real-time analysis does not seem to be the focus Yes - Track it Read docs as time allows   No Windows Binaries NA NA Lots of tools Looks a bit unprofessional Network and Security oriented
13 GGF Consortia Document A proposal for a grid network monitoring system. No None   NA NA NA NA NA     Grids we can worry about post 1.0
14 Remote Network Monitoring Group Industry Consortia The RMON MIB Working Group is chartered to define a set of managed
objects for remote monitoring of networks. These objects will be the
minimum necessary to provide the ability to monitor multiple network
layers of traffic in remote networks; providing fault, configuration,
and performance management, and will be consistent with the SNMP
framework and existing SNMP standards. 		No None   Yes NA NA NA NA     Application/Grid focus
15 GridMon Academic These are the web pages of GridMon, the UK e-Science Grid network performance monitoring toolkit. Here you will find an introduction to the project, beginning with the purpose of the work, which is essentially network performance monitoring. The pages also look a little at monitoring itself: why we monitor, what we monitor (what we measure) and how. Progress to date is also covered, as well as planned future work. No None   NA NA NA NA NA     Application/Grid focus
16 End to End Performance Monitoring Workgroup Workshop presentations Workshop presentations given in May 2003 No None   NA NA NA NA NA     Methodological
17 UNIX Network Monitoring tools Government DOE's security folks and their recommendations for how to best monitor a network No None   NA UNIX, Linux NA NA NA      
18 NEBULA Network Management Commercial Optimize the performance and management of your network with NEBULA Performance Monitor or NEBULA Enterprise PM the network monitoring software solutions powered by Linmor Technologies Inc. No None   No Solaris, Linux Binaries NA NA     Risk analysis component is unique among the surveyed efforts
19 Netscout Commercial Comprehensive end-to-end network performance management.  Historical and real-time analysis possible. No None Less interesting version of other packages No Windows, Solaris Binaries NA NA     Less interesting version of other packages
20 Stanford IEPM-BW Project Academic The purpose of the IEPM-BW project is to develop and use an infrastructure to make active end-to-end application and network performance for high performance network links such as are used worldwide by Grid applications and other academic and research (A&R) applications deployed over high performance network such as ESnet ,Internet2 and other (A&R) networks in the developed world. Yes - Track it Track development, keep it in periphery Broad scope, grid and application focus.  Seems like the best grid stuff to track Yes UNIX, Linux Tar, perl files Easy Perl, requires apache and some perl modules     Broad scope, grid and application focus.  Seems like the best grid stuff to track
21 eHealth-Network Commercial eHealth—Network provides a valuable baseline of your network by documenting normal behavior of millions of elements. Within days, you'll be able to: quantify Frame Relay ROI, measure QoS and bandwidth usage, resolve router problems before they affect service, and reduce call failures to minimize costs. No None Application oriented No Solaris, HP-UX, Windows NT Binaries NA NA     Application oriented
22 Insurance and Technology Tech Library Commercial A listing of network performance management software and reports No None none by themselves looks all that interesting, but as a group the data is useful to consider for trends No NA NA NA NA     none by themselves looks all that interesting, but as a group the data is useful to consider for trends
23 InfoVista Commercial InfoVista helps organizations maximize the business value of their IT services. We extract, organize, and present information that enables decision makers at every level to continuously align IT services with business priorities. Our fully personalized and interactive portal provides visibility into real-time and historical information essential to optimize the service experience for end-users. No None Not very consistent with e2ed's plans No Windows Binaries NA API in C, Perl, Java     Not very consistent with e2ed's plans
24 NetBoss Commercial NetBoss Optimize.IT, the NetBoss Performance Management Solution, permits network operators to build detailed, quantitative views of network performance to support short and long-term network decision making and                          enable Service Level Agreement Management. Optimize.IT is a capability of the NetBoss Application Suite, a comprehensive set of software-based capabilities that run on the NetBoss integrated communications management platform. No None Network oriented, Performance No Windows, web client Binaries NA NA     Network oriented, Performance
25 Packeteer Commercial Performance Management application that is also application-aware No None Application, Performance No Hardware Binaries NA NA     Application, Performance