Network Working Group R. Stine, Editor Request for Comments: 1147 SPARTA, Inc. FYI: 2 April 1990 FYI on a Network Management Tool Catalog: Tools for Monitoring and Debugging TCP/IP Internets and Interconnected Devices Status of this Memo The goal of this FYI memo is to provide practical information to site administrators and network managers. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify any standard. It is not a state- ment of IAB policy or recommendations. Comments, critiques, and new or updated tool descriptions are wel- come, and should be sent to Robert Stine, at
[email protected], or to the NOCTools working group, at
[email protected]. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. 1. Introduction This catalog contains descriptions of several tools available to assist network managers in debugging and main- taining TCP/IP internets and interconnected communications resources. Entries in the catalog tell what a tool does, how it works, and how it can be obtained. The NOCTools Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) compiled this catalog in 1989. Future editions will be produced as IETF members become aware of tools that should be included, and of de®ciencies or inaccuracies. Developing an edition oriented to the OSI protocol suite is also contemplated. 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. 1.1 Purpose The practice of re-inventing the wheel seems endemic to the ®eld of data communications.