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A Survey of Network Performance Monitoring Tools
A Survey of Network Performance Monitoring Tools Travis Keshav -- [email protected] Abstract In today's world of networks, it is not enough simply to have a network; assuring its optimal performance is key. This paper analyzes several facets of Network Performance Monitoring, evaluating several motivations as well as examining many commercial and public domain products. Keywords: network performance monitoring, application monitoring, flow monitoring, packet capture, sniffing, wireless networks, path analysis, bandwidth analysis, network monitoring platforms, Ethereal, Netflow, tcpdump, Wireshark, Ciscoworks Table Of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Application & Host-Based Monitoring 2.1 Basis of Application & Host-Based Monitoring 2.2 Public Domain Application & Host-Based Monitoring Tools 2.3 Commercial Application & Host-Based Monitoring Tools 3. Flow Monitoring 3.1 Basis of Flow Monitoring 3.2 Public Domain Flow Monitoring Tools 3.3 Commercial Flow Monitoring Protocols 4. Packet Capture/Sniffing 4.1 Basis of Packet Capture/Sniffing 4.2 Public Domain Packet Capture/Sniffing Tools 4.3 Commercial Packet Capture/Sniffing Tools 5. Path/Bandwidth Analysis 5.1 Basis of Path/Bandwidth Analysis 5.2 Public Domain Path/Bandwidth Analysis Tools 6. Wireless Network Monitoring 6.1 Basis of Wireless Network Monitoring 6.2 Public Domain Wireless Network Monitoring Tools 6.3 Commercial Wireless Network Monitoring Tools 7. Network Monitoring Platforms 7.1 Basis of Network Monitoring Platforms 7.2 Commercial Network Monitoring Platforms 8. Conclusion 9. References and Acronyms 1.0 Introduction http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse567-06/ftp/net_perf_monitors/index.html 1 of 20 In today's world of networks, it is not enough simply to have a network; assuring its optimal performance is key. -
Introduction to Linux – Part 1
Introduction to Linux – Part 1 Brett Milash and Wim Cardoen Center for High Performance Computing May 22, 2018 ssh Login or Interactive Node kingspeak.chpc.utah.edu Batch queue system … kp001 kp002 …. kpxxx FastX ● https://www.chpc.utah.edu/documentation/software/fastx2.php ● Remote graphical sessions in much more efficient and effective way than simple X forwarding ● Persistence - can be disconnected from without closing the session, allowing users to resume their sessions from other devices. ● Licensed by CHPC ● Desktop clients exist for windows, mac, and linux ● Web based client option ● Server installed on all CHPC interactive nodes and the frisco nodes. Windows – alternatives to FastX ● Need ssh client - PuTTY ● http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html - XShell ● http://www.netsarang.com/download/down_xsh.html ● For X applications also need X-forwarding tool - Xming (use Mesa version as needed for some apps) ● http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ - Make sure X forwarding enabled in your ssh client Linux or Mac Desktop ● Just need to open up a terminal or console ● When running applications with graphical interfaces, use ssh –Y or ssh –X Getting Started - Login ● Download and install FastX if you like (required on windows unless you already have PuTTY or Xshell installed) ● If you have a CHPC account: - ssh [email protected] ● If not get a username and password: - ssh [email protected] Shell Basics q A Shell is a program that is the interface between you and the operating system -
1 Introduction
Technical report, IDE1202, February 2012 Enhancing Network Security in Linux Environment Master Thesis in Computer Network Engineering By Ali Mohammed, Sachin Sama and Majeed Mohammed School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering Halmstad University i Enhancing Network Security in Linux Environment Master Thesis in Computer Network Engineering School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering Halmstad University Box 823, S-301 18 Halmstad, Sweden February 2012 ii Preface First of all, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to our Supervisor Philip Heimer and Professor Tony Larsson for their supervision and assistance in the entire thesis work. We are also thankful to IDE department, Halmstad University for providing this opportunity to complete this thesis. Ali Mohammed Sachin Sama Majeed Mohammed iii iv Abstract Designing a secured network is the most important task in any enterprise or organization development. Securing a network mainly involves applying policies and procedures to protect different network devices from unauthorized access. Servers such as web servers, file servers, mail servers, etc., are the important devices in a network. Therefore, securing these servers is the first and foremost step followed in every security implementation mechanism. To implement this, it is very important to analyse and study the security mechanisms provided by the operating system. This makes it easier for security implementation in a network. This thesis work demonstrates the tasks needed to enhance the network security in Linux environment. The various security modules existing in Linux makes it different from other operating systems. The security measures which are mainly needed to enhance the system security are documented as a baseline for practical implementation. -
Best Practices for Network Monitoring
White Paper Best Practices for Network Monitoring How a Network Monitoring Switch Helps IT Teams Stay Proactive 26601 Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302 | Tel: 818.871.1800 | Fax: 818.871.1805 | www.ixiacom.com | 915-6509-01 Rev. B, June 2013 2 Table of Contents Monitoring Challenges in Today’s Business Environment .......................................... 4 Giving Monitoring Tools Full Visibility to the Network ............................................... 5 Easing the Path to Upgrade ........................................................................................ 6 Making Monitoring Tools Work Better ........................................................................ 7 Filtering ...................................................................................................................... 7 Load Balancing ........................................................................................................... 8 Packet De-duplication ................................................................................................ 8 Packet Trimming ........................................................................................................ 8 MPLS Stripping .......................................................................................................... 9 Keeping Network Data Secure ................................................................................... 9 Improving Productivity in IT ....................................................................................... 9 Filter Libraries -
Large Scale Monitoring of Home Routers
IEEE International Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications 21-23 September 2009, Rende (Cosenza), Italy Large scale monitoring of home routers S. Costas-Rodr´ıguez+,R.Mart´ınez-Alvarez´ +,F.J.Gonz´alez-Casta˜no∗+, F. Gil-Casti˜neira∗,R.Duro× +Gradiant, ETSI Telecomunicaci´on, Campus, 36310 Vigo, Spain ∗Departamento de Ingenier´ıa Telem´atica, Universidad de Vigo, Spain ×Grupo Integrado de Ingenier´ıa, Universidad de La Coru˜na, Spain Tel: +34 986 813788, fax: +34 986 812116 E-mail: {scostas,rmartinez}@gradiant.org,{javier,xil}@det.uvigo.es,[email protected] Abstract – This paper describes our experience with reception power, memory usage or uptime are useful to concurrent asynchronous monitoring of large populations of detect and fix many potential problems. end-user broadband-access routers. In our real tests we focused on home/office ADSL Despite of the wealth of research in large-scale monitoring, which assumes that it is possible to inquiry individual nodes routers, although our results are valid for any other access efficiently, end-user access routers usually have manual legacy technology. We monitored the routers of the Spanish ISP interfaces, either HTTP- or telnet-oriented. They seldom and VoIP operator Comunitel (www.comunitel.es). With offer a direct interface to other programs. Moreover, the our approach, a full monitoring cycle of 22,300 such uptime of end-user routers is unpredictable. For all these routers took less than five minutes. reasons, commercial large-scale monitoring tools such as SNMP collectors are useless. The rest of this paper is organized as follows: In This research is motivated by the fact that some telecom- section II we review the background, comprising academic munications operators do not let end-users buy their routers research and existing industrial solutions. -
Improving Networking
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON FINALYEARPROJECT JUNE 14, 2010 Improving Networking by moving the network stack to userspace Author: Matthew WHITWORTH Supervisor: Dr. Naranker DULAY 2 Abstract In our modern, networked world the software, protocols and algorithms involved in communication are among some of the most critical parts of an operating system. The core communication software in most modern systems is the network stack, but its basic monolithic design and functioning has remained unchanged for decades. Here we present an adaptable user-space network stack, as an addition to my operating system Whitix. The ideas and concepts presented in this report, however, are applicable to any mainstream operating system. We show how re-imagining the whole architecture of networking in a modern operating system offers numerous benefits for stack-application interactivity, protocol extensibility, and improvements in network throughput and latency. 3 4 Acknowledgements I would like to thank Naranker Dulay for supervising me during the course of this project. His time spent offering constructive feedback about the progress of the project is very much appreciated. I would also like to thank my family and friends for their support, and also anybody who has contributed to Whitix in the past or offered encouragement with the project. 5 6 Contents 1 Introduction 11 1.1 Motivation.................................... 11 1.1.1 Adaptability and interactivity.................... 11 1.1.2 Multiprocessor systems and locking................ 12 1.1.3 Cache performance.......................... 14 1.2 Whitix....................................... 14 1.3 Outline...................................... 15 2 Hardware and the LDL 17 2.1 Architectural overview............................. 17 2.2 Network drivers................................. 18 2.2.1 Driver and device setup....................... -
Network Monitoring Using Nagios and Autoconfiguration for Cyber Defense Competitions
NETWORK MONITORING USING NAGIOS AND AUTOCONFIGURATION FOR CYBER DEFENSE COMPETITIONS Jaipaul Vasireddy B.Tech, A.I.E.T, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India, 2006 PROJECT Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in COMPUTER SCIENCE at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO FALL 2009 NETWORK MONITORING USING NAGIOS AND AUTOCONFIGURATION FOR CYBER DEFENSE COMPETITIONS A Project by Jaipaul Vasireddy Approved by: __________________________________, Committee Chair Dr. Isaac Ghansah __________________________________, Second Reader Prof. Richard Smith __________________________ Date ii Student: Jaipaul Vasireddy I certify that this student has met the requirements for format contained in the University format manual, and that this Project is suitable for shelving in the Library and credit is to be awarded for the Project. __________________________, Graduate Coordinator ________________ Dr. Cui Zhang Date Department of Computer Science iii Abstract of NETWORK MONITORING USING NAGIOS AND AUTOCONFIGURATION FOR CYBER DEFENSE COMPETITIONS by Jaipaul Vasireddy The goal of the project is to monitor the services running on the CCDC (College Cyber Defense Competition) network, using Nagios which uses plugins to monitor the services running on a network. Nagios is configured by building configuration files for each machine which is usually done to monitor small number of systems. The configuration of Nagios can also be automated by using shell scripting which is generally done in an industry, where the numbers of systems to be monitored are large. Both the above methods of configuration have been implemented in this project. The project has been successfully used to know the status of each service running on the defending team’s network. -
Unix: Beyond the Basics
Unix: Beyond the Basics BaRC Hot Topics – September, 2018 Bioinformatics and Research Computing Whitehead Institute http://barc.wi.mit.edu/hot_topics/ Logging in to our Unix server • Our main server is called tak4 • Request a tak4 account: http://iona.wi.mit.edu/bio/software/unix/bioinfoaccount.php • Logging in from Windows Ø PuTTY for ssh Ø Xming for graphical display [optional] • Logging in from Mac ØAccess the Terminal: Go è Utilities è Terminal ØXQuartz needed for X-windows for newer OS X. 2 Log in using secure shell ssh –Y user@tak4 PuTTY on Windows Terminal on Macs Command prompt user@tak4 ~$ 3 Hot Topics website: http://barc.wi.mit.edu/education/hot_topics/ • Create a directory for the exercises and use it as your working directory $ cd /nfs/BaRC_training $ mkdir john_doe $ cd john_doe • Copy all files into your working directory $ cp -r /nfs/BaRC_training/UnixII/* . • You should have the files below in your working directory: – foo.txt, sample1.txt, exercise.txt, datasets folder – You can check they’re there with the ‘ls’ command 4 Unix Review: Commands Ø command [arg1 arg2 … ] [input1 input2 … ] $ sort -k2,3nr foo.tab -n or -g: -n is recommended, except for scientific notation or start end a leading '+' -r: reverse order $ cut -f1,5 foo.tab $ cut -f1-5 foo.tab -f: select only these fields -f1,5: select 1st and 5th fields -f1-5: select 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th fields $ wc -l foo.txt How many lines are in this file? 5 Unix Review: Common Mistakes • Case sensitive cd /nfs/Barc_Public vs cd /nfs/BaRC_Public -bash: cd: /nfs/Barc_Public: -
LAB MANUAL for Computer Network
LAB MANUAL for Computer Network CSE-310 F Computer Network Lab L T P - - 3 Class Work : 25 Marks Exam : 25 MARKS Total : 50 Marks This course provides students with hands on training regarding the design, troubleshooting, modeling and evaluation of computer networks. In this course, students are going to experiment in a real test-bed networking environment, and learn about network design and troubleshooting topics and tools such as: network addressing, Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), basic troubleshooting tools (e.g. ping, ICMP), IP routing (e,g, RIP), route discovery (e.g. traceroute), TCP and UDP, IP fragmentation and many others. Student will also be introduced to the network modeling and simulation, and they will have the opportunity to build some simple networking models using the tool and perform simulations that will help them evaluate their design approaches and expected network performance. S.No Experiment 1 Study of different types of Network cables and Practically implement the cross-wired cable and straight through cable using clamping tool. 2 Study of Network Devices in Detail. 3 Study of network IP. 4 Connect the computers in Local Area Network. 5 Study of basic network command and Network configuration commands. 6 Configure a Network topology using packet tracer software. 7 Configure a Network topology using packet tracer software. 8 Configure a Network using Distance Vector Routing protocol. 9 Configure Network using Link State Vector Routing protocol. Hardware and Software Requirement Hardware Requirement RJ-45 connector, Climping Tool, Twisted pair Cable Software Requirement Command Prompt And Packet Tracer. EXPERIMENT-1 Aim: Study of different types of Network cables and Practically implement the cross-wired cable and straight through cable using clamping tool. -
Install and Run External Command Line Softwares
job monitor and control top: similar to windows task manager (space to refresh, q to exit) w: who is there ps: all running processes, PID, status, type ps -ef | grep yyin bg: move current process to background fg: move current process to foreground jobs: list running and suspended processes kill: kill processes kill pid (could find out using top or ps) 1 sort, cut, uniq, join, paste, sed, grep, awk, wc, diff, comm, cat All types of bioinformatics sequence analyses are essentially text processing. Unix Shell has the above commands that are very useful for processing texts and also allows the output from one command to be passed to another command as input using pipe (“|”). less cosmicRaw.txt | cut -f2,3,4,5,8,13 | awk '$5==22' | cut -f1 | sort -u | wc This makes the processing of files using Shell very convenient and very powerful: you do not need to write output to intermediate files or load all data into the memory. For example, combining different Unix commands for text processing is like passing an item through a manufacturing pipeline when you only care about the final product 2 Hands on example 1: cosmic mutation data - Go to UCSC genome browser website: http://genome.ucsc.edu/ - On the left, find the Downloads link - Click on Human - Click on Annotation database - Ctrl+f and then search “cosmic” - On “cosmic.txt.gz” right-click -> copy link address - Go to the terminal and wget the above link (middle click or Shift+Insert to paste what you copied) - Similarly, download the “cosmicRaw.txt.gz” file - Under your home, create a folder -
ENT-UG1060 User Guide Software API Programming
ENT-UG1060 User Guide Software API Programming Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power management products; timing and synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products; Ethernet solutions; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif, and has approximately 3,600 employees globally. Learn more at www.microsemi.com. Microsemi Corporate Headquarters Microsemi makes no warranty, representation, or guarantee regarding the information contained herein or One Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, the suitability of its products and services for any particular purpose, nor does Microsemi assume any CA 92656 USA liability whatsoever arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit. The products sold hereunder and any other products sold by Microsemi have been subject to limited testing and should not Within the USA: +1 (800) 713-4113 be used in conjunction with mission-critical equipment or applications. Any performance specifications are Outside the USA: +1 (949) 380-6100 believed to be reliable but are not verified, and Buyer must conduct and complete all performance and Sales: +1 (949) 380-6136 other testing of the products, alone and together with, or installed in, any end-products. Buyer shall not rely Fax: +1 (949) 215-4996 on any data and performance specifications or parameters provided by Microsemi. -
ANSWERS ΤΟ EVEN-Numbered
8 Answers to Even-numbered Exercises 2.1. WhatExplain the following unexpected are result: two ways you can execute a shell script when you do not have execute permission for the file containing the script? Can you execute a shell script if you do not have read permission for the file containing the script? You can give the name of the file containing the script as an argument to the shell (for example, bash scriptfile or tcsh scriptfile, where scriptfile is the name of the file containing the script). Under bash you can give the following command: $ . scriptfile Under both bash and tcsh you can use this command: $ source scriptfile Because the shell must read the commands from the file containing a shell script before it can execute the commands, you must have read permission for the file to execute a shell script. 4.3. AssumeWhat is the purpose ble? you have made the following assignment: $ person=zach Give the output of each of the following commands. a. echo $person zach b. echo '$person' $person c. echo "$person" zach 1 2 6.5. Assumengs. the /home/zach/grants/biblios and /home/zach/biblios directories exist. Specify Zach’s working directory after he executes each sequence of commands. Explain what happens in each case. a. $ pwd /home/zach/grants $ CDPATH=$(pwd) $ cd $ cd biblios After executing the preceding commands, Zach’s working directory is /home/zach/grants/biblios. When CDPATH is set and the working directory is not specified in CDPATH, cd searches the working directory only after it searches the directories specified by CDPATH.