2. Keywords
This catalog uses "keywords" for terse characterizations of
the tools. Keywords are abbreviated attributes of a tool or
its use. To allow cross-comparison of tools, uniform key-
word definitions have been developed, and are given below.
Following the definitions, there is an index of catalog
entries by keyword.
2.1. Keyword Definitions
The keywords are always listed in a prefined order, sorted
first by the general category into which they fall, and then
alphabetically. The categories that have been defined for
management tool keywords are:
o the general management area to which a tool
relates or a tool's functional role;
o the network resources or components that are
managed;
o the mechanisms or methods a tool uses to perform
its functions;
o the operating system and hardware environment of a
tool; and
o the characteristics of a tool as a hardware pro-
duct or software release.
The keywords used to describe the general management area or
functional role of a tool are:
Alarm
a reporting/logging tool that can trigger on specific
events within a network.
Analyzer
a traffic monitor that reconstructs and interprets pro-
tocol messages that span several packets.
Benchmark
a tool used to evaluate the performance of network com-
ponents.
Control
a tool that can change the state or status of a remote
network resource.
Debugger
a tool that by generating arbitrary packets and moni-
toring traffic, can drive a remote network component to
various states and record its responses.
Generator
a traffic generation tool.
Manager
a distributed network management system or system com-
ponent.
Map
a tool that can discover and report a system's topology
or configuration.
Reference
a tool for documenting MIB structure or system confi-
guration.
Routing
a packet route discovery tool.
Security
a tool for analyzing or reducing threats to security.
Status
a tool that remotely tracks the status of network com-
ponents.
Traffic
a tool that monitors packet flow.
The keywords used to identify the network resources or com-
ponents that a tool manages are:
Bridge
a tool for controlling or monitoring LAN bridges.
CHAOS
a tool for controlling or monitoring implementations of
the CHAOS protocol suite or network components that use
it.
DECnet
a tool for controlling or monitoring implementations of
the DECnet protocol suite or network components that
use it.
DNS
a Domain Name System debugging tool.
Ethernet
a tool for controlling or monitoring network components
on ethernet LANs.
FDDI
a tool for controlling or monitoring network components
on FDDI LANs or WANs.
IP
a tool for controlling or monitoring implementations of
the TCP/IP protocol suite or network components that
use it.
OSI
a tool for controlling or monitoring implementations of
the OSI protocol suite or network components that use
it.
NFS
a Network File System debugging tool.
Ring
a tool for controlling or monitoring network components
on Token Ring LANs.
SMTP
an SMTP debugging tool.
Star
a tool for controlling or monitoring network components
on StarLANs.
The keywords used to describe a tool's mechanism are:
Curses
a tool that uses the "curses" tty interface package.
Eavesdrop
a tool that silently monitors communications media
(e.g., by putting an ethernet interface into "promiscu-
ous" mode).
NMS
the tool is a component of or queries a Network Manage-
ment System.
Ping
a tool that sends packet probes such as ICMP echo mes-
sages; to help distinguish tools, we do not consider
NMS queries or protocol spoofing (see below) as probes.
Proprietary
a distributed tool that uses proprietary communications
techniques to link its components.
SNMP
a network management system or component based on SNMP,
the Simple Network Management Protocol.
Spoof
a tool that tests operation of remote protocol modules
by peer-level message exchange.
X
a tool that uses X-Windows.
The keywords used to describe a tool's operating environment
are:
DOS
a tool that runs under MS-DOS.
HP
a tool that runs on Hewlett-Packard systems.
Macintosh
a tool that runs on Macintosh personal computers.
Standalone
an integrated hardware/software tool that requires only
a network interface for operation.
UNIX
a tool that runs under 4.xBSD UNIX or related OS.
VMS
a tool that runs under DEC's VMS operating system.
The keywords used to describe a tool's characteristics as a
hardware or software acquisition are:
Free
a tool is available at no charge, though other restric-
tions may apply (tools that are part of an OS distribu-
tion but not otherwise available are not listed as
"free").
Library
a tool packaged with either an Application Programming
Interface (API) or object-level subroutines that may be
loaded with programs.
Sourcelib
a collection of source code (subroutines) upon which
developers may construct other tools.
2.2. Tools Indexed by Keywords
Following is an index of catalog entries sorted by keyword.
This index can be used to locate the tools with a particular
attribute: tools are listed under each keyword that charac-
terizes them. The keywords and the subordinate lists of
tools under them are in alphabetical order.
In the interest of brevity, some liberties have been taken
with tool names. Capitalization of the names is as speci-
fied by the tool developers or distributers. Note that
parenthetical roman numerals following a tool's name are not
actually part of the name. The use of roman numerals to
differentiate tools with the same name is explained in the
introduction of Section 3.
alarm bridge
CMIP Library ConnectVIEW
EtherMeter decaddrs
LanProbe NMC
LANWatch proxyd
NETMON (III) Snmp Libraries
osilog snmpd
SERAG
sma
Snmp Libraries CHAOS
snmptrapd LANWatch
SpiderMonitor map
Unisys NCC
WIN/MGT Station
xnetmon (I) control
XNETMON (II) CMIP Library
ConnectVIEW
NETMON (III)
analyzer NMC
LANWatch proxyd
Sniffer Snmp Libraries
SpiderMonitor snmpset
TokenVIEW
Unisys NCC
benchmark WIN/MGT Station
hammer XNETMON (II)
nhfsstone
SPIMS
spray
TTCP
Unisys NCC
curses DOS
Internet Rover Comp. Security Checklist
net_monitor ConnectVIEW
nfswatch hammer
osimon hopcheck
snmpperfmon LAN Patrol
LANWatch
netmon (I)
debugger NETMON (III)
SPIMS netwatch
OverVIEW
ping
DECnet Snmp Libraries
decaddrs snmpd (II)
LANWatch TokenVIEW
NETMON (III) XNETMON (II)
net_monitor xnetperfmon
NMC
Sniffer
Snmp Libraries eavesdrop
SpiderMonitor ENTM
XNETMON (II) etherfind
xnetperfmon EtherView
LAN Patrol
LanProbe
DNS LANWatch
DiG NETMON (II)
LANWatch netwatch
netmon (I) nfswatch
nslookup NNStat
OSITRACE
Sniffer
SpiderMonitor
Tcplogger
TRPT
ethernet free
arp arp
ConnectVIEW CMIP Library
ENTM CMU SNMP
etherfind DiG
etherhostprobe ENTM
EtherMeter etherhostprobe
EtherView hammer
LAN Patrol hopcheck
LanProbe HyperMIB
LANWatch Internet Rover
map map
NETMON (III) netmon (I)
netwatch NETMON (II)
Network Integrator netstat
nfswatch netwatch
NMC net_monitor
NNStat nfswatch
proxyd nhfsstone
SERAG NNStat
Sniffer NPRV
Snmp Libraries nslookup
snmpd (II) osilog
SpiderMonitor osimic
tcpdump osimon
Unisys NCC OSITRACE
WIN/MGT Station ping
XNETMON (II) query
xnetperfmon sma
SNMP Kit
tcpdump
FDDI tcplogger
Unisys NCC traceroute
TRPT
TTCP
generator
hammer
nhfsstone
ping
Sniffer
SpiderMonitor
spray
TTCP
Unisys NCC
HP IP
xup arp
CMU SNMP
Dual Manager
ENTM
etherfind
etherhostprobe
EtherView
getone
hammer
hopcheck
Internet Rover
LANWatch
map
Netlabs CMOT Agent
Netlabs SNMP Agent
netmon (I)
NETMON (II)
NETMON (III)
netstat
netwatch
net_monitor
nfswatch
NMC
NNStat
NPRV
OverVIEW
ping
proxyd
query
SERAG
Sniffer
SNMP Kit
Snmp Libraries
snmpask
snmpd (I)
snmpd (II)
snmplookup
snmpperfmon
snmppoll
snmpquery
snmproute
snmpset
snmpsrc
snmpstat
snmptrapd
snmpwatch
snmpxbar
snmpxconn manager
snmpxmon CMIP Library
snmpxperf CMU SNMP
snmpxperfmon ConnectVIEW
snmpxrtmetric decaddrs
SpiderMonitor Dual Manager
SPIMS getone
spray LanProbe
Tcpdump map
Tcplogger Netlabs CMOT Agent
Traceroute Netlabs SNMP Agent
TRPT NETMON (III)
TTCP NMC
Unisys NCC NNStat
WIN/MGT Station osilog
xnetmon (I) osimic
XNETMON (II) osimon
xnetperfmon OverVIEW
sma
SNMP Kit
library Snmp Libraries
CMIP Library snmpask
Dual Manager snmpd (I)
LANWatch snmpd (II)
proxyd snmplookup
WIN/MGT Station snmpperfmon
snmppoll
snmpquery
Macintosh snmproute
HyperMIB snmpsrc
snmpset
snmpstat
snmptrapd
snmpwatch
snmpxbar
snmpxconn
snmpxmon
snmpxperf
snmpxperfmon
snmpxrtmetric
TokenVIEW
Unisys NCC
WIN/MGT Station
xnetmon (I)
XNETMON (II)
xnetperfmon
map NMS
decaddrs CMU SNMP
etherhostprobe ConnectVIEW
EtherMeter decaddrs
LanProbe Dual Manager
map EtherMeter
NETMON (III) getone
Network Integrator LanProbe
NPRV map
Snmp Libraries Netlabs CMOT Agent
snmpxconn Netlabs SNMP Agent
snmpxmon NETMON (III)
Unisys NCC NMC
xnetmon (I) NNStat
XNETMON (II) OverVIEW
proxyd
SERAG
NFS SNMP Kit
etherfind Snmp Libraries
EtherView snmpask
nfswatch snmpd (I)
nhfsstone snmpd (II)
Sniffer snmplookup
tcpdump snmpperfmon
snmppoll
snmpquery
snmproute
snmpset
snmpsrc
snmpstat
snmptrapd
snmpwatch
snmpxbar
snmpxconn
snmpxmon
snmpxperf
snmpxperfmon
snmpxrtmetric
TokenVIEW
Unisys NCC
WIN/MGT Station
xnetmon (I)
XNETMON (II)
xnetperfmon
OSI ring
CMIP Library ConnectVIEW
Dual Manager LANWatch
LANWatch map
Netlabs CMOT Agent NETMON (III)
NETMON (III) netwatch
osilog proxyd
osimic Sniffer
osimon Snmp Libraries
OSITRACE snmpd (II)
sma TokenVIEW
Sniffer XNETMON (II)
Snmp Libraries xnetperfmon
SpiderMonitor
SPIMS
XNETMON (II) routing
xnetperfmon arp
ConnectVIEW
decaddrs
ping etherhostprobe
etherhostprobe getone
hopcheck hopcheck
Internet Rover NETMON (III)
map netstat
netmon (I) net_monitor
net_monitor NMC
NPRV NPRV
ping query
spray Snmp Libraries
traceroute snmproute
TTCP snmpsrc
Unisys NCC snmpxrtmetric
xup traceroute
WIN/MGT Station
XNETMON (II)
proprietary
ConnectVIEW
EtherMeter security
LanProbe Comp. Security Checklist
SERAG ConnectVIEW
TokenVIEW Dual Manager
LAN Patrol
SERAG
reference XNETMON (II)
HyperMIB
Unisys NCC
SMTP sourcelib
Internet Rover CMIP Library
LANWatch CMU SNMP
mconnect HyperMIB
Sniffer Internet Rover
LANWatch
map
SNMP NETMON (III)
CMU SNMP net_monitor
decaddrs proxyd
Dual Manager SNMP Kit
getone Snmp Libraries
map Snmpd (II)
Netlabs SNMP Agent SpiderMonitor
NETMON (III) XNETMON (II)
NMC xnetperfmon
OverVIEW
proxyd
SNMP Kit spoof
Snmp Libraries DiG
snmpask Internet Rover
snmpd (I) mconnect
snmpd (II) nhfsstone
snmplookup nslookup
snmpperfmon query
snmppoll SPIMS
snmpquery
snmproute
snmpset standalone
snmpsrc EtherMeter
snmpstat Sniffer
snmptrapd SpiderMonitor
snmpwatch
snmpxbar
snmpxconn star
snmpxmon LAN Patrol
snmpxperf LANWatch
snmpxperfmon map
snmpxrtmetric NETMON (III)
Unisys NCC proxyd
WIN/MGT Station Sniffer
xnetmon (I) Snmp Libraries
XNETMON (II) snmpd (II)
xnetperfmon XNETMON (II)
xnetperfmon
status traffic
CMIP Library ENTM
CMU SNMP etherfind
ConnectVIEW EtherMeter
DiG EtherView
Dual Manager LAN Patrol
getone LanProbe
Internet Rover LANWatch
LanProbe NETMON (II)
mconnect netwatch
Netlabs CMOT Agent Network Integrator
Netlabs SNMP Agent nfswatch
netmon (I) NMC
net_monitor NNStat
NMC osimon
NNStat OSITRACE
NPRV Sniffer
nslookup snmpxperfmon
osimic SpiderMonitor
osimon tcpdump
OverVIEW tcplogger
ping TRPT
proxyd Unisys NCC
sma WIN/MGT Station
SNMP Kit
Snmp Libraries
snmpask
snmpd (I)
snmpd (II)
snmplookup
snmpperfmon
snmppoll
snmpquery
snmpstat
snmpwatch
snmpxbar
snmpxconn
snmpxmon
snmpxperf
snmpxperfmon
TokenVIEW
Unisys NCC
WIN/MGT Station
xnetmon (I)
XNETMON (II)
xnetperfmon
xup
snmpxbar
UNIX snmpxconn
arp snmpxmon
CMIP Library snmpxperf
CMU SNMP snmpxperfmon
decaddrs snmpxrtmetric
DiG SPIMS
Dual Manager spray
etherfind tcpdump
etherhostprobe tcplogger
EtherView traceroute
getone TRPT
Internet Rover TTCP
map Unisys NCC
mconnect WIN/MGT Station
NETMON (II) xnetmon (I)
netstat XNETMON (II)
Network Integrator xnetperfmon
net_monitor
nfswatch
nhfsstone VMS
NMC arp
NNStat ENTM
nslookup netstat
osilog net_monitor
osimic NPRV
osimon nslookup
OSITRACE ping
ping Snmp Libraries
proxyd tcpdump
query traceroute
SERAG TTCP
sma XNETMON (II)
SNMP Kit xnetperfmon
Snmp Libraries
snmpask
snmpd (I)
snmpd (II)
snmplookup
snmpperfmon
snmppoll
snmpquery
snmproute
snmpset
snmpsrc
snmpstat
snmptrapd
snmpwatch
X
Dual Manager
map
snmpxbar
snmpxconn
snmpxmon
snmpxperf
snmpxperfmon
snmpxrtmetric
WIN/MGT Station
XNETMON (II)
xnetperfmon
xup