Network Working Group R. Enger Request for Comments: 1470 ANS FYI: 2 J. Reynolds Obsoletes: 1147 ISI Editors June 1993 FYI on a Network Management Tool Catalog: Tools for Monitoring and Debugging TCP/IP Internets and Interconnected Devices Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract The goal of this FYI memo is to provide an update to FYI 2, RFC 1147 [1], which provided practical information to site administrators and network managers. New and/or updated tools are listed in this RFC. Additonal descriptions are welcome, and should be sent to: noctools- entries@merit.edu. Introduction A static document cannot incorporate references to the latest tools nor recent revisions to the older catalog entries. To provide a more timely and responsive information source, the NOCtools catalog is available on-line via the Internet and Usenet. news comp.networks.noctools ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/noctools Because of publication delays and other factors, some of the entries in this catalog may be out of date. The reader is urged to consult the on-line service to obtain the most up-to-date information. The index provided in this document reflects the current contents of the on-line documentation. The NOCtools2 Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has compiled this revised catalog. Future revisions will be incorporated into the on-line NOCtools catalog. The reader is encouraged to submit new or revised entries for (near-immediate) electronic publication. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 1] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 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. Acknowledgements This catalog is the result of work on the part of the NOCTools2 Working Group of the User Services Area of the IETF. The following individuals made especially notable contributions: Chris Myers, Darren Kinley, Gary Malkin, Mohamed Ellozy, and Mike Patton. Current Postings The current contents of the NOCtools catalog may be retrieved via anonymous FTP from wuarchive.wustl.edu. The entries are stored as individual files in the directory /doc/noctools. "No-Writeups" Appendix This section contains references to tools which are known to exist, but which have not been fully cataloged. If anyone wishes to author an entry for one of these tools please contact us at: noctools-request@merit.edu Keep in mind that if these or other tools are included in the future, they will be available in the on-line version of the catalog. Each mention is separated by a for improved readability. If you intend to actually print-out this section of the catalog, then you should probably strip-out the . How to Submit/Update an Entry 1) review the template included below to determine what information you will need to collect, 2) review the keywords to see what your indexing options are, 3) assemble (update) catalog entry to include results of 1) and 2). 4) Submit your entry using either of the following two methods: a) Post your submission to: comp.internet.noctools.submissions b) Email your submission to: noctools-entries@merit.edu New entries will be circulated automatically upon reception. As time permits, the NOCtools editors will review recent submissions and incorporate them into the master indexes. Enquiries regarding the NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 2] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 status of a submission should be E-Mailed to: noctools-request@merit.edu Those submitting an entry to the catalog should insure that any E- mail addresses provided are correct and functional. Either the catalog editors or prospective users of your tool may wish to reach you. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 3] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 TEMPLATE NAME KEYWORDS [[,[,...,]]]; [[,[,...,]]]; [[,[,...,]]]; [[,[,...,]]]; [[,[,...,]]]. ABSTRACT MECHANISM CAVEATS BUGS LIMITATIONS HARDWARE REQUIRED NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 4] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 SOFTWARE REQUIRED AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY DATE OF MOST RECENT UPDATE TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY 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 keyword definitions have been developed, and are given below. Following the definitions, there is an index of catalog entries by keyword. 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 product or software release. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 5] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 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. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 6] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Traffic a tool that monitors packet flow. The keywords used to identify the network resources or components 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. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 7] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 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: CMIS a network management system or component based on CMIS/CMIP, the Common Management Information System and Protocol. 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. RMON a tool which employs the RMON extensions to SNMP. 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. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 8] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 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. OS/2 a tool that runs under the OS/2 operating system. Standalone an integrated hardware/software tool that requires only a network interface for operation. Sun a tool that runs on Sun Microsystems platforms. (binary distribution built for use on a Sun.) 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. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 9] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Tools Indexed by Keywords Following is an index of the most up-to-date catalog entries sorted by keyword, which is available via: news comp.networks.noctools.tools ftp wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/noctool This index can be used to locate the tools with a particular attribute: tools are listed under each keyword that characterizes them. The keywords and the subordinate lists of tools under them are in alphabetical order. Alarm ----- CMIP Library Dual Manager Eagle EMANATE EtherMeter LanProbe LANWatch MONET NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETMON for Windows NETscout NOCOL SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research snmpd from Empire Technologies SpiderMonitor XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet Analyzer -------- LANVista LANWatch NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETscout PacketView Sniffer SpiderMonitor NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 10] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Benchmark --------- hammer & anvil iozone LADDIS LANVista nhfsstone SPIMS spray ttcp XNETMON from SNMP Research CMIS ---- CMIP library Generic Managed System MIB Browser Control ------- CMIP Library Dual Manager Eagle MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET NETMON for Windows proxyd SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System snmpd from Empire Technologies TokenVIEW XNETMON from SNMP Research Debugger -------- Ethernet Box II LANVista NetMetrix Traffic Generator ping from UCB SPIMS XNETMON from SNMP Research Generator --------- hammer & anvil LADDIS LANVista NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 11] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 NetMetrix Traffic Generator nhfsstone ping ping from UCB Sniffer SpiderMonitor spray TTCP Manager ------- Beholder CMIP Library CMU SNMP Distribution decaddrs by Wellfleet Dual Manager EMANATE Ethernet Box II getone by Wellfleet Interactive Network Map LanProbe LANVista MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET NetLabs CMOT Agent NetLabs SNMP Agent NETMON for Windows NETscout NNStat NOCOL OverVIEW SAS/CPE for Open Systems Software SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System snmpd from Empire Technologies tokenview Tricklet Wollongong-Manager XNETMON from SNMP Research XNETMON from Wellfleet xnetperfmon Map --- decaddrs by Wellfleet Dual Manager NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 12] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 etherhostprobe EtherMeter Interactive Network Map LanProbe NETMON for Windows Network Integrator I NPRV SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research XNETMON by SNMP Research XNETMON by Wellfleet Reference --------- EMANATE ethernet-codes HyperMIB MIB Manager from Empire Technologies XNETMON Routing ------- arp decaddrs by Wellfleet etherhostprobe getone by Wellfleet hopcheck MONET net_monitor NETMON for Windows netstat NPRV ping from UCB query traceroute Security -------- Computer Security Checklist Dual Manager Eagle EMANATE LAN Patrol SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research XNETMON by SNMP Research xnetperfmon NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 13] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Status ------ Beholder CMIP Library CMU SNMP DiG dnsstats doc Dual Manager EMANATE fping getone by Wellfleet host Internet Rover lamers LanProbe mconnect MONET net_monitor Netlabs CMOT Agent Netlabs SNMP Agent NETscout NNStat NOCOL NPRV OverVIEW ping ping from UCB proxyd from SNMP Research SAS/CPE SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research TokenVIEW Tricklet vrfy XNETMON by SNMP Research xnetmon by Wellfleet xnetperfmon xup NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 14] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Traffic ------- etherfind EtherMeter Ethernet Box II EtherView getethers LAN Patrol LanProbe LANVista LANWatch ENTM MONET NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON by Mitre NETscout netwatch Network Integrator I nfswatch nhfsstone NNStat ositrace PacketView Sniffer SpiderMonitor spray tcpdump tcplogger trpt ttcp XNETMON by SNMP Research Bridge ------ decaddrs by Wellfleet EMANATE MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET proxyd by SNMP Research SAS/CPE SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System snmpd from SNMP Research XNETMON from SNMP Research NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 15] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 CHAOS ----- Interactive Network Map LANWatch DECnet ------ decaddrs by Wellfleet LANVista LANWatch MONET net_monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETMON for Windows NETscout Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research DNS --- DiG dnsstats doc lamers LANWatch NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NOCOL Ethernet -------- arp Beholder Eagle EMANATE etherfind etherhostprobe EtherMeter Ethernet Box II ethernet-codes EtherView getethers LAN Patrol LanProbe LANVista LANWatch NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 16] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 ENTM Interactive Network Map MONET NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON for Windows NETscout netwatch Network Integrator I nfswatch NNStat PacketView proxyd from SNMP Research SAS/CPE Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor tcpdump XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research FDDI ---- EMANATE ethernet-codes NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator nfswatch SAS/CPE SNMP Libraries and utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research XNETMON from SNMP Research IP -- arp CMU SNMP Dual Manager Eagle EMANATE etherfind NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 17] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 etherhostprobe EtherView fping getone from Wellfleet hammer & anvil hopcheck Internet Rover LanProbe LANVista LANWatch ENTM Interactive Network Map MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET net_monitor Netlabs CMOT Agent Netlabs SNMP Agent NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON by Mitre NETMON for Windows NETscout netstat netwatch nfswatch nhfsstone NNStat NOCOL NPRV OverVIEW PacketView ping ping from UCB proxyd from SNMP Research query SAS/CPE SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research PSI SNMP SpiderMonitor SPIMS spray tcpdump NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 18] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 tcplogger traceroute trpt ttcp XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet xnetperfmon from SNMP Research OSI --- CMIP Library Dual Manager EMANATE LANVista LANWatch Netlabs CMOT Agent NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETMON for Windows NETscout NOCOL ositrace proxyd from SNMP Research SAS/CPE Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor SPIMS XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research NFS --- etherfind EtherView iozone LADDIS NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NETscout nfswatch nhfsstone Sniffer tcpdump NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 19] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Ring ---- Eagle EMANATE Interactive Network Map LANVista LANWatch NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON by Mitre NETMON for Windows NETscout netwatch PacketView proxyd from SNMP Research Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research TokenVIEW XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research SMTP ---- host Internet Rover LANWatch mconnect NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer Sniffer vrfy Star ---- EMANATE Interactive Network Map LAN Patrol LANWatch NETMON for Windows NETscout proxyd from SNMP Research Sniffer SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 20] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research Curses ------ Eagle Internet Rover net_monitor nfswatch NOCOL PSI SNMP Eavesdrop --------- etherfind Ethernet Box II EtherView LAN Patrol LANVista LANWatch ENTM NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetNetrix Traffic Generator NETMON from Mitre NETscout netwatch nfswatch NNStat OSITRACE PacketView Sniffer SpiderMonitor tcplogger trpt NMS --- CMU SNMP decaddrs from Wellfleet Dual Manager EMANATE EtherMeter Ethernet Box II getone from Wellfleet Interactive Network Map MONET NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 21] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Netlabs CMOT Agent Netlabs SNMP Agent NETMON for Windows NETscout NNStat NOCOL OverVIEW proxyd from SNMP Research SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research TokenVIEW XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet xnetperfmon from SNMP Research Ping ---- etherhostprobe fping getethers hopcheck Interactive Network Map Internet Rover LANWatch net_monitor NOCOL NPRV ping ping from UCB spray traceroute ttcp XNETMON from SNMP Research xup Proprietary ----------- Eagle EtherMeter Ethernet Box II LanProbe LANVista TokenVIEW NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 22] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 RMON ---- Beholder SNMP ---- Beholder CMU SNMP decaddrs from Wellfleet Dual Manager EMANATE getone from Wellfleet Interactive Network Map MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET Netlabs SNMP Agent NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON for Windows NETscout NOCOL OverVIEW proxyd from SNMP Research SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research Wollongong-Manager XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet xnetperfmon from SNMP Research Spoof ----- DiG doc Internet Rover host LADDIS mconnect nhfsstone NOCOL query SPIMS NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 23] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 vrfy X - Dual Manager Interactive Network Map MIB Manager from Empire Technologies NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator SAS/CPE PSI SNMP XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research xup DEC --- Wollongong-Manager DOS --- Computer Security Checklist Ethernet Box II hammer & anvil hopcheck iozone LAN Patrol LANVista netmon NETMON for Windows netwatch OverVIEW PacketView ping SAS/CPE SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research TokenVIEW Wollongong-Manager xnetperfmon from SNMP Research NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 24] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 HP -- iozone SAS/CPE xup Macintosh --------- HyperMIB OS/2 ---- Beholder Tricklet Standalone ---------- LANVista Sniffer SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor Sun --- Avatar SunSNMPD Wollongong Manager UNIX ---- arp CMIP Library CMU SNMP decaddrs from Wellfleet DiG doc dnsstats Eagle etherfind etherhostprobe EtherView fping getethers getone from Wellfleet host Interactive Network Map Internet Rover iozone LADDIS NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 25] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 lamers mconnect MIB Manager from Empire Technologies MONET net_monitor Dual Manager NetMetrix Load Monitor NetMetrix NFS Monitor NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator NETMON from Mitre NETscout netstat Network Integrator I nfswatch nhfsstone NNStat NOCOL OSITRACE ping ping from UCB proxyd from SNMP Research query SAS/CPE SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research PSI SNMP snmpd from Empire Technologies snmpd from SNMP Research SPIMS spray tcpdump tcplogger traceroute Tricklet trpt ttcp vrfy XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetmon from Wellfleet xnetperfmon from SNMP Research VMS --- arp ENTM NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 26] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 fping net_monitor netstat NPRV ping SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research tcpdump traceroute ttcp xnetperfmon from SNMP Research Free ---- arp Beholder CMIP Library CMU SNMP Distribution DiG dnsstats doc ENTM fping getethers hammer & anvil hopcheck host Interactive Network Map Internet Rover iozone lamers net_monitor netmon from Mitre netstat netwatch nfswatch nhfsstone NNStat NOCOL NPRV OSITRACE PING ping from UCB query SNMP Development Kit tcpdump tcplogger traceroute Tricklet NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 27] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 trpt ttcp vrfy Library ------- CMIP Library CMU SNMP Dual Manager NetMetrix Protocol Analyzer NetMetrix Traffic Generator proxyd from SNMP Research SAS/CPE Sourcelib --------- Beholder CMIP Library CMU SNMP EMANATE HyperMIB Interactive Network Map Internet Rover LANWatch MIB Manager from Empire Technologies net_monitor NETMON for Windows NOCOL proxyd from SNMP Research SNMP Development Kit SNMP Libraries and Utilities from Empire Technologies SNMP Libraries and Utilities from SNMP Research SNMP Packaged Agent System from SNMP Research snmpd from SNMP Research SpiderMonitor Tricklet XNETMON from SNMP Research xnetperfmon from SNMP Research Tool Descriptions This section is an updated collection of brief descriptions of tools for managing TCP/IP internets. These entries are in alphabetical order, by tool name. The entries all follow a standard format. Immediately after the NAME of a tool are its associated KEYWORDS. Keywords are terse descriptions of the purposes or attributes of a tool. A more NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 28] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 detailed description of a tool's purpose and characteristics is given in the ABSTRACT section. The MECHANISM section describes how a tool works. In CAVEATS, warnings about tool use are given. In BUGS, known bugs or bug-report procedures are given. LIMITATIONS describes the boundaries of a tool's capabilities. HARDWARE REQUIRED and SOFTWARE REQUIRED relate the operational environment a tool needs. Finally, in AVAILABILITY, pointers to vendors, online repositories, or other sources for a tool are given. Where tool names conflict, the vendor name is used as well. For example, MITRE, and SNMP Research each submitted an updated description of a tool called, "NETMON". These tools were independently developed, are functionally different, and run in different environments. MITRE's tool is listed as "NETMON_MITRE," and the tool from SNMP Research as "NETMON_WINDOWS_SNMP_RESEARCH". NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 29] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Internet Tool Catalog ARP NAME arp KEYWORDS routing; ethernet, IP;; UNIX, VMS; free. ABSTRACT Arp displays and can modify the internet-to-ethernet address translations tables used by ARP, the address resolution protocol. MECHANISM The arp program accesses operating system memory to read the ARP data structures. CAVEATS None. BUGS None known. LIMITATIONS Only the super user can modify ARP entries. HARDWARE REQUIRED No restrictions. SOFTWARE REQUIRED BSD UNIX or related OS, or VMS. AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL Available via anonymous FTP from uunet.uu.net, in directory bsd-sources/src/etc. Available with 4.xBSD UNIX and related operating systems. For VMS, available as part of TGV MultiNet IP software package, as well as Wollongong's WIN/TCP and Process Software Corporation's TCPware for VMS. CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY This entry maintained by the NOCtools editors. Send email to noctools-request@merit.edu. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 30] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Internet Tool Catalog AVATAR-SNMP-TOOLKIT NAME SNMP Application Development Toolkit KEYWORDS manager;;SNMP;;sourcelib. ABSTRACT snmpapi is an api toolkit for developing SNMP applications and agents. The toolkit is simple and very fast that can be used for any type of application. It is very well suited for embedded systems such as bridges or routers. An example MIB II agent for Sun Sparcstations is provided. snmpapi is distributed in source form only. MECHANISM snmpapi is a library of C functions. CAVEATS None. BUGS None known. LIMITATIONS None. HARDWARE REQUIRED No restrictions. AVAILABILITY Available now. For more information, send e-mail to info@avatar.com. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 31] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Internet Tool Catalog AVATAR-SUNSNMPD NAME sunsnmpd KEYWORDS manager;;snmp;sun;. ABSTRACT sunsnmpd is a fully supported SNMP agent with MIB II support for Sun Sparscations running SunOS 4.1 or higher. sunsnmpd supports both SNMP GET and SET operations. MECHANISM sundnmpd is a daemon process which starts up at boot time from the rc.local file. It uses /dev/kmem to access kernel structures. CAVEATS None. BUGS None known. LIMITATIONS Must be started by a super user. HARDWARE REQUIRED Sun Sparcstations. AVAILABILITY Available now. Site licensing only. For more information, send e-mail to info@avatar.com. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 32] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Internet Tool Catalog ChameLAN-100 NAME ChameLAN 100 KEYWORDS analyzer, benchmark, debugger, generator, map, reference, status, traffic; bridge, DECnet, ethernet, FDDI, IP, OSI, NFS, ring; eavesdrop, SNMP, X; standalone, UNIX. ABSTRACT Tekelec's ChameLAN 100 is a portable diagnostic system for monitoring and simulation of FDDI, Ethernet and Token Ring networks -- simultaneously. Protocol analysis of multiple topologies, as well as mixed topoloies simultaneously, is a key feature of the product family. Tekelec's proprietary FDDI hardware guarantees complete real-time analysis of networks and network components at the full ring bandwidth of 125 Mbps. It passively connects to the network and captures 100 percent of the data, measures performance and isolates real-time problems. The simulation option offers full bandwidth load generation that allows you to create and simulate any network condition. It gives you the ability to inject errors and misformed frames. A set of confidence tests allow simple evaluation of new equipment. A ring map feature displays network topology and status of all nodes via the SMT process. Monitoring of FDDI, Ethernet and Token Ring allows the user to: view network status in real time; view network, node, or node pair statistics; capture frames; control capture using trigger and filter capabilities; view real-time statistics; view captured frames in decoded format; and view the last frame transmitted by each station. The following Real-Time Network Statistics of FDDI, Ethernet and Token Ring networks is displayed: frame rate, runts, byte rate, jabbers, CRC/align errors, and collisions. Product developers can use the ChameLAN 100 to observe NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 33] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 and control various events to help debug their FDDI, Ethernet and Token Ring products. End users can perform real-time monitoring to test and diagnose problems that may occur when developing, installing or managing FDDI, Ethernet and Token Ring networks and network products. End users can use the ChameLAN 100 to aid in the installation and maintenance of Ethernet and Token Ring networks. To isolate specific network trouble spots the ChameLAN 100 uses filtering and triggering techniques for data capture. Higher level protocol decode includes TCP/IP, OSI and DECnet protocol suites. Protocol decode of IPX, SNMP, XTP, and AppleTalk are also supported. Development of additional protocol decodes is also under development. The ChameLAN 100 family also offers a Protocol Management Development System (PMDS) that enables users to develop custom protocol decode suites. The FDDI, Ethernet and Token Ring hardware interfaces feature independent processing power. Real-time data is monitored unobtrusively at full bandwidth without affecting network activity. Real-time data may also be saved to a 120MB or optional 200MB hard disk drive for later analysis. FDDI data is captured at 125 megabits per second (Mbps), Ethernet at 10 Mbps and Token Ring at 4 or 16 Mbps. MECHANISM This portable, standalone unit incorporates the power of UNIX, X-Windows and Motif. Its UNIX-based programming interface facilitates development of customized monitoring and simulation applications. The ChameLAN 100 may connect to the network at any location using standard equipment. Standard graphical Motif/X-Windows and TCP/IP allow remote control through Ethernet and 10Base T interfaces. Tekelec also offers a rackmounted model -- ChameLAN 100-X. Both models can be controlled via a Sun Workstation remotely. CAVEATS none. BUGS none known. NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 34] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 LIMITATIONS none reported. HARDWARE REQUIRED None. The ChameLAN 100 is a self-contained unit, and includes its own interface cards. It installs into a network with standard interface connectors. SOFTWARE REQUIRED None. AVAILABILITY AND CONTACT POINT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TOOL The ChameLAN 100 product famil y is available commercially. For more information or a free demo, call or write: 1.800.tek.elec Tekelec 26580 West Agoura Road Calabasas, CA 91302 Phone: 818.880.5656 Fax: 818.880.6993 The ChameLAN 100 is listed on the GSA schedule. CONTACT POINT FOR CHANGES TO THIS CATALOG ENTRY Todd Koch Public Relations Specialist 818.880.7718 Internet: todd.koch@tekelec.com NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 35] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Internet Tool Catalog CMU_SNMP NAME The CMU SNMP Distribution KEYWORDS manager, status; IP; NMS, SNMP; UNIX; free, sourcelib. ABSTRACT The CMU SNMP Distribution includes source code for an SNMP agent, several SNMP client applications, an ASN.1 library, and supporting documentation. The agent compiles into about 10 KB of 68000 code. The distribution includes a full agent that runs on a Kinetics FastPath2/3/4, and is built into the KIP appletalk/ethernet gateway. The machine independent portions of this agent also run on CMU's IBM PC/AT based router. The applications are designed to be useful in the real world. Information is collected and presented in a useful format and is suitable for everyday status monitoring. Input and output are interpreted symbolically. The tools can be used without referencing the RFCs. MECHANISM SNMP. CAVEATS None. BUGS None reported. Send bug reports to sw0l+snmp@andrew.cmu.edu. ("sw0l" is "ess double-you zero ell.") LIMITATIONS None reported. HARDWARE REQUIRED The KIP gateway agent runs on a Kinetics FastPath2/3/4. Otherwise, no restrictions. SOFTWARE REQUIRED The code was written with efficiency and portability in mind. The applications compile and run on the follow- NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 36] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 ing systems: IBM PC/RT running ACIS Release 3, Sun3/50 running SUNOS 3.5, and the DEC microVax running Ultrix 2.2. They are expected to run on any system with a Berkeley socket interface. AVAILABILITY This distribution is copyrighted by CMU, but may be used and sold without permission. Consult the copy- right notices for further information. The distribu- tion is available by anonymous FTP from the host lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu (128.2.13.21) as the files pub/cmu-snmp.9.tar, and pub/kip-snmp.9.tar. The former includes the libraries and the applications, and the latter is the KIP SNMP agent. Please direct questions, comments, and bug reports to sw0l+snmp@andrew.cmu.edu. ("sw0l" is "ess double-you zero ell.") If you pick up this package, please send a note to the above address, so that you may be notified of future enhancements/changes and additions to the set of applications (several are planned). NOCTools2 Working Group [Page 37] RFC 1470 FYI: Network Management Tool Catalog June 1993 Internet Tool Catalog COMPUTER-SECURITY-CHECKLIST NAME Computer Security Checklist KEYWORDS security; DOS. ABSTRACT This program consists of 858 computer security ques- tions divided up in thirteen sections. The program presents the questions to the user and records their responses. After answering the questions in one of the thirteen sections, the user can generate a report from the questions and the user's answers. The thirteen sections are: telecommunications security, physical access security, personnel security, systems develop- ment security, security awareness and training prac- tices, organizational and management security, data and program security, processing and operations security, ergonomics and error prevention, environmental secu- rity, and backup and recovery security.