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Reconstructing network topology maps
From: Ramon Szmuk <ramonsm () netvision net il>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 07:39:55 +0200
I am currently looking for a software that can generate (reconstruct) a network topology from raw data obtained from live network capturing or offline tcpdump capture files. A co-worker told me he once saw a commercial product belonging to SUN Microsystems on a Teleco that doe's just that but I couldn't find it through my frantic googling today... He said they hooked it up to a Switch of a lab network and slowly the app reconstructed a graphical display of the network as seen from the switch, amazing! It was then possible to export the drawing to VISIO or see it with the program's built-in viewer. It mapped routers, servers, workstations, printers, computed bandwidth! and just about every device on the net, keeping all of the information about them (Hardware type, IP, MAC address etc..) in an SQL-server database for future map genereation and data recovery direct from the db. the software parsed a variety of protocols in order to recunstruct the network, SNMP, telnet (it parsed basic router configurations!!), BGP, ICMP and so on... If anybody has heard of this software (supposedly by SUN Microsystems and built in Java) or anything remotley similar, It would be great if you drop me a line since I am looking for such a toy for quite some time.. Thanks, -Ramon Szmuk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- Reconstructing network topology maps Ramon Szmuk (Jun 16)
- Re: Reconstructing network topology maps Bob Radvanovsky (Jun 17)
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- RE: Reconstructing network topology maps Tenorio, Leandro (Jun 17)
- RE: Reconstructing network topology maps Ross, George (Jun 18)
- Re: Reconstructing network topology maps nee cee (Jun 18)
- RE: Reconstructing network topology maps BĂ©noni MARTIN (Jun 18)
- RE: Reconstructing network topology maps gs (Jun 21)