http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_channel_3.html This Traffic Statistic news channel is feeded by the Traffic Statistics News Robot, which crawls through the web to find Traffic Statistic related resources. The TrafficStatistic News Robot is currently running in alpha state, so be prepared that it might may bring out sometimes surprising results. The robot should care for robots.txt as defined in robots.txt. If the robot grabbed any content it shouldn't have grabed or if you want your resource to be grabed just send a mail to newsrobot@trafficstatistic.com and the trafficstatistic admin will delete it. en http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_593.html EtherApe is a graphical network monitor for Unix modeled after etherman. Featuring link layer, ip and TCP modes, it displays network activity graphically. Hosts and links change in size with traffic. Color coded protocols display. It supports Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, ISDN, PPP and SLIP devices. It can filter traffic to be shown, and can read traffic from a file as well as live from the network. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_589.html The TextTransformer can analyze texts and transform them. For this you have to write simple rules describing the structure of the source text and determining how the parts it shall be transformed to the target text. A single rule for example is enough to make multiple replacements of words. Existing examples can be modified to achieve quick results. Every change can be tested immediately. For this, the TextTransformer allows stepwise transformations in a debugger, where you can see immediately what happens. So the development even of complex programs becomes a game. Simple rules can be combined to arbitrary complex programs. Even grammars of programming languages can be described, e.g. to translate them into another one. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_586.html esniff consists of three tools: esniff, nwait/npush, and loss_chk/loss_srv. esniff is a packet sniffer based on pcap that does certain things like traffic summaries (not better but hopefully easier than tcpdump). nwait and npush implement the DOS "pause" command working over the network. loss_chk and loss_srv are for checking the loss rate of a line. esniff is distributed as source for *nix and binaries for Windows under GPL license. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_581.html According to their website the Russian company Netup puts their IP traffic statistics system Ndsad under GPL. The traffic collection tool NDSAD (NetUP Data Stream Accounting Daemon) collects traffic statistics from routers and exports them in NetFlow v.5. format to billing server. NDSAD works with libpcap library on Linux, FreeBSD and winpcap on Windows. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_578.html As Jim Winstead, the former owner of blo.gs notes, when informing the public on his website, the privacy policy is kept and the service will just continue as before. Here some words from Jim Winstead's statement: "for users of the website and the cloud interface, nothing much is changing. the service will continue to be completely open, and both yahoo! and i hope you continue to use it and help it grow. even though i'll no longer be operating blo.gs, i'm not going to disappear from the community. i'm still very interested in blogging and syndication, and believe that blo.gs will continue to have a major impact as a key player in the evolving ping and blogging infrastructure. some people have asked about the privacy policy during the transition. yahoo! is keeping the blo.gs privacy policy. the data collected on blo.gs will continue to be subject to that privacy policy and you will be given the opportunity to consent to future changes." http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_570.html New in version 1.2: The main features of release 1.2, is the support for multiple different backends to collect data to the same frontend. The backend modules supplied with 1.2 is netflow, mping and snmp. The filestructure is completely redesigned for the backend, to better support the module concept. In addition both the frontend and backend have a large set of new features and bugfixes. About Stager: Stager is a system for aggregating and presenting network statistics. Stager is generic and can be customized to present and process any kind of network statistics. The backend collects data and stores reports in a database, automatically handling the aggregation of hourly statistics into days, weeks, and months. The Web frontend presents data in tables, matrices, or plots. The reports are fully customizable, and their definitions are stored in the database. An online demo is also available. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_567.html Imsniff links the usage of pcap and the knowledge of hypothetic.org, to build a logger for MSN IM chats, which can be run anywhere on the way of the conversiation, eg on a companies gateway to see, what information leave a company using the MSN IM. Imsniff is distributed under GPL as source for all Posix capable OS like Linux and most Unix flavors. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_565.html The Cisco documentation series has a chapter about SNMP. It's well readable, just 12 pages long, free to use and has a set of questions to control yourself whether the reader understood the document. Of course, the reader won't become an SNMP expert, but as an introduction about the technical background it's well to use. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_563.html Fujitsu Services Oy has chosen Nokia Local Business Connectivity Solution to Fujitsu's mobility solutions portfolio. Nokia Local Business Connectivity Solution connects company's Nokia Series 60 and Series 80 smartphones with IT services through local radio network, utilizing WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) and Bluetooth. This unique local connectivity solution enables the enterprise mobile device management and transaction automation in a cost efficient way. The Nokia Local Business Connectivity Solution offers a new way to recognize, authenticate and authorize employees' mobile devices when they arrive in the Nokia Local Business Connectivity Solution coverage area. The mobile services available for the employees are centrally managed by Fujitsu, and the services assigned to the employee are then delivered to the mobile device in a secure, automated way. "The Nokia Local Business Connectivity solution has made it possible to implement high volume mobile applications, that may not be feasible to implement in another way today. The Nokia Local Business Connectivity Solution is used by Fujitsu, included in the Fujitsu mobile office product offering, and deliveries to first key international customers have already started," says Juha Korsimaa, Development Manager, Fujitsu Services Oy. "Work goes mobile, and not only personal information management, but existing and tailored corporate applications as well. Furthermore, new context aware services -based on time, location, device status, and user preference- can also be created," says Jouni Malinen, Venture Manager, Nokia Ventures Organization. "To ease this evolution, Nokia Local Business Connectivity Solution provides a fast, secure and seamless way to mobilize the business processes in an economical manner." Mobilizing any new or existing corporate application is made possible via the Application Programming Interface open for integrator partners. Bringing the transaction automation and context awareness to these applications can increase efficiency and end user satisfaction even more than just by making the application accessible via mobile. The Nokia Local Business Connectivity Solution not only complements the cellular solutions but also expands the potential user segments. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_559.html Shortly after the freely available SSL based OpenVPN released version 2.0 for it's multiple platforms on April, 17th 2005, Aventail declares IPSec a challenge with an aggressive trade-in campaign for it's smart SSL VPN product. While OpenVPN is freely available, Aventail does tell pricing information only on request. However, in a review of the small Aventail EX-750 7.2 on infoworld is mentioned a price of $6,995 USD for 25 concurrent users. Aventail's press release: Enterprises Can Trade in IPSec or Underperforming SSL VPNs for Aventail's Newly-Released Smart SSL VPN for All Remote Access and Get Up to $100,000 in Rebates Aventail wants you to throw away your IPSec VPN solution for remote access. The leading SSL VPN technology company today launched an aggressive campaign, allowing prospective enterprises to trade-in their current IPSec or SSL VPN solution and receive 20% off the cost of new Aventail appliances, valued at up to $100,000. This campaign comes on the heels of Aventail's latest platform release. The new Aventail Smart SSL VPN is a single solution for all remote access, providing universal application reach to even complex applications like VoIP with complete security and control. With this release, Aventail is the first VPN solution, IPSec or SSL, to guarantee secure communication to all resources, for both managed and unmanaged devices, with the most comprehensive clientless and client-based access options. "We are so confident that our technology is far superior to any IPSec solution for all remote access that we are putting our money where our mouth is," said Sarah Daniels, vice president of marketing and product management, Aventail. "For companies that are not receiving the ease of access and management or level of security they need for all their user groups and devices, we challenge them to try the Aventail Smart SSL VPN." While IPSec solutions are recognized for the ability to access all applications, the network layer connection does not provide the needed security or policy control for remote access. In addition, IPSec VPNs require a pre-installed client, which does not work for unmanaged devices or for remote access from kiosks or other Web-based access methods. Many SSL VPNs on the market are expanding application access but doing so with technology solutions that compromise security and control. The Aventail promotion runs now through June 30, 2005. Interested companies need to simply download the IPSec Trade-in Certificate available on the Aventail Website: www.aventail.com. Prospects will be quickly contacted by an Aventail channel partner. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_556.html NetQoS Inc., the fastest-growing provider of performance analysis products and services for Global 2000 networks, has completed its acquisition of RedPoint Network Systems Inc., a privately held software company based in Irving, Texas, and its NetVoyant® polling software. NetQoS acquired substantially all assets of RedPoint for cash, including its NetVoyant software, customer base and key employees. The acquisition adds device and infrastructure performance monitoring capabilities to the NetQoS product portfolio that already includes SuperAgent® for end-to-end application response time measurement and ReporterAnalyzer(R) for Cisco IOS® NetFlow traffic reporting and analysis. "The acquisition of NetVoyant software enables NetQoS to offer our customers a complete picture of their infrastructure with just three key products," said Joel Trammell, NetQoS chief executive officer. "NetVoyant rounds out the NetQoS product family by giving our customers additional insight into the network elements that may be impacting application performance." Available immediately, the NetQoS NetVoyant polling software collects performance data from both network elements and application services and distills it into reports that enable IT personnel to manage network performance more effectively. NetVoyant features include: * Exception thresholds, alerts and automatic notifications to promote rapid response to device, network, and IT service issues; * Real-time fault diagnostics to isolate device and network components that are causing performance problems; * Network and device utilization with charts showing current and historical values mapped against baselines; * Historical reports and trend analysis to aid capacity planning; * A distributed polling architecture that scales to large networks with a centralized console for enterprise-wide monitoring. NetVoyant pricing starts at $40,000. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_554.html Strix Systems Announces General Availability of Its Access/One Network Outdoor Wireless System Multi-Radio, Multi-Channel, Multi-RF Mesh Solution Delivers High Throughput and Low Latency for Real Time Applications Strix Systems today announced the general availability of its Access/One Network Outdoor Wireless System (OWS), the highest capacity multi-radio, multi-channel, and multi-RF mesh solution deployed today. Unlike competing mesh products that use either single or dual radios, Strix's Access/One Network OWS supports up to six radios per node, providing dedicated high-speed wireless bandwidth for backhaul ingress, backhaul egress, and client connectivity. The Strix approach ensures the highest throughput and lowest latency over multiple hops, while enabling easy and cost-effective future network expansion. With the Strix Access/One Network OWS, city governments, municipalities, enterprises, and multi-dwelling units can now offer high-performance wireless access that supports the most demanding applications, including voice and video. "We chose Strix Systems' Access/One Network OWS for our deployments in the city of Chandler, AZ because it is the only system we found that can guarantee the levels of performance necessary for deploying real-time services across multiple virtual networks," said Bruce Sanguinetti, president and CEO of MobilePro's wireless division Neoreach, whose team of partners installed the city's network. "As we continue to design and deploy other municipal and metro-area mesh networks, the ability to add new nodes and new wireless technologies to the system while maintaining the highest level of performance is crucial. Only Strix's Access/One Network OWS, with its multi-radio capabilities and modular design, can ensure the ability to grow the mesh network to meet future demands." Supporting Real-Time Services in Outdoor Environments As wireless mesh networks become more popular and their size and complexity continues to grow, mesh networks that contain multiple hops will become increasingly vulnerable to bandwidth degradation, radio interference, and network latency. For example, network throughput can decline by as much as 50 percent per hop, with performance degradation compounding after every hop. In cases where real-time applications like voice and video are involved, this performance degradation can result in a complete loss of connection, therefore interrupting calls and video streams. Also, as mobile applications of mesh evolve, such as use in transportation (cars, trains, etc.), the ability to maintain performance over multiple hops will become even more crucial. Using patent-pending Strix technology, the Access/One Network OWS integrates multiple radios per node and utilizes multiple channels per radio to redefine "high performance" for mesh networks. Single- and dual-radio alternatives are not true wireless meshes in that they require additional termination points for every 5-10 mesh nodes in order to maintain performance levels. Strix's Access/One Network OWS fully delivers on the concept of a "network without wires" and can maintain support for real-time applications with only one termination point per 50 nodes. The result is less physical wiring of nodes, which further reduces the cost of deployment and increases the scalability of the system. "As a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) serving several communities throughout Wisconsin, we need to deploy large rural mesh networks and cover very long hops -- up to nine miles -- between nodes," said Bill Grube, systems administrator of Phoenix PC, Wisconsin. "Strix's Access/One Network OWS was the only system that provided integrated backbone and client access capable of facilitating long hops while maintaining network performance." Using any mix of 802.11 a, b, or g radios, the Access/One Network OWS supports link rates of up to 108 Mbps between nodes. By operating at both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz spectrums, the Access/One Network OWS separates client access from the mesh backbone, enabling the system to dynamically optimize data paths, circumnavigate network congestion and interference, and adjust in real-time to avoid network failure. This is the basis of the self-configuring, self-tuning, and self-healing nature of the Strix Access/One Network OWS. Superior Security and Manageability Strix's Manager/One network management tool enables IT managers to manage the entire mesh network from a single location via its simple, browser-based interface while also providing the option for network administrators to use carrier-class SNMP tools. Manager/One provides the ability to monitor, diagnose, and re-configure any node in the system from one location, reducing the cost and complexity of network management. Using Virtual/Strix, separate virtual wireless networks can be established for public safety, residential access, guest access, and more. The system also maintains the highest level of network security with AES encryption for all links while supporting 802.1i, 802.1x, and all encryption types to client devices. "VARs are seeing a strong demand for metro-scale mesh networks, but they require assurance that the system they deploy will be easy to manage without a large dedicated IT staff," said Michael Bridge, Sales Manager at Connectronics, a U.S. distributor of Strix's equipment. "We already have a number of VARs who have pre-ordered Strix's Access/One Network OWS based on its ability to scale with limited IT support and management." The Access/One Network OWS 2400 and 3600 model products are available in two NEMA 4X-rated environmentally-hardened enclosures, ensuring maximum ability to withstand severe weather conditions and the ability to be deployed in any outdoor deployment. Both models support a range of external antennas and are field upgradeable. "There is a demand for wireless ubiquity, and metro-scale mesh networks are making city-wide wireless access a reality," said Doug Huemme, AVP of marketing for Strix Systems. "Cities deploying mesh networks today must think not only of their current connectivity needs, but also the future demands the network may have for the delivery of voice and video over mesh as well. Single- and dual-radio mesh architectures are unable to meet the bandwidth and low latency requirements of these real-time applications, and are unable to scale. The Strix Access/One Network OWS is the only system that future-proofs these metro Wi-Fi deployments by enabling the system to grow to meet future network demands." Availability The Strix Access/One Network OWS is now generally available in North America through Strix's authorized channel partners. For more information, please contact Strix Systems at sales@strixsystems.com. About Strix Systems The Strix Systems Access/One Network family of products represent the next generation of wireless LAN products, leaping past the traditional access point and switch architecture to mesh; a self-discovering, self-configuring, self-tuning, and self-healing wireless network incorporating robust security and comprehensive management. The Access/One Network family of products support all 802.11 RF technologies and offer multi-radio and multi-channel high performance managed mesh networking systems for indoor enterprise deployments and outdoor public safely, municipal and metropolitan networks. The Access/One Network can be configured and managed via Manager/One, a comprehensive browser based management platform that allows IT administrators to control all key elements of their wireless network, or using Access/One Networks carrier grade support for SNMP based management. Additional features of the Access/One Network products include Virtual/Strix and Priority/One. Virtual/Strix supports deployments of multi-use or virtual networks where various user segments are sharing one Access/One network. Priority/One allows administrators of these multi-use networks to ensure quality of service by assigning varying class of service filters to any type of network traffic or user group. Access/One Networks are ideal for data, voice, and other real time communication network applications. Access/One Networks have been deployed in numerous environments throughout the world including; enterprise, hospitality, education, public safety, housing, and metropolitan area networks. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_550.html NetTracker Lite is the small brother of the commercial nettracker website statistics software and does webserver logfile analysis on Windows, Linux, MacOS X and FreeBSD. Killer feature is the possibility to drill down to each page view out of the summary reports in the freeware. With this feature the free web site log analysis software is one of the best choices for small sites with few traffic. Main limitation is the limitation to one website and one million hits. And of course - due to it's nature as a log analysis software it can't provide information only available from javascript code included on the webpages, like a filter of visitors with javascript enabled browsers or screen resolution of visitors. Because it is free, it might be also intersting to feed it with log files of larger sites for debug purposesof special intervals. An online demo is available. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_544.html SBS Technologies continues its role as an embedded network industry market leader by introducing the newest member of its Telum 1000 line - the Telum1001-DE DS3/E3 ATM network adapter. The single-wide, full height Telum 1001-DE adapter is designed for applications requiring full-duplex DS3/E3 ATM Wide Area Network (WAN) connectivity such as DSLAMs, wireless networking, router/gateways, streaming video, and protocol internetworking. "The TELUM 1001-DE marks the second entry for SBS Technologies in the company's AdvancedMC module line-up. Customers are demanding the high bandwidth capabilities of PCI Express, manageability with IPMI and hot swap capabilities that existing solutions such as PMC/PTMC cannot deliver. We recognized the need for modular, high-performance mezzanine cards very early, introducing the industry's first WAN AdvancedMC in June of 2004," said Rubin Dhillon, General Manager of the SBS Technologies Communications design center in Massachusetts. "Our new DS3/E3 ATM AMC WAN module is the latest in a line of field-hardened ATM networking products and is part of our comprehensive line of telecomm, datacomm, Ethernet, storage and enterprise I/O modules." The TELUM 1001-DE is a PICMG AMC.0 & AMC.1 module that complies with ATM Forum UNI 3.1 and TM 4.0 specifications and is based on an advanced ATM Segmentation and Reassembly (SAR) Controller designed to optimize bus transfers. The TELUM 1001-DE supports one full-duplex ATM DS3/E3 port for protocol data unit sizes as small as two cells. The traffic management co-processor within the SAR supports Constant Bit Rate (CBR) and Variable Bit Rate (VBR) among other bit rates. Users can assign parameters to the xBR traffic block to maximize line utilization by automatically scheduling each virtual channel connection (VCC). In accordance with AMC.0 specifications, an IPMI microcontroller subsystem initializes board-level parameters, monitors board voltage and temperature, maintains system status and hot-swap operations. The Channel and Digital Service Unit (CSU/DSU) network management subsystem provides line alarm conditions and performance data monitoring statistics to help managers keep tabs on line performance. The CSU/DSU functions run in an on-board microcontroller allowing Facilities Data Link functions to be performed in hardware rather than on the hosts system like other competing products. SBS provides a portfolio of drivers which are based upon a set of libraries, known as the Driver Development Kit (DDK). The DDK architecture is common to all SBS WAN products and enables customers to use High-level drivers or low-level function calls for applications development. The TELUM 1001-DE product is provided with Carrier Grade LINUX, VxWorks & Windows drivers as well as the comprehensive DDK. Features: Telum 1001-DE ATM Network Module Features Line Traffic Management • Full Duplex DS3/E3 ATM I/O • AMC.1 specification compliant • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) • Hot Swap Capable • Local CSU/DSU Management Price and Availability: Available now, the full-duplex Telum 1001-DE DS3/E3 ATM AMC module lists for US$1836. http://www.trafficstatistic.com/news/news_item_542.html Communications Software Solutions Group's flagship product combines performance management applications with Tekelec's signaling, switching strengths Tekelec, developer of telecommunications products for next-generation fixed, mobile and packet networks, today announced Integrated Application Solutions (IAS), a suite of applications consisting of real-time data collection, correlation and processing. The suite gives operators the tools they need to generate critical business intelligence for revenue assurance and network and service performance management. The Tekelec IAS supports wireline and wireless operators regardless of their network architecture; voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and traditional time division multiplexing (TDM). IAS delivers a rich source of business intelligence data that can be used to perform the following functions: * Traffic Management: perform traffic studies on voice facilities, calculate quality of service (QoS) statistics and track and report on service usage * Roaming Management: support 2G, 2.5G and 3G technologies, including general packet radio service (GPRS) and universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), to identify the originating and terminating networks for roaming traffic, traffic volume from origination to destination, individual subscriber activities, short message service (SMS) content and short code tracking * Billing Management: verify and manage inter-carrier billing agreements through comprehensive reporting; provide accounting feeds for service usage, voice calls and SMS; identify phantom traffic; validate call volumes; calculate percentage interstate usage, and identify QoS per interconnect * Fraud Management: protect revenues by detecting abnormal subscriber behaviors and abuse associated with redirection, conference and international calling. Identify SMS spam, subscriber fraud and traffic increases for high-value services * Troubleshooting: troubleshoot network problems through detailed protocol analysis and call traces that include all aspects of a call, including local number portability dips and calling name queries, reducing time to solve complex troubles * Lawful Intercept: deliver SMS content, real-time call-tracing capabilities and subscriber activity tracking and profile reports to support law enforcement agencies * Market Intelligence: identify and monitor traffic patterns to better define services and manage service margins; track the success of new service offerings; establish more profitable rate plans based on real-time traffic data and understand how subscribers use the network * Security Management: identify denial of service attacks, track unauthorized network use and prevent catastrophic events causing service disruptions IAS can be fully integrated with the Tekelec EAGLE 5® Signaling Application System and next-generation switching solutions or deployed as a standalone solution, which reduces operational expenses and allows operators to scale more quickly. The platform supports major industry protocols such as session initiation protocol (SIP), H.323, H.248, signaling system 7 (SS7), integrated services digital network (ISDN), GPRS and UMTS. "IAS combines our unparalleled ability to collect and analyze network intelligence through our market-leading signaling and switching solutions with the real-time business intelligence and performance management capabilities we acquired recently from Steleus," said Eric Gehl, president and general manager of Tekelec's Communications Software Solutions Group. "Tekelec's solution can scale to support operators of all sizes and types, providing the business tools they need to protect their network investments, increase profitability while identifying sources of revenue loss and improve subscriber satisfaction." The IAS platform is built using open interfaces and a Web-based graphical user interface, ensuring ease of use.