Linux Routing and Traffic Management Tools
Network administrators always seem to know yet one more statistic to help determine cost and use efficiency data for network connections, security of data, and more. There is a wealth of networking tools out there for the Linux world. Specifically, this section focuses on tools used in conjunction with routing.
Table A.3 contains a list of programs we thought you might find useful in your search to automate your job as efficiently as possible.
| Name | Home | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CIPE | http://sites.inka.de/sites/bigred/devel/cipe.html | The Crypto IP Encapsulation (CIPE) project is working on routers that encrypt IP packets for transmission to specific destinations. |
| Edge Fireplug | http://edge.fireplug.net/ | Specialized Linux distribution that turns a machine into essentially a network routing and firewalling appliance. |
| heartbeat | http://www.linux- ha.org/download/ | Monitoring tool used for dynamically switching network information according to availability. |
| IPTraf | http://cebu.mozcom.com/riker/iptraf/index.html | IP traffic monitor and statistic generator. |
| lcrzoex | http://www.laurentconstantincom/us/lcrzo/lcrzoex/ | Network testing toolkit. |
| Linux Router Project | http://www.linuxrouter.org/ | A Linux micro-distribution that fits on a single floppy, and when booted and configured makes the machine into a router. |
| MRTG | http://people.ee.ethz.ch/-oetiker/webtools/mrtg/ | The Multi-Router Grapher (MTRG) accumulates and analyzes data on the fly to show you network performance data. |
| VisualRoute | http://www.visualware.com/visualroute/index.html | Graphically enhanced traceroute utility. |
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