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Detect systems on which a particular application is running in a network

Is there any way in Linux to find out in how many systems the same (one particular) application is running in a network? and if so, can we figure out IP address of those systems? Update : All ...
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2answers
192 views

How to transparently monitor SSH access/network traffic in Gentoo/general linux?

What's the most effective way to monitor SSH access in Gentoo Linux? My Gentoo box is operating locally behind my broadband router. I have SSH port forwarding on the router and a DNS entry pointing ...
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2answers
383 views

Getting current TCP connection count on a system

Instead of doing wc -l /proc/net/tcp, is there a faster way of doing it? I just need a total count of tcp connections.
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2answers
236 views

Can conky monitor other Linux computers on the network?

I know conky can monitor my personal computer, but can it monitor the other Linux servers I have on the network? I'd like to see data on CPU and memory usage and some critical processes each server ...
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2answers
177 views

Bandwidth, CPU & Memory stats returned in single line from terminal

I'm trying to create a simple monitoring system that will show a graph of sales that is linked entirely to data of bandwidth, CPU and Memory stats as they relate to sales. So if I sale 1 widget per 5 ...
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1answer
192 views

Network bandwidth measurement on Solaris

I want to install pathtest or a program like it in a Sparc server running solaris 10. The purpose is to make a speedtest server to my remote sites. It is mentioned in pathtest FAQ that it only ...
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2answers
119 views

Monitor single process to logfile perodicly

Based on this question, I would like to log the performance of a specific process, with a frequency of say one second, to a csv (comma separated value) log file. Something like: ...
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3answers
250 views

Monitoring HTTPS traffic using tcpflow

I would like to use tcpflow to monitor https requests. I have read tutorials on how to monitor http traffic but when I connect to a host using https the output is garbled. I am using tcpflow in the ...
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0answers
92 views

Connection status monitoring tool

I have an internet connection that is flaky; when it goes bad, there are things that can be done to restore it, so I've made a connection monitoring script to figure out if my connection is gone or ...
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4answers
393 views

Tools that monitor the network bandwidth based on IP?

In a networked environment, such as SOHO, is there any tools that can monitor the network bandwidth usage based on the computer's IP or mac address? So that we can know which user has the highest ...
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2answers
339 views

Linux program to look into what you're downloading

Is there a linux program that allows you to look into your current download traffic? Something that can list all the addresses I am currently connected to and downloading from.
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1answer
1k views

Monitor mode wifi only seeing broadcast packets

I have pretty much exhausted every link I have found on google regarding this topic, and I'd like some of the most experienced eyes on the problem, because something obscure must be going on. Systems ...
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1answer
103 views

Monitoring interface changes with udev, especially if a route is set

Is there a way to monitor interface up/downs, especially to check if a route is setup or removed, with udev?
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0answers
268 views

Add blinking network-monitor icon to GNOME / XFCE

I'd like to see if I have incoming or outgoing network traffic via a little blinking network-monitor icon in my system tray, similar to the network system tray icon in Windows XP and Android. I would ...
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3answers
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Find out network traffic per IP

We have one central server which functions as an internet gateway. This server is connected to the internet, and using iptables we forward traffic and share the internet connection among all computers ...
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2answers
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What can I use to monitor and log incoming/outgoing traffic to/from remote hosts?

I run a web server (Debian Squeeze on a VPS), and the graphs provided by the hosting company show consistently that around twice as much traffic is incoming to the server compared to the outgoing ...
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2answers
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How to capture the adress an application contacts?

An application contacts an Internet host on each start of it. It seems to take just an instant. I don't know if HTTP, plain TCP or UDP or what is used but tend to suppose HTTP. What a tool can I use ...
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2answers
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How to identify the program that uses most bandwidth?

How can i know which application is costing the most network bandwidth ? I saw some graph from KDE's network monitor , but don't know which process did that. Thanks !
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2answers
451 views

What do the three values mean on network monitoring tools

Often in network monitoring tools there are three values for one measure. Ex rx: 2.0 kb/s 40 kb/s 10 kb/s Are these similar to how cpu load works, they are taken at different length time spans. ...
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1answer
76 views

Reporting Network and Vital Statistics and writing to db and image

I am looking for a versatile tool that can write either to a MySQL db, or possibly simply even just write some image charts (that i can display on a PHP dashboard) to monitor my network health. Is ...
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2answers
268 views

How can I see dumps of wholе HTTP packets?

I need to see whole HTTP packets sent and recieved by an application for debugging purposes. How can this be done in command-line?
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3answers
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On-the-fly monitoring HTTP requests on a network interface?

For debugging purposes I want to monitor the http requests on a network interface. Using a naive tcpdump command line I get too much low-level information and the information I need is not very ...
4
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4answers
308 views

Network monitoring tool

I'm basically looking for a utility that displays which processes are using how much bandwidth, similar to how top displays which processes use how much resources.
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7answers
526 views

What are some common tools for intrusion detection?

Please give a brief description for each tool.