]> http://www.geekwisdom.com/dyn/taxonomy/term/7/0 Network Monitoring Applications en http://www.geekwisdom.com/dyn/node/154 Correlating system events can be a challenge, doing it in an automated fashion is no less a challenge. While tools like <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sentrytools/">logcheck</a> and <a href="http://swatch.sourceforge.net">swatch</a> are helpful they do not correlate events, they simply highlight individual log messages as potential events. SEC (simple event correlator) is a powerful and flexible solution for correlating log messages into events and performing certain actions when an event has occurred.<a href="http://www.geekwisdom.com/dyn/weblink/goto/" class="outgoing" title="visit ">visit SEC - simple event correlator</a> Network Monitoring Security Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:51:33 -0600 http://www.geekwisdom.com/dyn/node/105 Mars is a simple services-oriented network status monitor written in Java. It monitors a network by simulating client connections to Internet services and reporting when those services are not responding. It is quick and easy to install and configure, which distinguishes it from other, more complex, more fully-featured network monitoring tools.<a href="http://www.geekwisdom.com/dyn/weblink/goto/" class="outgoing" title="visit ">visit the Mars network monitor</a> Network Monitoring Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:30:44 -0700