Filed under: Internet, Security, Windows, Commercial
Eve takes exotic network monitoring out of the movies and into the 21st century
by Grant Robertson May 24th 2007 at 8:00AM
Check out this 20 second video of what Eve looks like when you fire up Bittorrent on a quiet network.
Each remote host is displayed as a box out in virtual space -- you're able to adjust the perspective of the 3d view -- and you can finally watch all those packets bouncing back and forth. It may seem like just a pretty toy, but it has real practical uses that Ninja Strike Force hopes are worth a few bucks to proactive network monitoring teams.
Eve produces real-time visualizations of network traffic. Because human pattern matching far surpasses any man-made attempt at intuition, the idea behind Eve is that an administrator who becomes accustomed to the way her network 'looks' under normal activity would quickly spot trouble when it happens or would notice unusual flow patterns and be able to react quickly, and with valuable and understandable data at hand.
Eve will set you back about $34 bucks US, which is a tiny price for such an awesome tool. A crippled trial version shows you real data, but randomizes what you see when you look for detail on a remote host; Pretty, but useless.. kinda like Jessica Simpson.
Thanks Elliot!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Aaron said 11:50AM on 5-24-2007
Don't be a fool!
"kinda like Jessica Simpson"
She's a tremendous entertainer and a lot smarter than you are giving her credit. How many other 20 year olds are both singing star and movie/tv star? Not many. Your prejudice is an insight to your wisdom. What next, Dolly Parton insults?
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Grant Robertson said 12:44PM on 5-24-2007
Seriously? Really? You just took the time to comment so you could defend Jessica Simpson? If I'd picked on Ashley would that have been better?
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Aaron said 1:22PM on 5-24-2007
Don't pick on Great American superstar entertainers. I'd personally drop $50 to listen to Jessica or Barry or other "not hip" but terrific American entertainment legends. Has Jessica done USO tours?
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Grant Robertson said 1:27PM on 5-24-2007
Sigh. I lose at the Internet.
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Arbilli said 3:44PM on 5-24-2007
I just installed this. Works wonderfully, except under truly heavy network loads. I turned on Azurius and watch Eve crash a burn. I'm still planing on buying the download version though.
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hazard said 11:16PM on 5-24-2007
Very very cool ... but can't believe they're asking money for it though, as it feels like a prototype rather than a polished commercial product.
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