Tool Comparison Chart
Instructions
Look over the examples in the following chart, and then simply run a Google search on “log file analysis tools.” You might
want to revise your search terms to get more specific results. Visit several pages, and enter the information here. (More rows
can be added as needed.) You can customize your search to look for specific tools, such as log file analysis tools for Snort,
Apache Web Server, IIS, or any other tool you have integrated into your design. Remember that you’re looking for tools to
use on your network design from Chapter 1. If a tool isn’t compatible with the Windows environment and you have designed
an exclusively Windows-compatible network, the tool won’t be much use to you. If you already know you have an Apache
Web server, a tool specifically for Apache is great, but a tool that’s compatible with Apache as well as other platforms is
better. Those are the rules. Now go have some fun researching tools!
Hint: You might want to customize this form for use on other product searches or perhaps find another tool comparison
chart that gives more information. If so, remember to cite your sources and attach those pages.
Tool
Vendor
Cost
Notes
Location
Compatibility
Updating
AWStats
Sourceforge
Free (open
source)
Offers log file analysis
of Web, e-mail, and
some FTP servers. GUI
or command-line
interface; requires Perl
version
http://awstats.sourceforge.net
All platforms
Manual to
new
versions;
plug-ins
available to
expand
features
Squid
Multi
Varied
Listing of multiple
tools and add-ons for
Squid scripts—Web log
analyzers, traffic
analyzers, access, and
more.
www.squid-cache.org/Scripts/
Multi/varied
Varied
Logrep
Itef!x
Open
source
SSH, low overhead on
clients, HTML reports
logrep (Tip: If the actual
address is too long, type an
identifying name, and insert a
hyperlink. Select the text, click
Insert, Hyperlink from the
Multi/varied
Manual
reinstall of
new
versions
menu, and paste the address
into the file or Web page
address box or select the page
from the list of recently used
links. You can also browse for
the file or link.)