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DAVIX 
DAVIX 1.0.1Company / developer Jan Monsch, Raffael Marty OS family Linux (Slax) Working state Current Source model Free and Open Source Software Latest stable release v 1.0.1 / August 6, 2008 Kernel type Monolithic kernel Default user interface KDE License Various Official website davix.secviz.org DAVIX is a Live CD based on Slackware for the purposes of computer security operations. The distribution focuses on data analysis and visualization [1]. DAVIX stands for Data Analysis and VIsualization linuX. It is the first Live CD to integrate so many visualization tools. The long-term goal for the distribution is to provide a good set of tools supporting the complete process of visual data analysis.
Jan Monsch began work on the CD in December 2007[2]. After discussions with Raffael Marty in January 2008, Jan agreed to produce the CD for "Applied Security Visualization" based on a list of utilities Raffael had discussed in the book[3].
Contents
Features
DAVIX contains a collection of more than 25 free tools for data processing and visualization [4]. Some examples of the tools are:
- Data Capture - tcpdump, PADS, p0f, Snort (software), Wireshark
- Data Processing - Chaosreader, GeoIP, tcpreplay
- Data Visualization - AfterGlow, Cytoscape, Graphviz, MRTG, R Project, TimeSearcher, TNV
The DAVIX CD ships with a 15 chapter manual which covers DAVIX use and customization with examples and screenshots[5]. Additionally, most utilities on the system have documentation pages.
The DAVIX CD is based on Slax.
Security visualization
Computer information security visualization is a form of Visualization (computer graphics). In enterprise environments, computer security information can be generated in very large volumes, which can become very difficult to analyze without a visual context. Using DAVIX, a security engineer can visually spot anomalies in network traffic such as changes in IP sources/destinations, network protocols, application protocols, traffic patterns, frequency, and volume.
Current State
DAVIX was released at Black Hat Briefings/DEF CON in August 2008.[6]
References
- ^ The Davix Live CD - http://www.secviz.org/content/the-davix-live-cd
- ^ DAVIX - A Look Behind the Scene - http://www.iplosion.com/archives/63
- ^ Marty, Raffael (2008). Applied Security Visualization. Addison-Wesley Professional. Pearson Education. ISBN 0321510100.
- ^ Security Visualization - What you don’t see can hurt you - http://holisticinfosec.org/toolsmith/docs/june2008.pdf
- ^ The DAVIX Manual - http://82.197.185.121/davix/release/davix-manual-1.0.1.pdf
- ^ DAVIX 1.0.1 Released - http://www.secviz.org/content/davix-101-released
See also
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