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Sourcefire Launches Open Source Logging Tool

Sourcefire, Inc. has released Daemonlogger, an open source network traffic logging and "soft tap" tool.

According to the company, Daemonlogger was developed and released by Sourcefire to simplify the implementation of a traffic logging solution. Like Snort, the open source intrusion prevention system from Sourcefire, Daemonlogger is at its core a packet sniffer that is capable of passively capturing network traffic logs and writing it to disk in PCAP format. Users have the option to retransmit packets on another network interface via Daemonlogger's "soft tap" feature.

Users may configure which packets are logged using BPF filters to ensure that only the traffic that must be logged is collected. Users may configure how frequently the log file is rolled based on either the size of the log file or the age of the file. For more information visit http://www.sourcefire.com

Digi International Releases New Digi Passport Console Server

Digi International has issued expanded capabilities for its Digi Passport console server, a data center management device that combines serial and network-based console management as well as remote KVM functionality in one hardware interface.

According to the company, the new capabilities provide additional support for network-based management protocols. The Digi Passport now supports Server Technology's CDU family of switched power management solutions for remote power management and control.

The Digi Passport can now also determine the baud rate of connected devices, automate the port configuration process, and autoconfigure freeKVM. For more information, visit Digi's Web site at http://www.digi.com

Compellent Deploys Server Instant Replay

Compellent has released new software with its Storage Center storage area network (SAN).

According to the company, Server Instant Replay automates booting servers from the SAN without requiring third-party applications, server disk drives, or server-based software. Server Instant Replay is designed to quickly recover failed servers or redeploy servers for new uses such as application testing.

Server Instant Replay can also integrate with Microsoft, VMware, and Novell virtualization software to host multiple virtual servers on one physical server.

Compellent Server Instant Replay is included with Storage Center version 3.5. No server licensing fees are required. For more information, visit www.compellent.com/boot.

ActiveState Releases Perl Dev Kit 7.0

ActiveState announced the release of Perl Dev Kit (PDK) 7.0, a multi-platform suite of tools for developing and deploying Perl applications.

According to the company, PDK provides essential tools for building self-contained, easily deployable executables for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. The feature set includes a graphical debugger and code coverage and hotspot analyzer, as well as tools for building Perl-based filters and converting VBScript code to Perl.

PDK 7.0 includes the code coverage and hotspot analysis tool, Coverage Analyzer. Coverage Analyzer is designed to identify untested or bottleneck code, allowing users to address performance issues before executables are deployed.

Also included with this release is the latest version of PerlApp, a tool for creating and deploying Perl executables to most platforms. Unix versions have been redesigned to use dynamically-linked runtime libraries for smaller executables. For additional information, visit http://www.activestate.com/pdk

Fonality Launches the trixbox Asterisk-Based Appliance

Fonality announced a new enterprise telephony appliance based on trixbox, an Asterisk-based IP-PBX, and a range of support options. The trixbox Appliance comes pre-installed with the trixbox software platform and is an industrial-grade, rack-mountable server with dual hard disk and dual power supply redundancy options.

The appliance is aimed at businesses with five to 500 employees and can be purchased for use with VoIP, E1/T1 or up to 48 analog lines. Created for trixbox and Asterisk resellers, as well as IT professionals, the trixbox Appliance costs $999.

The trixbox Appliance is powered by Intel and comes with pre-configured Sangoma line cards with Octasic echo-cancellation hardware inside. According to the company, support for the appliance has been announced by a number of companies including phone manufacturers Polycom, Aastra, and Grandstream, as well as VoIP service providers VoicePulse and Teliax. For more information about the trixbox Appliance, trixbox 2.2 and trixbox support options, please visit www.trixbox.org.