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Argus Clients 2.0
QoSient, LLC
argus-info@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
http:/qosient.com/argus/src
ftp:/qosient.com/pub/argus

This directory contains source code for programs that read, parse
and process Argus data, and comprise the client part of the Audit Record
Generation and Utilization System.  Argus is an IP network transaction
auditing tool,  that generates a persistent audit of all network
transactions and their performance.  The data that Argus generates
can be used for a wide range of tasks including Network Operations,
Security, Assurance and Performance Management.

To install the software and get started, see the ./INSTALL file.
For answers to many questions, please see the ./docs/FAQ file.

Argus 2.0 clients are capable of process argus-1.7, 1.8 and 2.0 data,
as well as Cisco Netflow data. 

Some key modifications from the base argus-2.0 clients include:

  1. Additional programs
        Ranonymize - anonymize argus data.
        Rastrip - remove unwanted argus data sections. 
        Ratop - curses based 'top' program for argus data.
        Rahosts - example program for printing out addresses.
        Rahosts - example program for printing out addresses.
        Raseq - program for printing out missing sequence numbers.
        Rasrvstats - program for printing out service oriented stats.

  2. More control over output fields and their formats.
        specify fields to print using -s option.

Problems, bugs, questions, desirable enhancements, source code
contributions, etc., should be sent to the Argus mailing list
email address, "argus@lists.andrew.cmu.edu".

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IMPORTANT:

Send bug (error) reports, questions and comments to the mailing
list at argus@lists.andrew.cmu.edu.

Please use the './bin/argusbug' script when posting bug reports
about Argus. Argusbug will gather some information about your
system and start your editor with a form in which you can describe
your problem.  Delete information that you consider non-relevant
to your problem.  Bug reports not generated by Argusbug might
be silently ignored by the Argus maintainers, so please use the
tool.  A report that says 'Argus does not work. Why?' will
not be considered a valid bug report.

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Comprehensive network transaction auditing is an extremely powerful
network management tool, and a large number of sites can benefit from
the prototype work that has been done through the Argus Project.

Argus 2.0 is an open source project, and you are invited to become a
part of the Argus project.  Please become a member by joining the
argus mailing list today.

Again, thank you for your interest in Argus.  I hope that you find
the software useful.


Carter Bullard
carter@qosient.com

