What are Internet Tools?

The Internet Tools in Tripwire Log Center run queries with conventional utilities to gather information about Hosts. To simplify the process of executing these utilities, each Internet Tool (see Table 30) provides a form in which you can define the parameters of each utility.

For more information, see Working with Internet Tools.

Table 30. Internet Tools

Tool

Description

NSLookup (Name Server Lookup)

Resolves a system's IP address or host name. If the system has a valid IP address, TLC will determine the host name. If the system has a valid host name, TLC will determine the IP address.

Ping

Runs a Ping query to check the responsiveness of a system.

Traceroute

Runs a traceroute query to identify the route taken by packets across your IP network.

Whois

Runs a WHOIS query to identify the IP address and/or host name of a system.