Logfile Analysis
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General Tools
- Log Parser 2.2
- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=890cd06b-abf8-4c25-91b2-f8d975cf8c07&displaylang=en
- From Microsoft, claims to parse a variety of log files, including XML and CSV, as well as Windows Event Log, Registry, and Active Directory
- http://books.google.nl/books?id=vnIXo-yUT2gC&pg=PA18&dq=logparser+2.2&ei=uNoOSbbfF4PqyATX56TBCA#PPP1,M1
- http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&q=logparser+2.2&btnG=Zoeken&meta=
Web Logfile Analytics
Web logfile analytics software can process a log file and print a clever report. Normally this software is used by organizations that want to know how their website is doing, but it can also be used for network forensic analysis of logfiles.
- Analog
- http://www.analog.cx/
- Claims to be "the most popular logfile analyser in the world"
- Webalizer
- http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/
- "A fast, free web server log file analysis program"
- phpMyVisites
- http://www.phpmyvisites.us/
- New "clicks heatmap" shows where people are clicking on your website; depends on JavaScript. (on the other hand, doesn't need access to your logfiles)
- AWStats
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/
- "Free powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics, graphically."
- JasperReports
- http://jasperforge.org/sf/projects/jasperreports
- Java reporting tool.
- Open Web Analytics
- http://wiki.openwebanalytics.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
- "An open source web analytics framework written in PHP."
- Breadboard BI Web Analytics
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/web-analytics/
- "Uses open source tools to collect and distribute web analytics data."
