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DAVIX
{{Notability|Products|date=September 2008}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = DAVIX
| logo = [[Image:DAVIX-Logo.png|170px|DAVIX Logo]]
| screenshot = <!-- Do NOT change the screenshot unless there is BIG change in the UI. When taking screenshot, please resize your window (e.g. 640*480), disable your extensions and use the default theme. -->[[Image:DAVIX.png|250px|Screenshot of DAVIX]]
| caption = DAVIX 1.0.1
| developer = Jan Monsch, Raffael Marty
| family = [[Linux]]
| source_model = [[Open source]]
| working_state = Current
| latest_release_version = v 1.0.1
| latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2008|08|06}}
| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel]]
| license = Various
| website = [http://davix.secviz.org/ davix.secviz.org]
}}
'''DAVIX''' is a [[GNU/Linux distribution]] distributed as a [[Live CD]] for the purposes of [[Computer Security]] operations.  The distribution focuses on data analysis and visualization <ref>The Davix Live CD - http://www.secviz.org/content/the-davix-live-cd</ref>. DAVIX stands for Data Analysis and VIsualization linuX.  The distribution is referred to frequently in the book "Applied Security Visualization" by Raffael Marty <ref>Applied Security Visualization - http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321510100</ref>.

The long-term goal for the distribution is to provide a good set of tools supporting the complete process of visual data analysis. 


==Features==
DAVIX contains a collection of more than 25 free tools for data processing and visualization <ref>Security Visualization - What you don’t see can hurt you - http://holisticinfosec.org/toolsmith/docs/june2008.pdf</ref>. ⏎
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The DAVIX CD is based on [[SLAX]]Some examples of the tools are:
* [[Packet_sniffer|Data Capture]] - [http://www.tcpdump.org/ tcpdump], [http://passive.sourceforge.net/ PADS], [http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/p0f.shtml p0f], [http://www.snort.org snort]
* Data Processing - [http://chaosreader.sourceforge.net/ Chaosreader], [http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location GeoIP], [http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/trac/ tcpreplay]
* [[Visualization (computer graphics)|Data Visualization]] - [http://afterglow.sourceforge.net/ AfterGlow], [http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/timesearcher/ TimeSearcher], [http://www.cytoscape.org/ Cytoscape], [http://tnv.sourceforge.net/ TNV]

The DAVIX CD is based on [[SLAX]].

The DAVIX CD ships with a 15 chapter manual which covers DAVIX use and customization with examples and screenshots<ref>The DAVIX Manual - http://82.197.185.121/davix/release/davix-manual-1.0.1.pdf</ref>.  Additionally, most utilities on the system have documentation pages.

==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.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[SLAX]]
* [[BackTrack]]

== External links ==
* [http://davix.secviz.org/ DAVIX Homepage]
* [http://vizsec.org/ Visualization for Cyber Security]

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[[Category:Live CD]]
[[Category:LiveDistro]]
[[Category:Mini Linux distributions]]
[[Category:SLAX-based distributions]]
[[Category:USB-bootable Linux distributions]]

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