Archiver

 

A key component of eCommunication Inspector Suite is its unique, powerful technology used in order to create records and archives of internet communication. This technology is 100% safe for an operational network environment and has no effect on the functioning of the monitored web servers. The record is carried out by capturing network communication, a method which gives the most complete data collection available on the WWW – including data that is not even picked up by web servers themselves (form-based user data sent to the server via POST method1, cookies data, or information on the original IP address of users communicating via proxy servers).

Prior to the archiving of the data, sessions are identified for users of the monitored server, meaning that the archive also contains precise information on the number and duration of the sessions. A configurable filter of archived data enables the data set to be reduced to the relevant information only, thus minimizing demands on archive space for communication archives. In addition, the technology uses high-powered archive compression2, which further contributes to a dramatic reduction in the storage space needed. Overall costs are also reduced due to the technology’s ability to archive communication data from many different web servers simultaneously; the technology is not tied to the functioning of any particular monitored web application, so server changes do not adversely affect its ability to archive data.

Archiver features:

  • based on Clipen technology
  • non-invasive, transparent and 100% safe for operational network environments
  • does not require changing or modifying the monitored web application
  • does not affect the operation, performance or stability of the web application in any way
  • does not require web server access logs or other similar records
  • can be used to capture communication on more than one web application simultaneously
  • offers a unique, comprehensive and integrated collection of accurate data on the interaction between the user and the web application (including user-sent POST data, cookies data and forwarded-for IP addresses3 of users communicating via proxies)
  • configurable filtering of individual user hits and elementary data – the data set can be reduced to relevant data, reducing the overall data volume
  • sessionization – identifies individual user sessions and provides metadata on session length and hits per session
  • identifies hits generated by automated clients (robots) and eliminates them from the communication records
  • periodical creation of daily4 archives from communication records
  • efficient data compression to reduce archive volumes
  • access to archives for downloads from secure web server (HTTPS)
  • encryption of archives to protect data privacy
  • electronic signature of archives5
  • designed for Linux OS