Web Service Provider Monitoring Using Perl

Presentation and Sample Scripts

Powerpoint Presentation given at SANSFire 2007

Web Presence Monitoring.ppt

Very Simple Web Request Script

Loads a web page and prints the contents to standard out.

basicrequest.pl

Uptime and Defacement Monitor Script

Loads a web page, records and tracks response time, alerts on outages or when threasholds are exceeded, alerts when content changes

defacement.pl

Dynamic Application Monitor Script

Example showing how to monitor a dynamic application. Adds on use of forms, cookies, and regular expressions.

appmonitor.pl

Brand Monitoring

Tracks changes to search engine results for specific queries over time

brandmonitor.pl

branddemo.ini