Creating network diagrams on linux
Posted by creining | Filed under Linux/BSD
Historically I have used Xfig to draw network diagrams. It is quite an old vector drawing program but gets the job done well. Most recently I used it to draw the network diagram in my SANS GCFW paper. I’m currently working on my SANS GCIA and want to draw a diagram that contains network device icons (I had used mainly rectangle shapes to symbolize machines in my GCFW paper) for a bit more polished look. In searching for *nix programs for network topology maps I ran into the article Creating Network Diagrams that compares four programs: Dia, Tgif, Tkined, and Xfig. The author rated the default Xfig library fairly well, and upon further investigation of the other programs, Xfig contained the most mature iconsets for everything I was looking for.
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