Analysis tool for intra-node application messaging

A computing device comprising, a memory medium embodying machine readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, enable the device to:

• create a virtual network access device corresponding to each application;
• log messages corresponding to message events between applications running on the computing device;
• correlate the message events;
• and
• transform the message events into network events between the virtual network access devices that may be processed by a software protocol analyzer.

A memory medium embodying machine readable instructions which, when executed by a processor, enable a computing device that may be connected to a communications network to:

• create a virtual network access device corresponding to each application;
• log messages corresponding to message events between applications running on the computing device;
• correlate the message events;
• and
• transform the message events into network events between the virtual network access devices that may be processed by a software protocol analyzer.

A method of transforming message events generated by applications running on a computing device or between the computing device and another host communicating with the computing device over a network, into a form that appears as network events between multiple virtual network access devices on the computing device, comprising the steps of:

• creating a virtual network access device corresponding to each application;
• logging messages corresponding to message events between applications running on the computing device or between the computing device and the other host on the network;
• correlating the message events;
• and
• transforming the message events into network events between the virtual network access devices that may be processed by a software protocol analyzer.