Paterva Evolution is in my opinion the tool to demonstrate the butterfly effect or the six degrees of separation theory. It is all about information gathering and intelligence graphs. And now it’s even easier to use, grace to it’s new GUI.

• Evolution is a program that can be used to determine the relationships and real world links between:
• People
  • Groups of people (social networks)
  • Companies
  • Organizations
  • Web sites
  • Internet infrastructure such as
    • Domains
    • DNS names
    • Netblocks
    • IP addresses
  • Phrases
  • Affiliations
  • Documents and files
• These entities are linked using open source intelligence.
• Evolution is easy and quick to install - it uses Java, so it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
• Evolution provides you with a graphical interface that makes seeing these relationships instant and accurate - making it possible to see hidden connections.
• Using the graphical user interface (GUI) you can see relationships easily - even if they are three or four degrees of separation away.
• Evolution is unique because it uses a powerful, flexible framework that makes customizing possible.
  As such, Evolution can be adapted to your own, unique requirements.

Although the  program is not GPL , you can try the free Web interface or you can download the free GUI for Windows / Mac / Unix . Give it a try and suddenly you will see that you know somebody who knows somebody who knows…

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