Traffic directions, port mirrors and taps
Network taps have the ability to preserve traffic directions as based on the port you’re monitoring it is possible to know id traffic is going A -> B or B->A. With port mirrors you completely...
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Introducing Multi-language Support in ntopng
Traditionally all ntop tools have manuals and user interface in English. As sometimes our users are not really familiar with it, we have decided to introduce user interface translation of the user...
View ArticleImproved nProbe Kafka Export Support: Theory and Practice
Kafka is a distributed messaging system widely used in the industry. Kafka can be deployed on just a small server but it can also scale up to span multiple datacenters. Given the scale and variety of...
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Protecting a Web Server from DDoS Attacks Using nScrub
nScrub is a software-based DDoS mitigation system based on PF_RING ZC, able to operate at 10 Gbit full-rate (or multi 10 Gbit distributing the load across multiple modules) using commodity hardware,...
View ArticleReleased nDPI 2.2.2: 7 New Protools, Many Improvements
This is to announce a minor nDPI release update that adds a few fixes and introduces support for popular cloud protocols such as Google and Apple push service. Below you can find the complete...
View ArticleIntroducing nProbe 8.4: New Metrics and Extensions, Improved Kafka Support
This is to announce the release of nProbe 8.4 that introduces enhanced Kafka support and adds various extensions and stability fixes. We encourage all our users to move to this version. Below you can...
View ArticleWelcome to ntopng 3.4: Improved Alerts/SNMP/Asset Discovery,...
We’re happy to announce the release of ntopng 3.4 that introduces several enhancements and new features, some of which will be finalised in 3.6 due later this year. This version consolidates several...
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Using nProbe for Collecting Palo Alto Flows
nProbe is both a probe and a NetFlow/sFlow collector. As you all know, we have recently added the ability to collect flows with proprietary information elements. However we natively support in nProbe...
View Articlentopng goes Elastic: Introducing ElasticSearch 6 Support
As you ntopng users know, out of the Elastic toolset ntopng supports both ElasticSearch and LogStash. You can use them using the -F flag: --dump-flows|-F] <mode> | Dump expired flows. Mode: | es...
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Introducing PF_RING FT: nDPI-based Flow Classification and Filtering for...
Motivation Most network monitoring and security applications are based on flow processing, which is in practice the activity of grouping packets based on common attributes (e.g. source and destination...
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Introducing nBroker: Traffic Steering and Filtering on Intel RRC (FM10K)
Exactly two years ago we introduced Intel FM10K (FM10000) support in PF_RING ZC. The Intel FM10K ethernet controller family supports 10/25/40/100 Gbit on the same NIC, at a convenient price (sub 1000$...
View ArticleWebinar Invitation: ntop traffic analysis and flow collection with InfluxDB
Hi all, this is to invite all of your to the How ntop built their high-speed Web-based traffic analysis and flow collection with the use of InfluxDB webinar, organised by our friends at InfluxData. The...
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How to use ntopng in compliance with GDPR
Today the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is effective in the European Union. GDPR is designed to protect personal data and thus preserve privacy in particular as specified in...
View ArticleHow ntop built a web-based traffic analysis and flow collection with InfluxDB
A couple of days ago InfluxData hosted a ntop webinar about how we have integrated InfluxDB into ntopng. Those who have not attended it can give a look at the presentation slides as well watch the...
View Articlen2n is back !
Hi all, it is finally time to restart development activities in n2n whose code is available at https://github.com/ntop/n2n. The advent of the cloud, privacy concerns on the Internet, mobile users now...
View ArticleBest Practices to Secure ntopng
After a fresh install, ntopng will run using a default, basic configuration. Such configuration is meant to provide an up-and-running ntopng but does not try to secure it. Therefore, the default...
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How to accelerate Suricata, Bro, Snort with PF_RING FT
In a previous post we discussed the advantages of using specialized adapters featuring flow offload in hardware for accelerating IDS applications. What we have learnt is that IDSs are typically...
View ArticleIntroducing PF_RING 7.2, including PF_RING FT and nBroker
This is to announce a new PF_RING major release 7.2 that includes: Support for Ubuntu 18 as well the latest Debian and CentOS kernels. Many improvements to the FPGA capture modules and the ZC library...
View ArticleYou’re Invited to the “Monitoring with Time Series” Meetup: San Francisco...
Hi all this is to invite all of you living in San Francisco and in the Bay Area to attend the “Monitoring with Time Series” meetup organised by our friends at InfluxData. I will be speaking about ntop,...
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Using n2n to Steer your Internet Traffic and Circumvent Restrictions
Suppose that you are travelling abroad and you need to access some Internet sites that are not available abroad. Or suppose that you want to evade the restrictions of your ISP, of the hotel room where...
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