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- How Cisco IT Uses NetFlow to Capture Network Behavior, Security, and Capacity Data
- Not surprisingly, the ability to characterize IP traffic and account for how and where it flows is critical. Monitoring IP traffic flow facilitates more accurate capacity planning. It ensures that resources are used appropriately. It helps IT determine where to apply Quality of Service QoS so that vital traffic receives...
- Tags: Security, Network, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., NetFlow, Networking
- Case studies 2007-12-19
- Can you do this?
- The raging debate over NAC included one aspect that I want to dwell on. That is the perception held by some that NetFlow is a tool for countering denial of service attacks. Certainly, the original NetFlow vendors, Arbor and Mazu, got their...
- Tags: NetFlow
- Blog posts 2006-08-17
- Cisco IOS Flexible NetFlow Overview
- NetFlow is a Cisco IOS technology that provides statistics on packets flowing through the router. NetFlow is the standard for acquiring IP operational data from IP networks. NetFlow provides network and security monitoring, network planning, traffic analysis, and IP accounting. Flexible NetFlow improves on original NetFlow by adding the capability...
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Network, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., NetFlow, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers 2006-06-19
- NetFlow Layer 2 and Security Monitoring Exports
- This paper contains information about and instructions for configuring NetFlow Layer 2 and Security Monitoring Exports. Configuring NetFlow Layer 2 and Security Monitoring Exports improves the ability to detect and analyze network threats such as Denial of Service attacks DoS by increasing the number of fields that netFlow can capture...
- Tags: Network, Security Monitoring, Cisco Systems Inc., NetFlow, Intrusion Detection, Security
- White papers 2006-02-16
- Introduction to Cisco IOS NetFlow - A Technical Overview
- NetFlow is an embedded instrumentation within Cisco IOS Software to characterize network operation. Visibility into the network is an indispensable tool for IT professionals. Cisco IOS NetFlow fulfills those needs, creating an environment where administrators have the tools to understand who, what, when, where, and how network traffic is flowing....
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco IOS NetFlow, NetFlow, Networking
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Secure Network Fabric.
- A series of developments in network security are leading to the emergence of a comprehensive solution that could make the network so resilient that it is impervious to most attacks. Although no product vendor has proposed the specific combination discussed here all of the pieces are available today...
- Tags: Network, IPS, NetFlow, ACL, Networking, Firewalls, Security, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2005-02-22
Additional Resources
- WhatsUp Gold (exe)
- WhatsUp Gold is the world's leading network management software solution with over 70,000 networks reliably managed worldwide. Built on an extensible architecture offering automated device discovery and network mapping, real-time SNMP and WMI monitoring, and versatile alerting and reporting functionality, WhatsUp Gold delivers 360 degree visibility, actionable intelligence, and complete...
- Tags: Ipswitch Inc., Network, WhatsUp Gold, Network Administration, Networking, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2008-10-30
- Altor Networks security for virtual environments
- Altor Network's Amir Ben-Efraim, CEO, spoke to me recently about Altor VF. The company claims it is the first "purpose built" firewall for virtualized environments. Like Catbird see Security of virtual environments from the Catbird Seat, Altor sees that controlling the network traffic is a good way to offer a...
- Tags: Network, Virtual Environment, Altor Network, Altor VF, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
- Real-time NetFlow Analyzer (zip)
- Real-time NetFlow Analyzer has investigate, troubleshoot, and quickly remediate network slowdowns. Easily identify which users, devices, and applications are consuming the most bandwidth. Isolate inbound and outbound traffic by conversation, application, domain, endpoint, and protocol. Personalize NetFlow data displays to view traffic by specified time periods (up to 60 minutes)...
- Tags: Network, Traffic, SolarWinds, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-10-06
- PRTG Network Monitor (zip)
- An advanced, easy-to-use network monitoring solution. Features include: up/downtime monitoring, traffic and usage monitoring, analysis and reporting. SNMP, WMI, Packet Sniffing, and NetFlow data acquisition methods are supported. Users can monitor their networks using more than 30 sensor types. Alerts are sent as soon as a network outage occurs. This...
- Tags: Network, Data Acquisition, Network Monitoring, Paessler, Alerts, Network Administration, Networking, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-08-04
- Visualization of Host Behavior for Network Security
- Monitoring host behavior in a network is one of the most essential tasks in the fields of network monitoring and security since more and more malicious code in the wild internet constantly threatens the network infrastructure. This paper presents a visual analytics tool that visualizes network host behavior through positional...
- Tags: Security, Network, Behavior, Network Security, University Of Konstanz, Networking
- White papers 2008-05-30
- CAMNEP: Agent-Based Network Intrusion Detection System
- This paper presents a prototype of agent-based intrusion detection system designed for deployment on high-speed backbone networks. The main contribution of the system is the integration of several anomaly detection techniques by means of collective trust modeling within a group of collaborative detection agents, each featuring a specific detection algorithm....
- Tags: Network Intrusion Detection System, Network, Agent, Intrusion Detection System, IFAAMAS, Real Estate, Research & Development, Intrusion Detection, Networking, Security, Business Operations
- White papers 2008-05-16
- Engineer's Toolset (zip)
- With Engineers Toolsets extensive network management capabilities, youll look like a super hero, without having to develop any special powers. Here's a sample of Engineers Toolsets save-the-day features: Monitors and alerts on availability, bandwidth utilization and health of network devices. Provides robust network diagnostics for troubleshooting and quickly resolving complex...
- Tags: Network, SolarWinds, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-05-02
- GRE Encapsulated Multicast Probing: A Scalable Technique for Measuring One-Way Loss
- Internet service providers increasingly wish to monitor the performance of customer traffic within their networks. This paper addresses the problem of scalably performing one-way loss measurements across specific network paths. This solution addresses the issue of scale by exploiting measurement features of the deployed network infrastructure to a large degree....
- Tags: Technique, Performance, Network, Performance Management, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2008-02-29
- Arbor Networks abandons security space
- I was actually in Ann Arbor last week when news broke that Arbor Networks had acquired Ellacoya a so called "deep packet inspection" technology vendor. I was perplexed. That's not security. First let me clear up some terminology. "Deep Packet Inspection" was...
- Tags: Arbor Software, Sales Force, Arbor Networks, Telephony, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Content Management, Security, Telecommunications, Networking, Investment, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- NetFlow Configurator (exe)
- SolarWinds NetFlow Configurator is an easy-to-use tool for remotely and quickly configuring NetFlow v5 via SNMP on supported Cisco devices. NetFlow Configurator also facilitates setting up collectors for Cisco NetFlow data, specifying the ports on which the collectors are listening, and enabling monitoring of inbound and outbound (ingress/egress) traffic data...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., SolarWinds NetFlow Configurator
- Software downloads 2008-01-17
- Efficiently Monitoring Bandwidth and Latency in IP Networks
- Effective monitoring of network utilization and performance indicators is a key enabling technology for proactive and reactive resource management, flexible accounting, and intelligent planning in next-generation IP networks. This paper addresses the challenging problem of efficiently monitoring bandwidth utilization and path latencies in an IP data network. Unlike earlier approaches,...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Latency, Network, Monitoring, Kent State University, IP, IP Network, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers 2008-01-01
- How Cisco IT Uses NetFlow to Improve Network Capacity Planning
- Of all the issues faced by enterprise companies in managing their networks, capacity planning is one of the most important. More an art than a science until recently, network capacity planning is all about balancing the need to meet user performance expectations against the realities of capital budgeting. WAN bandwidth...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Network Capacity, Cisco Systems Inc., WAN Bandwidth, WANs, Networking
- Case studies 2007-12-17
- Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer (exe)
- Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer is a tool that provides incredibly detailed network utilization information for the users and applications that are causing the most traffic. Using Cisco's NetFlow Technology and the sFlow standard, Scrutinizer is able to retrieve the traffic details you need and present them in a detailed...
- Tags: Network, Traffic, Tool, Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer, Productivity, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-11-16
- MPLS-Aware NetFlow
- MultiProtocol Label Switching MPLS-aware NetFlow is an extension of the NetFlow accounting feature that provides highly granular traffic statistics for Cisco routers. MPLS-aware NetFlow collects statistics on a per-flow basis just as NetFlow does. A flow is a unidirectional set of packets IP or MPLS that arrives at the router...
- Tags: Aware, MPLS, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-11-14
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