Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer now has multiple language support available in the release of version 7.

Several languages are included with the installation; English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Russian. If your language is not included in this list, you can translate key words using a simple template included with the install of Scrutinizer version 7.
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The Russian Business Network (commonly abbreviated as RBN) is a multi-faceted cybercrime organization, specializing in and in some cases monopolizing personal identity theft for resale.

Family Business Robbed On-Line
Patco Construction a family owned company was impacted by a cyber crime that may have involved the RBN. Read more »

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If you checked your routers NetFlow configs, you’ll most likely find that you’re exporting NetFlow v5 templates. If you’re not sure, do a show run | i ip flow and look for:

ip flow-export version 5

With NetFlow v5, all your traffic is measured based on the ingress of an interface. What goes in, must come out, right?

This is not always the case…

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In case you haven’t noticed, NetFlow support for Cisco ASA firewalls is a hot topic around here lately. Since Mike helped you get NetFlow configured using ASDM 6.2 on your Cisco ASA, I thought I might blog about how to configure SNMP on your Cisco ASA using ASDM.

The first order of business is to navigate to the screen shown below:

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Another of the webcast training modules is Using the Service Provider Module for the Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer v7 release.

This webcast steps you through adding and configuring new user accounts, including setting up user preferences. These user preferences include selecting the language that you would like the web interface to display in. The language selection is at the user level, so each user in your organization could display with their own language. Several languages are currently available, more to be added in future releases of our NetFlow analysis tool.
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A while ago I had a customer ask me about getting MAC addresses using Flexible NetFlow (aka NetFlow v9).  Yes, it is possible but, two issues come into play when getting it to work properly. Read more »

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When Cisco launched the release of ASA software v8.2, there was a LOT of excitement. Finally, Cisco had included NetFlow support for another key device in everyone’s network. Naturally, everyone ran around looking for the latest configs to enable NetFlow for the ASA.

However, once NetFlow collectors got their hands on those ASA NetFlow records, we all saw some really strange results.

A couple of months ago, we had asked our customers to help us in finding some answers. With the assistance of Wireshark, we collected a plethora of data to make sense of this puzzle.
After diligent study, we finally had some answers…

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When we visit our local doctor, sometimes we don’t always agree with what they have to say. Sure, we didn’t go to medical school and we don’t have a fancy degree on our wall. But heck, it’s our body and once in a while we know something just isn’t right. So what do we do? We get a second opinion. The same concept is important in almost any part of life – even network management. Sometimes something just doesn’t seem right, and we need to get a second opinion before we blindly trust what our hardware and software is telling us.

For years, Plixer (yes, even in our Somix days) has been using an excellent free tool called GetIf for walking MIBs and verifying SNMP information. It allows support technicians and users to verify device settings and configurations. It’s important to have these small, but incredibly useful, tools on hand. Whenever something doesn’t go as planned during setup, the first question to ask is always, “Is it the software or is it the hardware?” When helping customers and evaluators setup Denika Performance Trender to monitor their SNMP enabled devices, GetIf has always been invaluable in helping answer that question.

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Get started with Cisco ASDM 6.2
To setup the NetFlow export from your ASA which must be running version 8.2.1 or newer, bring up the Cisco ASDM (Adaptive Security Device Manager) and setup the NetFlow exporters:

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You’ve just installed Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer version 7, after having used version 6 for collection of NetFlow or sFlow from your routers and switches, and you’ve become quite comfortable with its web interface.

Now you’re using version 7, and you start off with the Status page and you say to yourself, “What is this? It’s changed. It’s so different. What do I do?”
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