Bandwidth monitoring hasn’t been as big a concern for as long as some of us might think. Ethernet was founded in 1973 by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs. Read more »
Michael Patterson
Well it looks like our run of nice weather has ended here in Southern Maine. Saturday we had our first snow of the year. It was kind of a nice touch to be at a holiday party and have the snow falling outside. And then to wake up Sunday morning to find that the view outside your window is like that of a Currier and Ives winter print.
A couple of weeks ago I began a series of blogs that introduces you to the new Flow Analytic tools that are available with Plixer International’s latest NetFlow and sFlow analysis tool, Scrutinizer v7.3.
Today I will be introducing you to the third of the four new analytic tools now available with Scrutinizer v7.3. The Breach Attempt Violation looks for many small flows from one source to one destination. This can indicate things such as a “brute force” or “dictionary” attack.
Scrutinizer v7 for NetFlow and sFlow analysis has been released. This new version of our network traffic analysis solution is 100% free. Plixer’s new model is to build a business around the modules:
When you are looking to track down a host using your Cisco NetFlow reporting tool, sometimes it helps to consider Source or Destination. What I mean by this is are you looking for the host creating the traffic or receiving the traffic?
Below are the top Internet hosts we are receiving traffic from on our T-1 for the last 5 minutes. Notice: Inbound & Src.
Michael Patterson