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Flexible NetFlow

NetFlow v9 Overview: NetFlow basics

Welcome to the first installment of our NetFlow v9 Overview, beginning (of course!) with NetFlow basics. What is NetFlow?

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Configuration

OpenFlow vs NetFlow

OpenFlow and NetFlow are two completely different concepts. OpenFlow controls how packets are forwarded through network switches, and Netflow collects

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Netflow

Ericsson SmartEdge NetFlow Support

The other day a customer called in asking about Ericsson SmartEdge NetFlow support; I had never heard of it. 

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Netflow

NetFlow Generators: Enabling NetFlow Without NetFlow Support (Part #2)

Continued from NetFlow Generators: Enabling NetFlow Without NetFlow Support (Part #1)… Last week we covered NetFlow Generator basics including many

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Netflow

Network Segmentation, Segregation, and Zero-Trust Design

The Zero Trust model is a relatively new network security design model that requires network segmentation and segregation of

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Configuration

A Firewall Monitoring Tool You Didn’t Know Existed: NetFlow and IPFIX

IT professionals have been looking for better ways to monitor and store firewall logs for years. Properly handled, firewall

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Configuration

Zenoss NetFlow Zenpack

Have you been looking for a Zenpack that would allow seamless integration of Zenoss and the NetFlow tool Scrutinizer?

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Netflow

NetFlow vs. sFlow for Network Monitoring and Security: The Final Say

We’ve blogged about the differences between NetFlow and sFlow before but this debate continues to come up often enough

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Configuration

Juniper XGS 5000 IPFIX Support: It’s really NetFlow

I got this google alert the other day and it caught my attention because it talked about configuring IPFIX

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Netflow

Astaro IPFIX Reporting: Astaro NetFlow Support

Apparently some of our customers are calling in asking for Astaro IPFIX Reporting support.  It’s always fun to work

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