Practical articles for network teams working with flow telemetry, traffic baselines, routing operations and security signals.
Explore methods, metrics and decision frameworks used in network monitoring, incident validation and capacity planning.
TECHNICAL GUIDE
A vendor-and-series level guide to NetFlow, sFlow and Port Mirroring (SPAN/ERSPAN) support. Hardware/software impacts, licensing caveats and procurement criteria for enterprise and data center environments.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
A technical guide for detecting volumetric DDoS (UDP flood, NTP/DNS amplification, SYN flood) using NetFlow and sFlow, setting pps/bps thresholds, signing malicious flows and triggering BGP RTBH or RFC 5575 Flowspec for automated mitigation.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
A technically reviewed guide to NetFlow, IPFIX and sFlow covering flow records, sampling, collector architecture, Port Mirroring and practical technology selection.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
Practical methods to detect network-originated outbound spam and botnet activity using NetFlow/sFlow metrics, protect IP reputation, and actions NOC/SOC teams can take before being blacklisted.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
When SNMP-based counters are insufficient, NetFlow (v5/v9/IPFIX) and sFlow flow telemetry provide granular application, source/destination IP and port visibility. This guide covers protocol differences, flow collector configuration logic and practical NOC/SOC anomaly detection examples.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
A practical guide to network traffic analysis for ISP, data center, NOC and SOC teams, covering telemetry sources, detection methods, incident workflows and Flowtrion implementation.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
Network traffic analysis for ISP, data center, NOC, and SOC teams is central to performance, security, capacity planning, and incident response. This article provides practical data sources, analytical approaches, and operational recommendations.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
sFlow, NetFlow/IPFIX, and SPAN (port mirroring) are the three primary approaches to network visibility. This article discusses the operating principles, advantages and disadvantages, and implementation recommendations for each technique, as well as key considerations that ISP, data center, and NOC teams should keep in mind when making decisions.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
Understand when to use NetFlow/IPFIX, sFlow and SPAN for network visibility, capacity analysis and security investigations.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
Learn how baselines, throughput, packet rate, direction and historical context help network teams validate anomalies.
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TECHNICAL GUIDE
Connect live traffic intelligence with BGP peers, route announcements and community policies for controlled routing decisions.
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