Say hello to nDPI (Network DPI)
The equation "port = (application) protocol" no longer holds. DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) is the way to detect known protocols on non-known ports (e.g. http on ports other than 80) and traffic…
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DNA vs netmap
In the past months I have received a few emails about how to position DNA with respect to netmap. To many people they look like two competing solutions, but in reality they…
Using nProbe for Solving General Traffic Monitoring Tasks
Most people use nProbe just as a basic NetFlow/IPFIX probe where traffic monitoring is limited to packet header analysis, without further dissecting protocols. This practice is very common inside the NetFlow community…
PF_RING in 2012
From time to time the kernel folks are sick and tired of people saying PF_RING is better than what we have upstream, it really isn't. Fortunately (for PF_RING) the story is a…
Unveiling Application Visibility in ntop and nProbe (both in NetFlow v9 and IPFIX)
For years, applications have used static ports so that port 80 means HTTP, and port 25 SMTP. Unfortunately this 1:1 mapping has been relaxed years ago with dynamic ports so that a…
Exploiting Hardware Filtering in PF_RING-aware apps, Snort…
Introduction PF_RING filters have been designed to be efficient and versatile. PF_RING-based applications can use them for both reducing the amount of packets they need to process, and passing incoming packets to…
Released PF_RING 5.1 and TNAPIv2
PF_RING 5.1 is a maintenance release that addresses some issues we identified in 5.0 that we released early this month. We have listen to your comments and tried to improve our software…
Inline Snort Multiprocessing with PF_RING
Dear all, our friends at MetaFlows have tested snort on top of PF_RING DAQ using 6765 Emerging Threats Pro rules. Using PF_RING-aware drivers (that are not optimized at all for TX), they…
Low RX/TX Latency with DNA
One of the great consequences of the DNA design, is that user-space applications can now transmit and receive packets without going through the kernel TCP/IP stack at all. This can be profitably…
Not All Servers Are Alike (With DNA)
PF_RING DNA is a great success for us as we see the users community grow every day. At the same time, sometimes we receive complains of people who say that they can't…
