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Modern network monitoring is no longer just about collecting data, it’s more about turning large volumes of time-series data into actionable insights. When enabling dump to ClickHouse, both for raw flow data…

ntopng

March 19, 2026

Single Sign-On on ntopng with OpenID Connect (OIDC)

ntopng has always supported multiple authentication methods to fit different environments: local accounts, LDAP, RADIUS, HTTP basic auth, etc. Now it also supports OpenID Connect (OIDC), bringing native Single Sign-on (SSO) support…

ntopng

March 13, 2026

HowTo Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in ntopng

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is a security system that requires users to provide two or more verification factors to gain access to a resource such as an application, online account, or VPN. The…

Artificial Intelligence

March 9, 2026

HowTo Use (Local) LLMs with ntopng: Part I

A Large Language Model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence system that uses deep learning to understand, generate, and manipulate human language. Examples include Antropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Meta Llama and…

nProbe

March 2, 2026

Network Telemetry Demystified: Microscope vs Telescope

As an ntopng developer, I often hear from users who are confused about the building blocks of network monitoring. Today, I'll explain three fundamental concepts that will help you understand what your…

nProbe

February 19, 2026

Capacity Planning for IT Teams: A Practical Guide Using ntop Tools

Transform network data into actionable infrastructure decisions with ntopng Introduction Every IT team faces the same challenge: how much network capacity is enough? Too little, and applications grind to a halt during…

Cybersecurity

February 16, 2026

Security Investigation for Beginners (using ntopng)

Introduction When I first started investigating network security incidents, I felt overwhelmed by the complexity. Packets flying everywhere, mysterious connections, alerts I didn't understand—sound familiar? Whether you're an IT professional new to…

Cybersecurity

January 27, 2026

Slow DoS Detection and Prevention

A slow DoS (Denial of Service) attack is a type of cyberattack designed to overwhelm a server or web application by exploiting protocol weaknesses—not through high-volume traffic, but by sending requests very…

ntopng

January 14, 2026

How Flow Deduplication Works in nProbe and ntopng

Flow deduplication is the process of identifying and removing duplicate flow records that appear in NetFlow/IPFIX data when the same traffic is monitored and exported by multiple observation points (typically network devices)…

ntopng

January 7, 2026

ntopng Direct Dump Mode for High-Speed Flow Collection

When ntopng receives flows from nProbe (NetFlow collector) or nProbe Cento (100 Gbit probe) over ZMQ or Kafka, each flow must go through several processing stages before it is finally stored in…

ntopng

November 19, 2025

ntopng 6.6: IXP/Telco Traffic Observability, Faster Flow Collection

We’re excited to announce the release of ntopng 6.6, available today! This release focuses on Autonomous Systems (AS) analytics, a major rework of the flow collection engine to provide better correlations and…

cento

November 10, 2025

HowTo Measure the Status and Performance of Network Flows

NetFlow has been originally designed to monitor network traffic using simple bytes/packets metrics. For TCP, it is also possible to know what TCP flags (that indicate the connection state) have been used…

Building Custom ntopng Dashboards Using Grafana and ClickHouse

Single Sign-On on ntopng with OpenID Connect (OIDC)

HowTo Enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in ntopng

HowTo Use (Local) LLMs with ntopng: Part I

Network Telemetry Demystified: Microscope vs Telescope

Capacity Planning for IT Teams: A Practical Guide Using ntop Tools

Security Investigation for Beginners (using ntopng)

Slow DoS Detection and Prevention

How Flow Deduplication Works in nProbe and ntopng

ntopng Direct Dump Mode for High-Speed Flow Collection

ntopng 6.6: IXP/Telco Traffic Observability, Faster Flow Collection

HowTo Measure the Status and Performance of Network Flows