Suggestions for Cisco NetFlow analysis tools
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What tools are other members using for Cisco NetFlow traffic analysis? I'm especially interested in open source tools but any commercial or proprietary recommendations or suggestions would also be appreciated. Thank you.
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March 12, 2009 4:47 PM
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November 5, 2010 7:41 PM
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<a href="http://www.ntop.org">ntop</a> is a good open source tool.
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<a href="http://www.nagios.org/">Nagios</a> is an open source network and system monitor.
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Sourceforge.net’s NetFlow listings currently offer 75 tools to view, manipulate and use NetFlow data. Other then Ntop, another of the most popular is Nfdump:
NFDUMP – NetFlow processing tool It has a powerful filter pcap like syntax and supports netflow versions v5, v7 and v9
Platforms: BSD, Linux & UNIX like
If you are looking for a commercial product so ManageEngine has your very useful answer :
NetFlow Analyzer
Platforms: Windows & Linux.
Check out Plixer. The free version allows to analyze as much (number on interfaces and devices) as you wish, but will only retain the past 24 hours of data. That’s a lot of capability in a nice GUI for zero dollars. And then you can always upgrade if you decide you want to archive data over time.