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NetFlow's Capabilities Continue to Grow

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August 21, 2012

NetFlow's Capabilities Continue to Grow

By Jamie Epstein, TMCnet Web Editor


As Plixer stays hard at work raising the bar on all of the wonderful features its flexible NetFlow-based traffic analyzers like Scrutinizer can offer users, customers are also ramping up their demands. Luckily, the NetFlow provider is there to answer these requests with new Astaro (News - Alert) IPFIX Reporting support. 


“Going with IPFIX of course was a very smart decision especially since they are exporting some interesting unique elements. Some interesting Astaro IPFIX elements include: octetTotalCount as well as OctetDeltaCount, IPv6 Support, no export of the ingress or egress interface which is needed in many reporting packages except of course the NetFlow Solution, and there is afcProtocol element which was in some of the flow templates and it is an ID which links the flow to the afcProtocolName in an options template, a recent blog post revealed.

To get this operation up and running with ease, search the “Logging&Reporting>>Reporting Settings” on the “Settings” Tab. This will require you to scroll down some, but alas it is there and is named “IPFIX Accounting.” Plixer has plans in the near future to seamlessly integrate IPFIX with its NetFlow solution and then it will be possible to generate highly accurate reports while simultaneously pinpointing Advanced Persistent Threats and other types of malware.

It seems as if the company is clearly doing some things right as just earlier this month it made headlines when it was presented with the 2011 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC (News - Alert)), a global, integrated media company.

It was awarded this prestigious honor for its Scrutinizer 9.0 NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer, which is helping countless enterprises closely analyze the amount of traffic moving across their networks as well as classify the type of traffic it is and what actions it is taking.

"Plixer was chosen to receive a 2011 Product of the Year Award for creating outstanding advancements in communications," said Rich Tehrani (News - Alert)), CEO, TMC, in a statement. "Scrutinizer 9.0 has proven benefits for its customers and provides ROI for the companies that use it."

In previous years, in order to optimize the use of NetFlow, technical expertise was required. However, now when implementing an integrated NetFlow engine that boasts a uniform user interface, users with no amount of experience at all can see the many benefits powered by this solution.

For a free 30 day trial of Scrutinizer, click here.

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Edited by Rich Steeves







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