Month Archives: June 2013

ntopng

ntop is back: ntopng 1.0 just released

After 15 years since the introduction of the original ntop, it was time to start over with a new, modern ntop. We called it ntopng, ntop next generation. The goal of this new application are manyfold: Released under GNU GPL3. Feature a modern, HTML5 and Ajax-based dynamic web interface (caveat: you need a modern browser to use ntopng). Small application engine, memory wise and crash proof. Ability to identify application protocols via nDPI, ntop’s open-source DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) framework. User’s ability to script, extend, and modify ntopng pages coding …
nDPI

Comparison of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Tools for Traffic Classification

From time to time we receive emails form people asking how nDPI compares with other similar toolkits. Licio Marchetti has shared this report Comparison of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Tools for Traffic Classification written by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya that says: “the best accuracy we obtained from NDPI (91 points), PACE (82 points), UPC MLA (79 points), and Libprotoident (78 points)”. So nDPI looks in good shape 🙂 This said, last week we have improved quite bit the Bittorrent and Skype dissectors and we have create a small test tool that demonstrate …
PF_RING

PF_RING 5.6.0 Released

This is to announce the release of PF_RING 5.6.0. We recommend all users to install this release as we have fixed a couple of critical bugs. Changelog: PF_RING Kernel module Fixed bug that prevented the PF_RING cluster to work properly with specific traffic Documentation User’s guide translated to russian (courtesy of ridervka@yandex.ru) Libzero Fixed bug that caused the DNA bouncer to process the correct packet Examples pfwrite Added support for the microcloud so that for GTP traffic it is possible to dump traffic of specific IMSI phone Added support for …