This is to invite you to the ntop spring webinar. The major webinar topic will include ntop Cloud Usage of LLM (Large Language Models)/AI in ntop tools SmartNIC support in ntop Products Ongoing developments You can register for the webinar at this page: the registration link will be include the instructions for joining the webinar. […]
ntop Cloud: Basic Concepts
We have designed the ntop Cloud as a way to securely interconnect customer applications deployed across hosts in heterogeneous environments not necessarily directly interconnected. Initially the goal of ntop Cloud is to enable users to administer easily these applications, update/restart/stop/start them with a mouse click, reconfigure them, and supervise their activities. Future SaaS (software as […]
Ntop at Caltech: Network Security Monitoring
It is a pleasure to report the feedback of Greg, one our many long-time users, who reported on LinkedIn how ntop tools have been used to monitor Caltech traffic. Enjoy !
Announcing ntop Professional Training: May 2024
ntop tools range from packet capture, traffic analysis and processing, and sometimes it is not easy to keep up on product updates as well master all the tools. This has been the driving force for organising ntop professional training. This is to announce that in May we have scheduled the next ntop Professional Training session. […]
Using ntop in Education: South Panola School District
ntop tools are heavily used in education and we’re glad to share a gust post that described the lessons learnt deploying our tools in a a public school district of Mississippi. Enjoy ! South Panola School District’s (SPSD) network continues to evolve to better serve the needs of its students and staff. Upon employment at […]
Short 1-2Q24 Roadmap: ntop Cloud, Towards 200 Gbit, Cybersecurity, Low-end nBox
Happy new year everyone! Thos who followed our November webinar know already that we’re working at new features and improvements in our tools. Below you can find a short list of features we plan to implement by the end of spring: ntop cloud. This is the major activity where we’re involved. As already said, for […]
HowTo Monitor Network Interface Usage with NetFlow/IPFIX
SNMP is the de-facto protocol for monitoring network devices. Using it, it is possible to monitor “how much” a link is used. What is missing is “how” a link is used. Namely if my Internet link is full, what is the device, protocol, application that is using it? ntopng was created to answer this question […]
Securing ClickHouse and MySQL Flow Storage
ntopng stores flows data in various databases including MySQL, Elastic and ClickHouse that is the database storage that we have selected as it outpaces the others in terms of speed and reduced disk space. ClickHouse is a columnar database and while it is very fast during data access, it is optimised for batch data insertion. […]
HowTo Build a 100 Gbit NetFlow Sensor Using nProbe Cento
When it comes to monitor a distributed network, to get a picture of the Network traffic flowing through the uplinks or on critical Network segments, NetFlow like technologies are usually the answer. nProbe Pro/Enterprise and nProbe Cento are software probes that can be used to build versatile sensors able to export flow information in many […]
ntopConf 2023 Videos and Slides are Now Available
The ntop conference and training 2023 was a success: more than 100 people attended it, some of them flying to Italy from other continents. This has been a special event as we have celebrated 25 years since the first release of the original ntop application, and 10 years of ntopng. This was our first international […]