Malware blacklists are not something new to ntopng. ntopng (including ntopng Edge) has integrated the emerging threats blacklist https://rules.emergingthreats.net for a long time. The 3.6 stable release also introduced some webmining blacklists, which would flag online mining sites and generate alerts. Despite the new integrations, ntopng lacked the ability to inform the user about the […]
Introducing Ubuntu 18 Support for ntopng Edge (nEdge)
After 6 months from the first nedge announcement, as a response to our customers feedback, nEdge now provides brand new features, like the ability to apply policies based on the device type, the RADIUS integration for captive portal users authentication, the ability to add static routes when running in router mode and the programmatic configuration […]
Honouring System Default Policies on ntop Packages
Many distributions provide mechanisms to let the system administrator decide if the new installed packages should be enabled and/or started automatically. Previously, the ntop services were always enabled and started automatically after the first package installation, regardless of any system preferences. Now the ntop packages rely on system utilities to properly start, stop and restart […]
Network Monitoring 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding ntop Tools
The first important step to start with network monitoring is to analyze what we want to monitor and how to deploy the monitoring solution in the existing network. Here are some important questions to ask ourselves before starting the actual monitoring: Do we need to monitor the entire network or just a specific segment? Do […]