Positioning ntopng vs nProbe for Traffic Analysis

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Recently we have compared the use of nDPI in a realtime application (ntopng) and a near-realtime (nProbe). We have captured a short pcap with some mixed traffic and analysed it with both applications. The expectation was to find comparable results between the two applications, but this happened only partially. This blog posts explains the main […]

HowTo Extend ntopng with new Host/Flow Checks and Alerts

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ntopng can be easily extended with new host/flow checks and alerts. They are developed in C++ with a few Lua files used by the UI to configure the check and format the emitted alerts. In order to introduce you to thir development, we have written a short guide that shows you step-by-step how to develop […]

HowTo Export ntopng Alarms to Checkmk Event Console

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Checkmk is a popular platform for monitoring IT infrastructure. ntopng has been integrated in Checkmk some time ago, enabling users to provide traffic visibility in additional to classic bytes/packets metrics. As ntopng is able to produce traffic alerts that, we have decided to extend ntopng in order to export alert information towards Checkmk event console […]

Advancements in Traffic Processing Using Programmable Hardware Flow Offload

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This week we have presented at the IEEE HPSR (IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing) our latest work that shows how nProbe can benefit of acceleration provided by modern SmartNICs to achieving multi-100 Gbit traffic processing (both passive and inline) on low-end servers while deep-packet inspecting traffic using nDPI. If you want […]

ntop and Endian Enter Partnership for Open Source OT Monitoring

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ntop develops monitoring tools for IT and OT networks, whereas Endian is a leading Italian company that develops a Secure Digital Platform for OT networks. Both companies use and develop open source tools that can be a key value in OT networks where most tools are proprietary. This partnership allows both companies to complement each […]