AS/IXP Traffic Observability: From Flows to AI-Assisted Root-Cause Analysis
For most network operators, traffic visibility is not mandated by regulation, so it tends to be reactive rather than continuous: a “manual” investigation happens only after something breaks. Combined with limited time to review telemetry and the cost/data-sovereignty concerns of cloud-based visibility platforms, this leaves a real gap for AS operators and IXP participants who need to understand what is actually happening on their transit and peering links. ntop’s response is an open-source, on-premise stack (free at the community tier, with a paid enterprise tier funding development ) built specifically …