Chapter 6. Commercial NetFlow Applications
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In Chapter 2, “Capturing Network Traffic,” we looked at how network packet traces can be used to capture data for later analysis. This technique for acquiring network data has been used for decades with much success. However, business networks of today often operate at multigigabit speeds that, in many cases, can overwhelm packet-based data capture tools and traditional data analysis methods.
In this chapter, we will look at NetFlow, a solution to this modern-day problem that probably already exists within your subject network ...
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