RE: Network Traffic Collection

["Matlock, Kenneth L" <MatlockK () exempla org>]

Netflow + netflow collector.

Ken Matlock
Network Analyst
Systems and Technology Service Center
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System 
12600 W. Colfax, Suite A-500
Lakewood, CO 80215
 
303-467-4671
matlockk () exempla org
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Maverick [mailto:myeaddress () gmail com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:19 PM
To: Jeroen Massar
Cc: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: Network Traffic Collection

I want to be able to see information like how much traffic an ip send over a period of time, what machines it talked to 
etc from this perspective it should be IP based but I would really like to know how other people do it.

Best,
Ali

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Jeroen Massar <jeroen () unfix org> wrote:
> On 2012-02-23 21:11 , Maverick wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to collect traffic traffic from pcap file and store it in 
> > a database but really confused how to organize it. Should I organize 
> > it on connection basis/ flow basis or IP basis.
> >
> > It might be an effort to write a customized traffic analysis tool 
> > like wireshark with only required functionality. I would really 
> > appreciate if someone can give me direction on write way of 
> > organizing the data because right now I only see individual packets 
> > and no way of putting them in some order.
>
> Does this all not completely depend on what you actually want to do 
> with it? You might want to start there instead of the other way around.
>
> Greets,
>  Jeroen

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