Re: is it still nfsen?

[Dave <dedelman () iname com>]

There is always Argus 

—Dave

> On Apr 4, 2022, at 8:30 AM, John Kristoff <jtk () dataplane org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 03 Apr 2022 19:10:18 -0700
> Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:
>
> > i am setting up new app/port monitoring.  i like nfsen because i can
> > zooom in and see who is sending all that port 43 tls between 11:42 and
> > 12:19.  is there some other tool at which i should look?
>
> If you are using nfcapd/nfdump I think that is your only choice.  I
> weakly tried to get a hack-a-thon together one year to implement a more
> modern version of it a few years ago, but I couldn't garner enough
> interest from those who wanted to code it.  There was user interest
> however.
>
> Even per P. Haag, nfsen was a quick hack, but in my view was quite a
> good one considering.  I wouldn't give public access to the interface,
> but the last time I setup some flows capture and monitoring, about 5
> years ago, I used it.  It was good enough.  If it is just for you and
> you're OK with it, I think it is still fine.
>
> pmacct would probably the tool I'd use if I wanted something different
> now.
>
> John