TRAFFIC ANALYSIS USING NETFLOW AND PYTHON
Vaclav Oujezsky
vaclav.oujezsky@phd.feec.vutbr.czBrno University of Technology, Department of Telecommunication (Czechia)
Tomas Horvath
Brno University of Technology, Department of Telecommunication (Czechia)
Abstract
This article presents an application that is used as NetFlow collector and analyzer. It is a console application created in Python language. A software analyzer detects and analyzes incoming NetFlow messages version 1 and 5 of devices that support them. The output file is a database of information and analysis of the overall UNIX time duration of reported traffic and analysis of NetFlow lifetime. The software is developed to work with Python version 3 and higher and is designed for the Windows operating system.
Keywords:
IP networks, Computer languages, Software toolsReferences
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Vaclav Oujezskyvaclav.oujezsky@phd.feec.vutbr.cz
Brno University of Technology, Department of Telecommunication Czechia
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Tomas HorvathBrno University of Technology, Department of Telecommunication Czechia
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