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ntop
Availability and IPv6 support
Description
Ntop (Network TOP) similar to the Unix to tool that reports processes CPU usage, the administrators needed a simple tool able to report the network top users (hence the term ntop) for quickly identifying those hosts that were currently using most of the available network resources. Ntop focuses on:
- Traffic measurement
- Traffic monitoring
- Network optimization and planning
- Detection of network security violations
The ntop tool architecture is based on three layers : The Sniffing layer responsible on the capture of packets, the Analysing layer proceses packets captured and the reporting layer synthetise collected data and displays statistics to users.
Comments
Tested and used in 6NET project.
Usage information
Categories
CategoryApps, CategoryAppstesting_and_monitoring