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Date:      Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:46:54 +0100
From:      "n j" <nino80@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Netflow sensor/generator for Freebsd
Message-ID:  <92bcbda50610310346q2af6c110o94a46c111986dec3@mail.gmail.com>

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Hello everyone,

I'd like to inspect the flows in and out of my fbsd boxes. In order to
closely simulate a true netflow-capable router, I found out I need
three components: flow sensors, flow collector and flow analyzer.

There are quite a few solutions for collecting and analyzing flows,
even some written in Java. My question is what should I use for a flow
sensor. I did some research and googled quite a bit to find out the
following tools capable of exporting netflow records:

softflowd
fprobe
ipcad
ng_netflow
pfflowd (in combination with pf)

Since the feedback information is rather scarce on these tools, could
you share your experiences with any of these tools? Have I missed some
good ones? Which one should I prefer?

Thanks for any response!

Nino



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