Mailing List Archive: nProbe as a Netflow proxy & PF

nProbe as a Netflow proxy & PF_RING

Mar 10, 2017, 10:42 AM

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Hello ntop team,

is there a benefit to using PF_RING with nProbe when running in NetFlow
proxy mode (--collector=none --collector-port=nnnn)? Is PF_RING utilized
by nProbe in this configuration?

Thank you,

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Peter Giles | Senior Developer & Data Analyst | University of Washington

Re: nProbe as a Netflow proxy & PF_RING [ In reply to ]

cardigliano at ntop

Mar 10, 2017, 12:10 PM

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Hi Peter
PF_RING is not used in proxy mode, PF_RING provides packet capture acceleration when processing live traffic.

Alfredo

> On 10 Mar 2017, at 19:42, Peter Giles <gilesp@uw.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello ntop team,
>
> is there a benefit to using PF_RING with nProbe when running in NetFlow proxy mode (--collector=none --collector-port=nnnn)? Is PF_RING utilized by nProbe in this configuration?
>
> Thank you,
>
> --
> Peter Giles | Senior Developer & Data Analyst | University of Washington
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Re: nProbe as a Netflow proxy & PF_RING [ In reply to ]

gilesp at uw

Mar 13, 2017, 7:57 AM

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Thanks Alfredo, that's what I suspected but it's helpful to know for sure.

Cheers,
Peter

Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 21:10:02 +0100
> From: Alfredo Cardigliano
>
> Hi Peter
> PF_RING is not used in proxy mode, PF_RING provides packet capture
> acceleration when processing live traffic.
>
> Alfredo
>

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Peter Giles | Senior Developer & Data Analyst | University of Washington