* Partially rewritten ntop processing engine to address reliability and
performance
* Several bugs and stability issues fixed
* Added better support for IPFIX and NetFlow v9, as well as ntop PEN
(Private Enterprise Number)
* Added support for Cisco ASA firewalls
* Added ntop engine scriptability via the python programming language
* Added RRDalarm plugin for generating alerts based on thresholds
* Improved google maps integration
* Enhanced sFlow support
This release adds MPLS support, a per-interface BPF filter, the ability to
export the HTTP GET parameters in QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED in the Perl plugin,
support for extended sFlow samples, a fix for a visualization issue when using
VLANs, and an improved Perl plugin.
Solaris. Enhanced patch-aa with a work-around. Fixes PR 32089.
- Fixed invalid variable names (having dashes instead of underscores).
- Added patch-ab, which is the same as patch-aa, except it is intended to
be reported upstream.
the popular top Unix command does. ntop is based on libpcap and it has been
written in a portable way in order to virtually run on every Unix platform and
on Win32 as well.
ntop users can use a web browser (e.g. netscape) to navigate through ntop (that
acts as a web server) traffic information and get a dump of the network status.
In the latter case, ntop can be seen as a simple RMON-like agent with an
embedded web interface.
The use of:
- a web interface
- limited configuration and administration via the web interface
- reduced CPU and memory usage (they vary according to network size and traffic)
make ntop easy to use and suitable for monitoring various kind of networks.
