Open AccessTRAFFIC ANALYSIS USING NETFLOW AND PYTHON
Author(s) -
Václav Oujezský,
Tomáš Horváth
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
informatyka, automatyka, pomiary w gospodarce i ochronie środowiska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-6761
pISSN - 2083-0157
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0010.4823
Subject(s) - netflow , python (programming language) , unix , computer science , operating system , software , spectrum analyzer , programming language , computer network , telecommunications
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.