Michael Patterson : Advanced NetFlow Traffic Analysis
Michael Patterson
Founder and Product manager for Plixer's Scrutinizer NetFlow and sFlow Analyzer as well as Flow Analytics.

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IPFIX Flow Direction and Packet Counters

July 8, 2015

In the world of NetFlow and IPFIX, flow direction is a topic that can confuse some of the best technical minds. It is an important concept in relation to routers because where information (e.g. byte counters) is gathered can have a significant impact on perceived accuracy.  This is sort of 3 part blog.  Although it isn't totally necessary, it might help the reader to understand a different type of flow directionality first as posted in my other blog. 

High Volume NetFlow Collector : Enterprise Traffic Analysis

January 3, 2012

A high volume NetFlow collector is a must for many service providers and universities. Because of the nature of the type of Internet traffic created by these types of organizations, enormous amounts of flows are created. People visiting internet search sites such as Google or those of us clicking on all the different links in facebook or youtube often end up creating a new flow with each click.

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