This is to announce the release of nDPI 4.12, the first version after our 6 months release cycle announced earlier this year. The main changes of this release include support for encrypted/obfuscated/proxied in particular for OpenVPN and TLS, as well support for network fingerprints presented in November at the Sharkfest conference. For all details see […]
Introducing Centralized License Manager for Dynamic Environments
We continually strive to make the software configuration and management more flexible and easier for the users. To this end, we are excited to announce the launch of a new way of licensing the software feature: the centralised License Manager (LM). This tool simplifies software license management by dynamically allocating licenses to various application instances […]
Using ClickHouse Cloud with ntopng
We are happy to announce that from the latest ntopng dev (6.1) version, ntopng supports exporting data (flows & alerts) to ClickHouse Cloud. Below you can find a step-by-step guide. Quick Start First of all let’s start by creating our account and service on the ClickHouse Cloud (you can find the official guide here); remember […]
ntopConf 2023 (25 years of ntop) Registration is Now Open
This is to announce that the registration for the ntop Conference 2023, 25 years since the first release of ntop, is now open. Similar to past conferences, this event is divided into two days: the first day will be allocated for training on ntop products, the second day for the main conference and workshop. You […]
Introducing Smart Recording in n2disk: Combining Cybersecurity with Packet-to-Disk
In short Continuous network traffic recorders are applications (or appliances) that write network traffic on disk. In case of issues (e.g. security breach or network outage) they enable network and security analysts to go back in time and see how a problem originated. The main limitation of this practice is that a lot of data […]
Introducing nTap: a Virtual Tap for Monitoring and Cybersecurity (including Wireshark, Suricata, Zeek, OpenvSwitch)
This is to announce a new product named nTap that implements a software tap, to be used in physical and virtual/containerised environments. Using nTap with ntop applications nTap with Third Party Applications nTap allows you to capture and deliver packets using a secure and encrypted communication channel from remote hosts to a collector host […]
ntop Conference 2022: Call for Speakers
This is to announce the dates of the ntop conference 2022 that will take place in Milan at UniBocconi: June 23rd conference, 24th training. We are currently looking for speakers as we want to hear your voice. Topics include (but are not limited to): Cybersecurity IoT monitoring Integration of Kibana/Grafana/CheckMK/Nagios with ntop tools Attacks and […]
ntopng 5.0 Is Out: Modern Traffic Monitoring for AIOps and Cybersecurity
ntopng was initially designed as a tool for realtime network traffic monitoring. The idea was to create a DPI-based tool able to report traffic statistics. Overtime we have added the ability to implement active monitoring checks, SNMP, and various other features. However there was a fundamental point that was missing: go beyond traffic reporting, moving […]
May 27th: Webinar on DPI-based traffic enforcement, ntop tools on pfSense/OPNsense
For a long time, ntop mainly focused on passive traffic analysis. As cybersecurity is becoming a main concern for many organisation and individuals, we have boosted our tools by introducing facilities for spotting threats and blocking unsafe traffic. This month we will organise a webinar that will cover two main topics: How to use the […]
FOSDEM 2021 – Retrospective
FOSDEM 2021 has been an awesome event. For the first time in its history, the event was fully virtual with multiple parallel live streams. According to the infrastructure statistics, it had about 8,000 visitors of which about 5,000 were watching the live streams. A huge volunteering work has been necessary to make this event happen […]