
Traffic Analysis & Enforcement
nTopNG
High-Speed Web-based Traffic Analysis and Flow Collection
nTopNG is a network traffic probe that provides 360° Network visibility, with its ability to gather traffic information from traffic mirrors, NetFlow exporters, SNMP devices, Firewall logs, Intrusion Detection systems.
360° Network Visibility
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Comprehensive Traffic Monitoring & Analysis
Sorts network traffic by IP address, port, Layer-7 (L7) application protocols, throughput, and Autonomous Systems (ASs), providing real-time visibility into network activity and active hosts.
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Advanced Reporting & Historical Insights
Generates long-term reports on key network metrics, including throughput, L7 protocols, and top talkers (senders/receivers), with persistent traffic storage for post-mortem analysis.
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Deep Packet Inspection & Behavioral Analysis
Leverages nDPI technology to detect L7 application protocols (e.g., Facebook, YouTube, BitTorrent) and perform behavioral traffic analysis, including lateral movement and periodic traffic detection.
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Performance & Security Monitoring
Tracks live throughput, application latencies, Round Trip Time (RTT), TCP statistics (e.g., retransmissions, out-of-order packets, packet loss), and offers identity management to correlate VPN users with traffic.
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Flexible Data Export & Integration
Supports exporting monitored data to ClickHouse, MySQL, and ElasticSearch, with interactive historical data exploration for ClickHouse. Includes a REST API for seamless third-party integrations.
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Cloud & Network-Wide Visibility
Provides full IPv4/IPv6 and Layer-2 support, GTP/GRE detunneling, SNMP monitoring, geolocation mapping, and native nTap support for capturing traffic from cloud, VMs, containers, and physical hosts.
Use Cases
Monitor a Physical Interface
A physical NIC card can be monitored simply by specifying its interface name as
ntopng -i eth0
Flow Collection
Flow collection requires ntopng to be used in conjunction with nProbe which can act as probe/proxy. The communication between nProbe and ntopng takes place over ZeroMQ, a publish-subscribe protocol that allows ntopng to communicate with nProbe. An environment where a remote nProbe is physically monitoring from a NIC and sending monitored flows to ntopng can be deployed as
nprobe -i eth1 --zmq tcp://192.168.1.1:5556 -T @NTOPNG@
ntopng -i tcp://192.168.1.1:5556
License
Licensee’s use of this software is conditioned upon acceptance of the terms specified by ntop.
Operating Systems
Linux, Windows, Mac OS