The latest NFA version includes a range of new features and improvements aimed at enhancing the network traffic analysis process, optimizing memory usage, and overall system performance. Bidirectional grouping for network traffic visualization It is now possible to...
When it comes to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, they are far from a downward trend. Although the popularity of certain types of DDoS attacks among cybercriminals varies over the quarters of 2022, the Cloudflare DDoS report for Q3 2022 clearly indicates...
We are excited to announce the release of Noction Intelligent Routing Platform v4.1.1! This latest version brings new and improved features to help our product users optimize their networks and protect them against DDoS attacks. One of the most significant additions...
When there is a change in the reachability of one or more prefixes, BGP needs to do some work to adapt to that change and reach a new stable state. This is called “BGP convergence”. How fast BGP converges and how much packet loss occurs during the...
OSPF and BGP: Differences and Interactions When it comes to routing protocols, two of the most popular are OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) and BGP (Border Gateway Protocol). Both OSPF and BGP are used to determine the best path for data to travel through a network,...
Noction Flow Analyzer v 22.12 introduces several exciting features focused on connection state checks and troubleshooting capabilities, deployment versatility, and performance optimization. These make NFA a more flexible, fast, and easy-to-use tool in your day-to-day...
In TCP, flags indicate a particular connection state, provide some additional helpful information for troubleshooting purposes, or handle control of a specific connection. Flags are also called control bits. Each flag corresponds to 1-bit information. The most...
When it comes to IPv6, there are several categories of IPv6 addresses, each with its own use case. For example, IPv6 link-Local addresses are intended for addressing on a single link for purposes such as automatic address configuration or neighbor discovery. For this...
BGP blackhole filtering is a routing technique used to drop unwanted traffic. Black holes are placed in the parts of a network where unwanted traffic should be dropped. For example, a customer can ask a provider to install black hole on its provider edge (PE) routers...
Noction is pleased to announce that the Intelligent Routing Platform v 4.1 has just been released. This version comes with a new Threat Mitigation feature, which allows for automated DDoS detection and mitigation using BGP FlowSpec and the Remote-triggered Blackholing...
