DPI BOX: deep packet inspection for ISP traffic managementIlya Mikov
DPI BOX enables ISPs to cut their backbone costs by up to 25%. This is achieved by suppressing non-priority BitTorrent traffic during peak hours. Overall, this dramatically improves customer experience.
Beside that, with DPI BOX an ISP can blacklist arbitrary sets of IPs and/or URLs in order to comply with local Internet regulations.
DPI BOX is zero-administration, ready-to-use traffic management solution, works right from the box.
The document describes a methodology for testing network devices with IPv6 and dual stack IPv4/IPv6 configurations. It involves generating different types of IPv6 traffic including generic IPv6 traffic, dual stack traffic, traffic with security attacks, and malformed packets. Metrics like latency, packet loss and throughput are measured to evaluate how the device handles each traffic type and identify any performance or stability issues. The goal is to validate that IPv6 and dual stack configurations will perform as expected under real world network conditions.
DDS over Low Bandwidth Data Links - Connext Conf London October 2014Jaime Martin Losa
DDS (Data Distribution Service) over Low Bandwidth Data Links: Tactical Radios, Satellite, etc.
DDS implementations are widely used in defense and aerospace applications, being common to use very low bandwitdh data links.
This presentation explain how to achieve good performance in these scenarios.
In VPNs, "tunneling" refers to the process of encapsulating VPN packets within regular IP packets in order to transmit them securely over the public Internet or other untrusted networks. This creates a "tunnel" through which the VPN traffic can travel.
This document provides a summary of Prateek's professional experience in software development for telecom and networking. Over 9.5 years, he has worked on projects involving optical networking, load balancing servers, protocol development, and customer support. His responsibilities have included technical lead roles, individual development work, design, testing, and system integration. He has strong skills in C, C++, Linux, networking protocols, data structures, and development tools like version control systems. His work experience includes roles at NEC Technology, Brocade Communication, Juniper Networks, and Huawei Technology where he contributed to projects involving network security, load balancing, network address translation, and more.
Mobile IP enables devices to change their Internet connection point while maintaining connectivity. It assigns a temporary IP address and uses tunneling to forward data to the device's care-of address. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) provides mobile access to information services over wireless networks using standards like IP, XML and HTTP. It includes the Wireless Transaction Protocol (WTP) and Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) to enable secure transactions over bandwidth-limited wireless connections.
In VPNs, "tunneling" refers to the process of encapsulating packets from one protocol inside the packets of another protocol. This allows VPNs to work by creating a "tunnel" between two endpoints and encapsulating all traffic inside that tunnel to maintain privacy and security as it travels over an otherwise public network.
DPI BOX: deep packet inspection for ISP traffic managementIlya Mikov
DPI BOX enables ISPs to cut their backbone costs by up to 25%. This is achieved by suppressing non-priority BitTorrent traffic during peak hours. Overall, this dramatically improves customer experience.
Beside that, with DPI BOX an ISP can blacklist arbitrary sets of IPs and/or URLs in order to comply with local Internet regulations.
DPI BOX is zero-administration, ready-to-use traffic management solution, works right from the box.
The document describes a methodology for testing network devices with IPv6 and dual stack IPv4/IPv6 configurations. It involves generating different types of IPv6 traffic including generic IPv6 traffic, dual stack traffic, traffic with security attacks, and malformed packets. Metrics like latency, packet loss and throughput are measured to evaluate how the device handles each traffic type and identify any performance or stability issues. The goal is to validate that IPv6 and dual stack configurations will perform as expected under real world network conditions.
DDS over Low Bandwidth Data Links - Connext Conf London October 2014Jaime Martin Losa
DDS (Data Distribution Service) over Low Bandwidth Data Links: Tactical Radios, Satellite, etc.
DDS implementations are widely used in defense and aerospace applications, being common to use very low bandwitdh data links.
This presentation explain how to achieve good performance in these scenarios.
In VPNs, "tunneling" refers to the process of encapsulating VPN packets within regular IP packets in order to transmit them securely over the public Internet or other untrusted networks. This creates a "tunnel" through which the VPN traffic can travel.
This document provides a summary of Prateek's professional experience in software development for telecom and networking. Over 9.5 years, he has worked on projects involving optical networking, load balancing servers, protocol development, and customer support. His responsibilities have included technical lead roles, individual development work, design, testing, and system integration. He has strong skills in C, C++, Linux, networking protocols, data structures, and development tools like version control systems. His work experience includes roles at NEC Technology, Brocade Communication, Juniper Networks, and Huawei Technology where he contributed to projects involving network security, load balancing, network address translation, and more.
Mobile IP enables devices to change their Internet connection point while maintaining connectivity. It assigns a temporary IP address and uses tunneling to forward data to the device's care-of address. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) provides mobile access to information services over wireless networks using standards like IP, XML and HTTP. It includes the Wireless Transaction Protocol (WTP) and Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) to enable secure transactions over bandwidth-limited wireless connections.
In VPNs, "tunneling" refers to the process of encapsulating packets from one protocol inside the packets of another protocol. This allows VPNs to work by creating a "tunnel" between two endpoints and encapsulating all traffic inside that tunnel to maintain privacy and security as it travels over an otherwise public network.
Defend Your DHCP Infrastructure Against Cyber Attacks - Network Security Feat...Jiunn-Jer Sun
This document discusses defending a DHCP infrastructure against cyber attacks. It describes how DHCP works to assign IP addresses via a client-server model. It then outlines common attacks like DHCP spoofing and starvation. It recommends deploying DHCP Snooping on switches to validate DHCP messages and filter invalid ones to prevent attacks and ensure correct network configuration.
NetFlow Auditor Anomaly Detection Plus Forensics February 2010 08NetFlowAuditor
Flow Based technology provides network visibility that reduces time and costs for understanding, alerting, and reporting on network issues. It gives real-time and historical insight into network traffic through non-intrusive collection of flow data from routers and switches. This flow-based network intelligence is useful for various teams and helps with tasks like capacity planning, security, and troubleshooting.
A VPN allows users to securely access a private network over a public network like the internet. It uses authentication, encryption, and tunneling protocols to protect data confidentiality and integrity. VPNs enable remote access for employees and connectivity between branch offices. Common VPN protocols include PPTP, L2TP, and IPSec which use encryption methods to secure data transmission over the VPN tunnel. VPNs provide benefits like reduced costs, flexibility, and scalability compared to private networks.
The document discusses the design of a virtual private network (VPN). Key points:
1) A VPN allows hosts scattered across different locations to communicate as if they are on the same local area network by simulating the LAN topology over the Internet.
2) The goal is to design a VPN that provides a generic virtual network interface to allow any network layer protocol (e.g. AppleTalk, IPX) to function, not just IP.
3) The proposed solution uses encapsulation and decapsulation of VPN packets within IP packets to transmit them over the Internet. A "shim header" is added to direct packets to the correct destination VPN client.
This document discusses security considerations for data-centric publish-subscribe systems like the Data Distribution Service (DDS). It describes how DDS aims to create a global information space where data can be accessed, while also restricting communication and access. The document outlines several threats to DDS security like unauthorized subscription or publication. It proposes using public key infrastructure and cryptographic techniques to enforce access control policies in the global information space, similar to access controls on file systems. The document also describes the pluggable security architecture in DDS, including built-in plugins for authentication, access control, cryptography, and other functions.
Testing firewalls can be an exact science. Learn how Fortinet tests their firewalls using BreakingPoint. This presentation details how to test firewalls with real-world application traffic, load, and live security attacks. This presentation was given by Fortinet in the BreakingPoint booth at Interop 2011 and included their announcement of the FortiGate 3950B's Resiliency Score of 95, the highest ever published.
A virtual private network gives secure access to LAN resources over a shared network infrastructure such as the internet. It can be conceptualized as creating a tunnel from one location to another, with Encrypted data traveling through the tunnel before being decrypted at its destination.
Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow employees to securely access a company's intranet from remote locations over the public Internet. VPNs use encryption and tunneling protocols to create a private network through a public network by encapsulating data packets within normal Internet traffic. This allows employees to access the company network while saving costs by eliminating expenses associated with private leased lines or dial-up connections. Common VPN protocols include PPTP, L2TP, and IPsec. VPNs are widely used by businesses to allow remote access for employees and interconnect multiple office locations through secure site-to-site connections.
This document provides an overview of virtual private networks (VPNs). It defines a VPN as using public networks like the Internet to connect private networks securely through authentication and encryption. The document discusses the need for VPNs to reduce costs, improve communication, and ensure security. It covers VPN types, components, protocols, and security measures like firewalls and encryption. Advantages include cost savings and mobility, while disadvantages include security understanding and performance issues outside an organization's control. The future of VPNs is described as widespread use through standardization.
This document provides an introduction to IP networking. It discusses what IP is and its benefits, including remote accessibility, cost effectiveness, and scalability. It then covers networking basics like LAN and WAN principles, routing, VPN, and wiring. Specific topics include IP addressing, subnet masks, switches vs hubs, static vs dynamic IP, TCP/IP layers, and cable standards like Cat5e and Cat6. The goal is to explain fundamental IP networking concepts.
Network Security and Visibility through NetFlowLancope, Inc.
With the rise of disruptive forces such as cloud computing and mobile technology, the enterprise network has become larger and more complex than ever before. Meanwhile, sophisticated cyber-attackers are taking advantage of the expanded attack surface to gain access to internal networks and steal sensitive data.
Perimeter security is no longer enough to keep threat actors out, and organizations need to be able to detect and mitigate threats operating inside the network. NetFlow, a context-rich and common source of network traffic metadata, can be utilized for heightened visibility to identify attackers and accelerate incident response.
Join Richard Laval to discuss the security applications of NetFlow using StealthWatch. This session will cover:
- An overview of NetFlow, what it is, how it works, and how it benefits security
- Design, deployment, and operational best practices for NetFlow security monitoring
- How to best utilize NetFlow and identity services for security telemetry
- How to investigate and identify threats using statistical analysis of NetFlow telemetry
Virtual private networks (VPNs) use public telecommunication networks like the Internet to provide secure connections between remote locations. VPNs encrypt data packets and transmit them through tunnels, encapsulating one protocol within another, to maintain private networks virtually. This allows remote access and site-to-site connectivity while reducing costs compared to traditional private networks using leased lines.
Cloud computing introduction and concept as per the RGPV, BE syllabus. PPt contains the material from various cloud Draft (NIST) and other research material to fulfill the Syllabus requirement.
Presentation to the Robotics Task Force of the Object Management Group (OMG) introducing the members to the Data Distribution Service (DDS), another OMG-standard technology.
IRJET- Survey on Mitigation Techniques of Economical Denial of Sustainabi...IRJET Journal
The document summarizes various techniques that have been proposed to mitigate economic denial of sustainability (EDoS) attacks in cloud computing. It describes EDoS-Shield, an early mechanism that uses virtual firewalls and verification nodes to filter requests. Enhanced versions add checks on TTL values and request timestamps. EDoS-Eye uses a game theory approach with honeypots and rate limiting. EDoS-ADS operates in different modes depending on system utilization and uses trust factors to identify suspicious users. Each technique aims to filter attack traffic while minimizing impacts on legitimate users, but they also have drawbacks like increased delays, inability to prevent sophisticated attacks, or potential flooding from redirects.
Cloud native architecture is emerging for Telecom workloads. To support these emerging trends, Intel is targeting enhancements to the Dataplane Development Kit (DPDK). The enhancements would target network service mesh with dedicated sidecar accelerators and the mechanism to build the mesh dynamically.
Speaker: Gerald Rogers. Gerald Rogers is a Principal Engineer in the Network Products Group focused on virtual switching, network function virtualization and Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK). After joining Intel in 2005, Gerald has worked as a software engineer and architect in the embedded and networking groups. For the past 7 years Gerald has led the network virtual switching software and hardware acceleration effort to drive Intel architecture into the networking and telecommunications industry. Gerald holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science, and has 20 years of experience in the networking and telecommunications industry.
This document summarizes an Internet census conducted in 2012 that involved port scanning the entire IPv4 address space using insecure embedded devices accessed with default or empty credentials. Over 420,000 devices were accessed to build a distributed port scanner network. Various scanning methods were used including ICMP ping, reverse DNS, Nmap scans, service probes, and traceroutes to gather data on open ports, network services, and network topology. The data gathered is being released publicly to further the study of Internet infrastructure and device security.
This presentation was displayed at MWC 2011 covering the following topics: Traffic Management, Internet Offload Gateway, DPI, Adaptive Traffic Shaping, and Policy Enforcement.
Defend Your DHCP Infrastructure Against Cyber Attacks - Network Security Feat...Jiunn-Jer Sun
This document discusses defending a DHCP infrastructure against cyber attacks. It describes how DHCP works to assign IP addresses via a client-server model. It then outlines common attacks like DHCP spoofing and starvation. It recommends deploying DHCP Snooping on switches to validate DHCP messages and filter invalid ones to prevent attacks and ensure correct network configuration.
NetFlow Auditor Anomaly Detection Plus Forensics February 2010 08NetFlowAuditor
Flow Based technology provides network visibility that reduces time and costs for understanding, alerting, and reporting on network issues. It gives real-time and historical insight into network traffic through non-intrusive collection of flow data from routers and switches. This flow-based network intelligence is useful for various teams and helps with tasks like capacity planning, security, and troubleshooting.
A VPN allows users to securely access a private network over a public network like the internet. It uses authentication, encryption, and tunneling protocols to protect data confidentiality and integrity. VPNs enable remote access for employees and connectivity between branch offices. Common VPN protocols include PPTP, L2TP, and IPSec which use encryption methods to secure data transmission over the VPN tunnel. VPNs provide benefits like reduced costs, flexibility, and scalability compared to private networks.
The document discusses the design of a virtual private network (VPN). Key points:
1) A VPN allows hosts scattered across different locations to communicate as if they are on the same local area network by simulating the LAN topology over the Internet.
2) The goal is to design a VPN that provides a generic virtual network interface to allow any network layer protocol (e.g. AppleTalk, IPX) to function, not just IP.
3) The proposed solution uses encapsulation and decapsulation of VPN packets within IP packets to transmit them over the Internet. A "shim header" is added to direct packets to the correct destination VPN client.
This document discusses security considerations for data-centric publish-subscribe systems like the Data Distribution Service (DDS). It describes how DDS aims to create a global information space where data can be accessed, while also restricting communication and access. The document outlines several threats to DDS security like unauthorized subscription or publication. It proposes using public key infrastructure and cryptographic techniques to enforce access control policies in the global information space, similar to access controls on file systems. The document also describes the pluggable security architecture in DDS, including built-in plugins for authentication, access control, cryptography, and other functions.
Testing firewalls can be an exact science. Learn how Fortinet tests their firewalls using BreakingPoint. This presentation details how to test firewalls with real-world application traffic, load, and live security attacks. This presentation was given by Fortinet in the BreakingPoint booth at Interop 2011 and included their announcement of the FortiGate 3950B's Resiliency Score of 95, the highest ever published.
A virtual private network gives secure access to LAN resources over a shared network infrastructure such as the internet. It can be conceptualized as creating a tunnel from one location to another, with Encrypted data traveling through the tunnel before being decrypted at its destination.
Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow employees to securely access a company's intranet from remote locations over the public Internet. VPNs use encryption and tunneling protocols to create a private network through a public network by encapsulating data packets within normal Internet traffic. This allows employees to access the company network while saving costs by eliminating expenses associated with private leased lines or dial-up connections. Common VPN protocols include PPTP, L2TP, and IPsec. VPNs are widely used by businesses to allow remote access for employees and interconnect multiple office locations through secure site-to-site connections.
This document provides an overview of virtual private networks (VPNs). It defines a VPN as using public networks like the Internet to connect private networks securely through authentication and encryption. The document discusses the need for VPNs to reduce costs, improve communication, and ensure security. It covers VPN types, components, protocols, and security measures like firewalls and encryption. Advantages include cost savings and mobility, while disadvantages include security understanding and performance issues outside an organization's control. The future of VPNs is described as widespread use through standardization.
This document provides an introduction to IP networking. It discusses what IP is and its benefits, including remote accessibility, cost effectiveness, and scalability. It then covers networking basics like LAN and WAN principles, routing, VPN, and wiring. Specific topics include IP addressing, subnet masks, switches vs hubs, static vs dynamic IP, TCP/IP layers, and cable standards like Cat5e and Cat6. The goal is to explain fundamental IP networking concepts.
Network Security and Visibility through NetFlowLancope, Inc.
With the rise of disruptive forces such as cloud computing and mobile technology, the enterprise network has become larger and more complex than ever before. Meanwhile, sophisticated cyber-attackers are taking advantage of the expanded attack surface to gain access to internal networks and steal sensitive data.
Perimeter security is no longer enough to keep threat actors out, and organizations need to be able to detect and mitigate threats operating inside the network. NetFlow, a context-rich and common source of network traffic metadata, can be utilized for heightened visibility to identify attackers and accelerate incident response.
Join Richard Laval to discuss the security applications of NetFlow using StealthWatch. This session will cover:
- An overview of NetFlow, what it is, how it works, and how it benefits security
- Design, deployment, and operational best practices for NetFlow security monitoring
- How to best utilize NetFlow and identity services for security telemetry
- How to investigate and identify threats using statistical analysis of NetFlow telemetry
Virtual private networks (VPNs) use public telecommunication networks like the Internet to provide secure connections between remote locations. VPNs encrypt data packets and transmit them through tunnels, encapsulating one protocol within another, to maintain private networks virtually. This allows remote access and site-to-site connectivity while reducing costs compared to traditional private networks using leased lines.
Cloud computing introduction and concept as per the RGPV, BE syllabus. PPt contains the material from various cloud Draft (NIST) and other research material to fulfill the Syllabus requirement.
Presentation to the Robotics Task Force of the Object Management Group (OMG) introducing the members to the Data Distribution Service (DDS), another OMG-standard technology.
IRJET- Survey on Mitigation Techniques of Economical Denial of Sustainabi...IRJET Journal
The document summarizes various techniques that have been proposed to mitigate economic denial of sustainability (EDoS) attacks in cloud computing. It describes EDoS-Shield, an early mechanism that uses virtual firewalls and verification nodes to filter requests. Enhanced versions add checks on TTL values and request timestamps. EDoS-Eye uses a game theory approach with honeypots and rate limiting. EDoS-ADS operates in different modes depending on system utilization and uses trust factors to identify suspicious users. Each technique aims to filter attack traffic while minimizing impacts on legitimate users, but they also have drawbacks like increased delays, inability to prevent sophisticated attacks, or potential flooding from redirects.
Cloud native architecture is emerging for Telecom workloads. To support these emerging trends, Intel is targeting enhancements to the Dataplane Development Kit (DPDK). The enhancements would target network service mesh with dedicated sidecar accelerators and the mechanism to build the mesh dynamically.
Speaker: Gerald Rogers. Gerald Rogers is a Principal Engineer in the Network Products Group focused on virtual switching, network function virtualization and Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK). After joining Intel in 2005, Gerald has worked as a software engineer and architect in the embedded and networking groups. For the past 7 years Gerald has led the network virtual switching software and hardware acceleration effort to drive Intel architecture into the networking and telecommunications industry. Gerald holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science, and has 20 years of experience in the networking and telecommunications industry.
This document summarizes an Internet census conducted in 2012 that involved port scanning the entire IPv4 address space using insecure embedded devices accessed with default or empty credentials. Over 420,000 devices were accessed to build a distributed port scanner network. Various scanning methods were used including ICMP ping, reverse DNS, Nmap scans, service probes, and traceroutes to gather data on open ports, network services, and network topology. The data gathered is being released publicly to further the study of Internet infrastructure and device security.
This presentation was displayed at MWC 2011 covering the following topics: Traffic Management, Internet Offload Gateway, DPI, Adaptive Traffic Shaping, and Policy Enforcement.
What is DPI? How can it be used effectively? What are the different use cases and requirements for such products? We discuss this and the methodologies needed to properly evaluate the DPI functionality of network devices under the demanding network conditions in which they will be deployed.
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1. Prodapt provides deep packet inspection services to help DPI vendors overcome challenges in maintaining accurate application and protocol signatures.
2. These services include regular updates to signatures as new applications and protocols emerge, monitoring network traffic to identify any unsigned traffic, and decrypting encrypted traffic.
3. Prodapt captures packet payloads to verify existing signatures and develop new signatures for any unsigned protocols or applications, helping DPI vendors save time and costs in testing and maintaining their engines.
The document discusses the use of femtocells to address mobile broadband capacity challenges. It notes that femtocells can provide the cheapest and fastest network access through small cell reuse of spectrum. The document also discusses how intelligent traffic management using deep packet inspection is needed to shape traffic based on network conditions and service level agreements. This helps maximize network monetization and efficiently manage scarce spectrum resources.
This document discusses simulating live cyber attacks and application traffic to measure the resiliency of a private cloud. It describes a case study of a pharmaceutical company, Pharma Inc., that wanted to test its private cloud resiliency. The challenges of legacy testing are discussed. A 3 step approach is outlined: 1) functional testing, 2) enhancing testing with load, and 3) testing performance and security under load. The demonstration and lessons learned focus on how this approach provided Pharma Inc. insights into optimizing its private cloud deployment.
This document discusses a fraud monitoring system for voice over internet protocol (VoIP) telephony. It begins with an introduction to VoIP and defines fraud. It then discusses the history of VoIP and how VoIP connections work. Key points discussed include quality of service requirements, protocols used in VoIP like SIP and H.323, and security challenges like dynamic addressing and firewalls. The document examines how a fraud management system could address these security issues to help secure VoIP networks.
Globecom - MENS 2011 - Characterizing Signature Sets for Testing DPI SystemsStenio Fernandes
This document presents a framework for characterizing signature sets used to evaluate deep packet inspection (DPI) systems. The framework analyzes signature sets based on their size, number of sub-patterns, and complexity. It calculates various metrics for signature sets from applications like L7-Filter, Bro, and Snort. The results show that signature sets can vary significantly in size, sub-pattern counts, and complexity. This variability makes performance comparisons between DPI systems tested on different signature sets inaccurate. The characterization framework allows signature sets to be classified based on these attributes to put DPI engines under controlled stress conditions for fair performance analysis.
SIP Threat Management device which is released by ALLO.COM is installed in front of any SIP based PBX system or VOIP gateway and offers extra layers of security against numerous types of attacks that are targeted towards IP telephony infrastructure. The features offered by the STM complement those of a traditional firewall or UTM, and it can be installed in conjunction with a UTM.
Instead of losing thousands of dollars due to the victim of VOIP attacks, invest on 300$ worth of ALLO STM, which is plug & play.
Investing in an STM to protect your communications network is a must.
Following are high level tasks will be performed as part of consolidation process or data migration activity from existing customer’s systems into newly consolidated Database.
The document discusses heavy-tailed distributions and their prevalence in computer networking. It begins with definitions of key concepts like outliers, heavy-tailed distributions, and how these distributions violate assumptions of traditional statistical analysis. Examples are given of heavy-tailedness in areas like web objects, video systems, and peer-to-peer networks. Specific distributions like Pareto and Weibull are mentioned as fitting networking metrics well. The document emphasizes that extreme observations are common in networks and should not be discarded without careful analysis.
The document discusses a study and implementation of unified threat management (UTM) and web application firewall (WAF) at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in India. It describes common internal and external threats organizations face, how UTM provides centralized security functions through a single management console, and how WAF protects against attacks like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, denial of service attacks, and session hijacking that target web applications. The advantages of UTM include reduced complexity, ease of deployment, and integration capabilities, while disadvantages include lower performance and potential vendor lock-in for large organizations.
Unified Threat Management (UTM) or Unified Security Management (USM), is a solution in the network security industry, and since 2004 it has gained currency as a primary network gateway defense solution for organizations.
In theory, UTM is the evolution of the traditional firewall into an all-inclusive security product able to perform multiple security functions within one single appliance: network firewalling, network intrusion prevention and gateway antivirus (AV), gateway anti-spam, VPN, content filtering, load balancing, data leak prevention and on-appliance reporting.
PS: Pl note that the presentation involves animated slides. For complete understanding and assimilation, download the presentation first.
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CapAnalysis is a great tool that performs deep packet inspection and can easily be used for cyber investigations. This guide demonstrates it's capabilities and features. The advanced reporting and presentation features allows all audiences to understand the information being presented. The advanced filters also provides easy identification and analysis.
This document provides details of the author's field attachment at Prideland Tours and Travel (PT&T) in Kisumu, Kenya. It describes the background of PT&T including its vision, mission, and target groups. It then outlines the general activities performed during the attachment such as office administration, customer relationship management, and client bookings. Specifically, it details modules completed including software installation, schedule and restore backups, and data recovery tasks. The report provides insights into the skills and experience gained from the attachment.
23 Amazing Lessons Learned From Interviewing The World's Top Developers!Usersnap
Three months ago – on Thursday, April 16th – we launched bugtrackers.io as a new platform showing the life of people in web development.
I expected it to be super fun. And of course I expected it to be successful. After all, we showcased the life of famous, successful or simple extraordinary tech people, like CTOs, developers, web designers or product people.
But I didn’t expect it to have such an impact on me personally.
Today, I’m sharing the top takeaways for me and for us as a company. Yours might be different, which is why I encourage you reading all of the interviews in their entirety.
I hope they’re as valuable for you as they’ve been for us.
The document summarizes the student's 8-week industrial attachment at the Kenya Forest Service Headquarters. The student was attached to the Information Center department, which handles GIS and IT functions. During the attachment, the student digitized forest maps, created a spatial database of forest information, helped implement a new Forest Management Information System, and verified data using satellite imagery. The student gained experience applying GIS skills and found the attachment reinforced their interest in pursuing a career in geomatics engineering. Some challenges included learning new software and limited computer access, but these were overcome through observation, participation, and discussion with officers. Overall, the attachment was a success in providing real-world work experience relevant to the student's field of study.
The document is a report submitted by Isaac Murambi Muchika on his 3-month industrial attachment at Africa Merchant Assurance Company Limited (AMACO). The report provides an overview of AMACO, including that it is a leading general insurance company in Kenya established in 2000. It also describes the student's responsibilities in the Underwriting department, including policy scheduling, issuance of certificates, documentation, and preparation of quotations. The report evaluates the student's experience at AMACO and provides recommendations to improve the company's operations.
The document is an industrial attachment report submitted by a student from Koforidua Polytechnic. It summarizes the student's 6-week attachment with Adolescent Friendly & Peer Educators Organization (AFPEO) in Odumase Krobo, Ghana.
The student was appointed as the project coordinator and was involved in various activities including requisitioning funds, collecting and analyzing health data, presenting reports, and monitoring project activities. The report provides details on the organization's background, operations, and the student's responsibilities and contributions during the attachment period.
A field attachment report to help all those preparing to write a report after completion of their field attachments. I wrote this Myself in 2011, During my first year of study at Zanzibar University, Tanzania.
Network Programmability for Developers: Why It's Time to CareLauren Cooney
The "black box" of networking hardware is no longer irrelevant to organizations and developers who want to build valuable services and applications to extend or monetize their offerings or grow their business models. Learn how this is happening now with Juniper and Programmable Networks.
An Integrated Approach to Manage IT Network Traffic - An OverviewManageEngine
An integrated approach to network traffic management provides benefits over traditional point solutions. A single-point solution can monitor all types of network traffic, support multiple protocols, provide insightful dashboards and reports, and analyze network behavior. This saves troubleshooting time, improves service levels, and maximizes return on investment by enabling better resource allocation and optimization.
This document discusses the opportunity presented by software-defined networking (SDN) to address the challenges of legacy network infrastructure. SDN aims to increase innovation, improve operational efficiency through automation, and reduce capital expenditures via virtualization. Juniper leads in SDN by embracing open standards, contributing to SDN protocols and frameworks, and offering disruptive SDN-enabled products and architectures. Adopting Juniper's SDN solutions allows customers to realize benefits like agility, operational scale, and capital efficiency.
This product brochure summarizes ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, a network traffic analysis and security tool. It provides unparalleled network visibility [1] and supports various flow technologies. [2] The tool helps monitor network performance, security threats, and application usage to ensure business critical services run optimally. [3]
This document provides a summary of Appaji Koppula's professional experience, including his current role as a Senior Software Development Engineer at Cisco Systems since January 2013. It also outlines his previous roles at Citrix R&D India, Juniper Networks, and Intoto Software, with descriptions of some representative projects he worked on in each role. These projects involved areas such as routing, virtual private networks, intrusion detection, and domain name resolution. The document concludes by listing Appaji Koppula's education qualifications, including a Master of Science in Software Systems from BITS Pilani and a Master of Business Administration from Icfai University.
Webinar: Synergy turbinado com o SSP1.4: criptografia elíptica, vídeo pela US...Embarcados
The webinar discussed the Renesas Synergy Software Package (SSP) version 1.4.0. New features in SSP 1.4.0 include improved support for USB with the addition of USBX stack and drivers for USB High-Speed and Full-Speed modules. The SSP is a verified software platform that accelerates embedded development with middleware, drivers, and application frameworks. It supports ThreadX real-time operating system.
Core Network Optimization: The Control Plane, Data Plane & BeyondRadisys Corporation
This presentation takes you through the challenges network operators are facing as they bring in more and more bandwidth-intensive applications to their network. There are ways to optimize the network from the RAN to the Core -- and improve QoS.
EU-Taiwan Workshop on 5G Research, PRISTINE introductionICT PRISTINE
The PRISTINE project aims to explore programmability in RINA (Recursive Internet Architectures) through developing a RINA software development kit. It will demonstrate RINA's applicability and benefits in three use cases - datacenters, distributed clouds, and carrier networks. The project is building a RINA simulator and working towards commoditizing networking equipment through standardized programmability APIs, with the goals of increasing flexibility, automation, and innovation while reducing costs.
The document discusses the challenges of mobile broadband networks due to increasing bandwidth demands and the need for deep packet inspection (DPI) to enable traffic management and service differentiation. DPI allows mobile network operators to prioritize applications, block peer-to-peer traffic that consumes bandwidth, and implement security features like firewalls and intrusion detection. The market for DPI solutions in mobile networks is growing faster than in fixed networks due to the demands of 4G LTE technology.
The document introduces the Cisco One Platform Kit (onePK), which provides developers with tools to programmatically access and manipulate network resources. OnePK includes an SDK that standardizes access across different Cisco platforms through a common API. It allows applications to run on network devices or external servers. The onePK architecture provides flexibility in programming languages, device access, and deployment models. Key capabilities enabled include network analytics, automation, and new customized services.
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2. Vineyard Networks’ Vision:
To be the global technology leader
in next-generation
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
solutions.
3. What does Vineyard do?
Vineyard develops and delivers
Next-Generation Deep Packet Inspection
OEM solutions for integration into
Network Infrastructure and Telecommunications
platforms globally.
5. What’s the deal with DPI?
The demand for network bandwidth is increasing
dramatically! Users want access to applications of
all kinds and they want it FAST!
That means…
More network data
More money to spend
More security risks to deal with
More traffic monitoring, prioritization and
analysis required
Which is why:
“DPI is increasingly being
DPI is the only solution that provides complete
incorporated into larger
visibility of your network to determine IF, WHEN
solutions…creating opportunities for
and HOW applications and protocols should be
suppliers that offer DPI technology on
traversing the network.
an OEM basis” – Infonetics, April
2012
6. Why OEM DPI?
DPI technology is highly specialized
It’s expensive to develop and
maintenance intensive
Time to market (initial development)
of 2-3 years
Very few vendors and engineers have a
background in DPI technology
7. Our DPI Solution
Network Application Visibility Library (NAVL)
NAVL is … A real-time, layer-7 classification engine delivered as a
software library / SDK
Implementation User Space Library
Supported OS Linux, FreeBSD, Cavium Simple Executive,
Windows
Supported CPU Architectures Intel x86_32, x86_64, Cavium Octeon II Series
Application Coverage 804 application/protocol signatures
Application/Protocol Updates 15+ per month *dynamically loaded
Performance 40Gbps + (Intel Xeon 10 HT cores)
Throughput 2-4Gbps per core
Memory Footprint Library: 5MB Per Thread: 1MB Per Flow: 1KB
Custom Definition API YES
Metadata Extraction YES
8. NAVL
Framework
NAVL consists of 2 core
components:
1. The Engine - Contains
classification toolkit, handles IP-
defragmentation & TCP
Reassembly
2. The Plug-ins - Dynamic system
of .plg files containing packet logic
for classification
9. How does NAVL work?
NAVL receives Packet or Data
streams via API calls to the
engine.
TCP creates Inspection Chain for
each new connection and
provides classification state.
Leverages variety of detection
techniques and extensive plug-in Features:
set to provides results: • Thread-safe library
• Flow ID • Zero-Copy interface
• Application/Protocol Stack • High performance across
• Associated Attributes single or multiple cores
10. NAVL Classification
Plug-ins push information onto the
application stack as traffic details Sub-classifications
are discovered.
provided as well:
Sample Attributes include:
11. How does Vineyard deliver DPI
technology?
1. Technology Alliances are established to drive NAVL DPI
into the platform to deliver it via the channel
OR
2. NAVL DPI technology is licensed firsthand
to network infrastructure and telecom vendors
around the world
12. Driving DPI into the Platform
Our technology alliance consists of Strategic Partnerships with industry
leading network vendors who have integrated Vineyard’s DPI engine into
their platform to power next-generation networking solutions:
13. Licensing our technology
We also establish partnerships with vendors who license our
DPI technology directly for integration into their own solutions:
14. NAVL
Evaluation
FREE Evaluation of the
NAVL Engine provides:
Sample Code
Integration support
Sample Applications
• Capreader
• Netfilter Queue
• Libpcap
Access to Trace File
Repository
15. Vineyard AppLabs
An online resource for Application Intelligence Data
Browse our
Filter apps application &
by traffic type
category, ris database
k
level, produc
tivity level &
application
tags
View
application
details and
attributes
www.applabs.vineyardnetworks.com
16. Vineyard’s Value Proposition
NAVL offers: Which means:
• A complete Packet Inspection • Reduced time to market by
engine 1-2 years
• Signature Plug-ins ~ à la carte • NO in-house development
• Steady stream of updates • Minimal staffing needs
• Ongoing maintenance • A significant competitive
• Continued integration and advantage
support