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The (Net)Flow That Kentik Makes Go: Know Your Traffic Flow Data Protocols

Kentik

In networking terms, a “flow” defines a uni-directional set of packets sharing common attributes such as source and destination IP, source and destination ports, IP protocol, and type of service. J-Flow : J-Flow is a flow monitoring implementation from Juniper Networks. RFlow is based on NetFlow v5. Flow Data Variations.

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All About BIND DNS: Who, How, & Why

Linux Academy

For small or uncomplicated networks, BIND by itself is well suited to provide all DNS-related service functions. Typically, the people who manage BIND DNS servers day to day are network administrators or system administrators who are comfortable in Linux/UNIX. Who Uses BIND? BIND also gives you very granular control over a DNS server.

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Monitoring DNS with Kentik Detect

Kentik

No matter how well your network is routing IP traffic, the network is essentially down without DNS to resolve hostnames like www.google.com to their underlying IP addresses. As with any critical component, network operations needs to be able to continuously monitor DNS performance and to respond quickly to any issues that may arise.

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