IPFIX fine-tunes traffic analysis

摘要

Soon it will be easier for IT managers to extract and view important traffic statistics stored in their routers so they can better manage their networks. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is standardizing the format used for exporting router-based information about network traffic flows to data collection devices and network management systems. The proposed standard, IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX), will work across any vendors routers and management applications that support the protocol. In other words, IT departments will no longer have to match routers supporting proprietary export formats with applications that have been developed specifically to support those formats. The export format also is extensible, so network managers won't have to upgrade their router software or management tools as their traffic-monitoring requirements change.