Deleted User
Deleted User2y ago

Who uses scapy ?

what is NetflowSession argument do in python scapy library ?
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w33t
w33t2y ago
First and foremost, let me say that you're the first person to immediately just put their question in here, so I appreciate you joining and looking around first lol. So, I'm not familiar with Scapy but Netflow is a tool/function to collect network traffic. It was originally some Cisco shit, so if I had to guess, I'd imagine it can read Netflow data? https://scapy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/scapy.layers.netflow.html
w33t
w33t2y ago
GitHub
scapy/netflow.py at master · secdev/scapy
Scapy: the Python-based interactive packet manipulation program & library. Supports Python 2 & Python 3. - scapy/netflow.py at master · secdev/scapy
Deleted User
Deleted UserOP2y ago
but Netflow is not available on windows how can this happen ? windows machines are not even listen in the supported list of cisco ? it is confusing me ? NetflowSession is it some sort of just collecting live traffic ?
w33t
w33t2y ago
Yeah, it's related to routers and the network flow of data. Check this out https://www.comparitech.com/net-admin/best-netflow-analyzers-collectors/ And this goes over the flow and how it works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetFlow
Comparitech
12 Best NetFlow Analyzers & Collector Tools in 2023 (Paid & Free)
We review the Best NetFlow Analyzers and Collectors for Windows including Free, Open Source & paid tools, with links to downloads and free trials.
NetFlow
NetFlow is a feature that was introduced on Cisco routers around 1996 that provides the ability to collect IP network traffic as it enters or exits an interface. By analyzing the data provided by NetFlow, a network administrator can determine things such as the source and destination of traffic, class of service, and the causes of congestion. A ...
w33t
w33t2y ago
It's a great way to get a baseline of what's normal what it comes to traffic, so you can compare to that baseline later
Deleted User
Deleted UserOP2y ago
i really appreciate brother thank you so much
w33t
w33t2y ago
For sure, any time!
Deleted User
Deleted UserOP2y ago
are __setstate__and __getstate__ the same as copyreg.constructor() ?