What is a Network Traffic Flow? (Part 3)

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Network traffic flows (flows) are useful for building a coarse-grained understanding of traffic on a computer network.

Following on from What is a Network Traffic Flow? and What is a Network Traffic Flow? (Part 2), this third post investigates flow metadata, how it adds value to flow analysis, and how to record and transport it. This is the good stuff, where flows become useful…

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Figure 1 – What this blog post covers

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