A survey of network flow applications

Bingdong Li, Jeff Springer, George Bebis, Mehmet Hadi Gunes

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    Abstract

    It has been over 16 years since Cisco's NetFlow was patented in 1996. Extensive research has been conducted since then and many applications have been developed. In this survey, we have reviewed an extensive number of studies with emphasis on network flow applications. First, we provide a brief introduction to sFlow, NetFlow and network traffic analysis. Then, we review the state of the art in the field by presenting the main perspectives and methodologies. Our analysis has revealed that network security has been an important research topic since the beginning. Advanced methodologies, such as machine learning, have been very promising. We provide a critique of the studies surveyed about datasets, perspectives, methodologies, challenges, future directions and ideas for potential integration with other Information Technology infrastructure and methods. Finally, we concluded this survey.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)567-581
    Number of pages15
    JournalJournal of Network and Computer Applications
    Volume36
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Mar 2013

    Keywords

    • Machine learning
    • NetFlow
    • Network security
    • Network traffic analysis
    • sFlow

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