SENSOR: A Cost-Efficient Open-Source Flow Monitoring Platform

TL;DR

This paper introduces SENSOR, an open-source, cost-effective distributed platform for collecting IPFIX flow data, emphasizing accessibility and implementation details at the University of Tübingen.

Contribution

It presents a novel open-source platform for flow monitoring that is both cost-efficient and easy to deploy using existing tools.

Findings

Successful implementation at the University of Tübingen

Cost-effective and scalable flow data collection

Comprehensive overview of open-source tools used

Abstract

This paper presents a cost-effective and distributed flow monitoring platform for collecting unsampled IPFIX data exclusively using open-source tools, which is implemented at the University of T\"ubingen. An overview of all tools is given and their use is explained.