RFC 5982 · INFORMATIONAL · 2010

IP Flow Information Export Mediation: Problem Statement

Overview

RFC 5982, “IP Flow Information Export Mediation: Problem Statement”, is an Informational document published in August 2010 by A. Kobayashi, B. Claise. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Flow-based measurement is a popular method for various network monitoring usages. The sharing of flow-based information for monitoring applications having different requirements raises some open issues in terms of measurement system scalability, flow-based measurement flexibility, and export reliability that IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Mediation may help resolve. This document describes some problems related to flow-based measurement that network administrators have been facing, and then it describes IPFIX Mediation applicability examples along with the problems. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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