The book aims to familiarize the readers with network traffic analysis technologies, giving a thorough understanding of the differences between active and passive network traffic analysis, and the advantages and disadvantages of each methodology. It has a special focus on network flow traffic analysis which, due to its scalability, privacy, ease of implementation, and effectiveness, is already playing a key role in the field of network security.
Gilberto Persico is a Unix system, networking, and security engineer with over 30 years of experience in the IT world, working as a programmer, architect, security auditor, and systems and network engineer.