IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Applicability
RFC 5472
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RFC - Informational
(March 2009; Errata)
Was draft-ietf-ipfix-as (ipfix WG)
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Authors | Tanja Zseby , Elisa Boschi , Nevil Brownlee , BenoƮt Claise | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Stream | Internent Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
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Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 5472 (Informational) | |
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Responsible AD | Dan Romascanu | ||
Send notices to | plonka@doit.wisc.edu |
Network Working Group T. Zseby Request for Comments: 5472 Fraunhofer FOKUS Category: Informational E. Boschi Hitachi Europe N. Brownlee CAIDA B. Claise Cisco Systems, Inc. March 2009 IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Applicability Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2009 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents in effect on the date of publication of this document (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF Contributions published or made publicly available before November 10, 2008. The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process. Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other than English. Zseby, et al Informational [Page 1] RFC 5472 IPFIX Applicability March 2009 Abstract In this document, we describe the applicability of the IP Flow Information eXport (IPFIX) protocol for a variety of applications. We show how applications can use IPFIX, describe the relevant Information Elements (IEs) for those applications, and present opportunities and limitations of the protocol. Furthermore, we describe relations of the IPFIX framework to other architectures and frameworks. Zseby, et al Informational [Page 2] RFC 5472 IPFIX Applicability March 2009 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................4 1.1. Terminology ................................................4 2. Applications of IPFIX ...........................................4 2.1. Accounting .................................................4 2.1.1. Example .............................................5 2.2. Traffic Profiling ..........................................7 2.3. Traffic Engineering ........................................8 2.4. Network Security ...........................................9 2.5. QoS Monitoring ............................................11 2.5.1. Correlating Events from Multiple Observation Points .................................12 2.5.2. Examples ...........................................12 2.6. Inter-Domain Exchange of IPFIX Data .......................14 2.7. Export of Derived Metrics .................................14 2.8. Summary ...................................................15 3. Relation of IPFIX to Other Frameworks and Protocols ............16 3.1. IPFIX and IPv6 ............................................16 3.2. IPFIX and PSAMP ...........................................16 3.3. IPFIX and RMON ............................................16 3.4. IPFIX and IPPM ............................................18 3.5. IPFIX and AAA .............................................18 3.5.1. Connecting via a AAA Client ........................20 3.5.2. Connecting via an Application Specific Module (ASM) .......................................21 3.6. IPFIX and RTFM ............................................21 3.6.1. Architecture .......................................21 3.6.2. Flow Definition ....................................22 3.6.3. Configuration and Management .......................22 3.6.4. Data Collection ....................................22 3.6.5. Data Model Details .................................23Show full document text