NAME

Net::Silk - Interface to the SiLK network flow library

DESCRIPTION

Net::Silk is a perl binding to the SiLK network flow library. SiLK is self-described as:

SiLK, the System for Internet-Level Knowledge, is a collection of
traffic analysis tools developed by the CERT Network Situational
Awareness Team (CERT NetSA) to facilitate security analysis of large
networks. The SiLK tool suite supports the efficient collection,
storage, and analysis of network flow data, enabling network security
analysts to rapidly query large historical traffic data sets. SiLK is
ideally suited for analyzing traffic on the backbone or border of a
large, distributed enterprise or mid-sized ISP.

The SiLK suite can be found here:

EXPORTS

The following are available via the :basic export tag. They pertain to how the SiLK library was compiled:

CONSTANTS

SILK_IPV6_ENABLED
SILK_ZLIB_ENABLED
SILK_LZO_ENABLED
SILK_LOCALTIME_ENABLED
SILK_INITIAL_TCPFLAGS_ENABLED

FUNCTIONS

compression_methods()

Returns a list of available compression methods.

timezone_support()

Returns either "UTC" or "local" depending on how SiLK was compiled.

SEE ALSO

Net::Silk::RWRec, Net::Silk::IPSet, Net::Silk::IPWildcard, Net::Silk::Bag, Net::Silk::Pmap, Net::Silk::IPAddr, Net::Silk::TCPFlags, Net::Silk::ProtoPort, Net::Silk::File, Net::Silk::Site, silk(7)

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2011-2015 by Carnegie Mellon University

Use of the Net-Silk library and related source code is subject to the terms of the following licenses:

GNU Public License (GPL) Rights pursuant to Version 2, June 1991 Government Purpose License Rights (GPLR) pursuant to DFARS 252.227.7013

NO WARRANTY

See GPL.txt and LICENSE.txt for more details.