Re: sending strings data into IPfix stream

2013-07-02 Thread DESCOMBES Thierry
Hi Brian, Thanks a lot for your answer. Our IPFIX exporter is a bit specific, and we'd like to export periodically a list of hostname, ipaddress and related data (that are not available from the collector: owner, serial number, ...) It should be easier to send this list using IPFIX stream (and t

Re: sending strings data into IPfix stream

2013-07-01 Thread Brian Trammell
Hi, Thierry, Have a look in the IANA information element registry (http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix) to see if there are existing IEs for the information you want to export. Hostnames, I think, are not there -- in general, IPFIX exporters deal in addresses taken from observed packets and

sending strings data into IPfix stream

2013-07-01 Thread DESCOMBES Thierry
Hello, Not sure if this is the right list for this type of message ... I am developing an IPFIX exporter. It exports IP flows, and I'd like now to export some extra information (strings) about the machines on the LAN (the hostname of the machine, and others information ...) What is the right way