Protocol and Metadata Support

  • Over 1000 protocols and  applications recognized, including the most complex tunneling protocols
  • All versions of protocols and applications decoded
  • Thousands of metadata extracted from network traffic at all layers – from the network layer to the application layer 

Fast protocol updates

  • Protocol and Application Watch Service for regular updates
  • On-demand development of protocol and application signatures for custom or regional protocols
  • Protocol Plugin Creator available to customers wanting to create their own protocol plugins
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) for protocol updates 

Example of protocols & applications and their metadata

Protocol/ Application Metadata Possible Use Cases
RTSP (Real Player video streaming) Play/pause, streamed file, URL, video duration +40 other metadata QoS,Video Traffic Charging
HTTP URL, Browser, cookies, DNS, authentication information, +60 other metadata Web analytics, Network Forensics
TCP Source/ destination port, client / server port, +15 other metadata Cyber Defense, Firewalls
GTP Device, user location, QoS metrics, time/duration, +50 other metadata Mobile Traffic Optimization, Mobile Analytics
UDP Source/ destination port, client / server port, +15 other metadata Troubleshooting
IP Source/dest. address, source /dest port, data, +15 other metadata Network Forensics, IPS/IDS Reinforcement

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Families of protocol and metadata

  • Networking: Ethernet (20 metadata), IPv6 (23 metadata), UDP(21 metadata), TCP (35 metadata), DHCP (66 metadata) and over 70 other networking protocols     See all
  • Email: IMAP (71 metadata), POP3 (52 metadata), SMTP (66 metadata), and 5 other email protocols     See all
  • Webmail: Yahoo!Mail (64 metadata), Gmail (64 metadata), Windows Live Hotmail (54 metadata), and more than 20 other webmails     See all
  • Instant Messaging & Multimedia Conferencing: Skype (15 metadata), Windows Live Messenger (51 metadata), Gtalk, AIM and 20 other IM protocols     See all
  • Forum: Google Groups (46 metadata), Yahoo Groups (37 metadata), MSN Groups, and several other forum applications     See all
  • VoIP: SIP (66 metadata), RTP (27 metadata), H225 (27 (metadata), and 8 other VoIP protocols     See all
  • Web browsing: HTTP (69 metadata including http request, URL, DNS, cookies, referer,Device and browser), HTTPS     See all
  • Social networks: Facebook (36 metadata), Twitter, Linkedin, MySpace and 155 other social networks     See all
  • Web multimedia streaming: Flash /RTMP (15 metadata), RTSP (used by Real Player and QuickTime, 60 metadata) , MPEGTS, Youtube, Dailymotion,  and 10 other streaming protocols     See all
  • Search engines: Google (20 metadata), and 5 other search engines     See all
  • E-commerce: eBay (17 metadata), and 5 other sites     See all
  • Websites: Google Maps (23 metadata), Megaupload, and 50 other websites     See all
  • Mobile networks:  GTP (57 metadata), MMSE, and 8 other protocols used in mobile networks     See all
  • Peer to peer: Bittorrent (43 metadata), eDonkey, and 15 other P2P protocols     See all
  • File management: FTP (24 metadata), NFS, and 13 other protocols     See all
  • Enterprise: MySQL (16 metadata), CUPS, McAfee and 30 other protocols     See all
  • Gaming: World of Warcraft (13 metadata), Counter Strike     See all
  • Authentication: Radius (30 metadata), Socks4      See all