Protocol and Metadata Support

Full traffic visibility

• Over 1300 protocols and applications recognized, including video streaming, P2P, Social Networks, messaging, etc
• Identification of service (VoIP, chat, file transfer) within applications like Skype
• Identification of applications within Facebook
• All versions of protocols and applications decoded
• Support of the most complex tunneling protocols
• 6000+ 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
• Advanced Protocol Plugin SDK 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
Facebook	Receiver, message, feed_like, +50 other metadata	QoE, Analytics, Marketing
YouTube	Video, URL, date, duration, frame rate, +30 other metadata	QoE, Analytics, Marketing
Google	Mail, Chat, Earth, Apps, Play, Groups +150 other metadata	QoE, Analytics, Marketing
RTSP	Play/pause, streamed file, URL, video duration +40 other metadata	QoS, QoE
GTP	Device, user location, QoS metrics, time/duration, +50 other metadata	NMS, Trouble Shooting
HTTP	URI, Browser, cookies, DNS, authentication information, +60 other metadata	QoE, Analytics, Marketing
IP	Source/dest. address, source /dest port, data, +15 other metadata	Network Analytics, IDS/IPS

 

For a full list of supported protocols, applications and their metadata, please contact us.