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This '''HowTo''' explains how to setup an '''[http://www.ntop.org ntop]''' session and produce on demand '''host''' geolocations rendered on either a '''Mercator World Map''' projection or a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language KML]''' '''Earth Browser''' such as '''[http://earth.google.com Google Earth]''', '''[http://maps.google.com Google Maps]''' or '''[http://edu.kde.org/marble Marble]'''.
 
This '''HowTo''' explains how to setup an '''[http://www.ntop.org ntop]''' session and produce on demand '''host''' geolocations rendered on either a '''Mercator World Map''' projection or a '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language KML]''' '''Earth Browser''' such as '''[http://earth.google.com Google Earth]''', '''[http://maps.google.com Google Maps]''' or '''[http://edu.kde.org/marble Marble]'''.
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One of the goals of the NST WUI is to provide a web-based front-end to numerous open source network security applications. Trying to build out a web-based interface that has a common look-and-feel across the vast spectrum of applications is a daunting task.
  
 
== '''ntop Setup''' ==
 
== '''ntop Setup''' ==

Revision as of 06:40, 15 September 2010

Overview

This HowTo explains how to setup an ntop session and produce on demand host geolocations rendered on either a Mercator World Map projection or a KML Earth Browser such as Google Earth, Google Maps or Marble.

One of the goals of the NST WUI is to provide a web-based front-end to numerous open source network security applications. Trying to build out a web-based interface that has a common look-and-feel across the vast spectrum of applications is a daunting task.

ntop Setup

This section describes how to setup an ntop session using the NST WUI.

NST WUI ntop Setup Management

The image above depicts the NST WUI ntop setup management page. Use the following steps to setup an ntop session.


ntop Runtime Management

Once an ntop session is up and running, one can now produce on demand host geolocations.

NST WUI ntop Runtime Management