7.13. Network Profiling

Network Profiling is a service that monitors the communication to the Virtual Machine, and from the communication status provides reports that make unknown threats and latent risks visible.

Note

  • Network Profiling is used via Service Interconnectivity. You need to apply separately for Service Interconnectivity.

7.13.1. Available Features

You can use the following features with Network Profiling.
Feature Overview
Network Profiling Report A feature that monitors communication to the Virtual Machine and from the communication status provides reports that make unknown threats and latent risks visible.

7.13.2. Network Profiling Report

It monitors communication to the Virtual Machine, and provides reports that make latent risks to the network visible, based on the correlation analyses on traffic logs and threat logs (viruses and unauthorized access) performed by a security analyst.

Note

  • Reports are provided once a month.
Routing Settings
Only communication that goes through Network Profiling can be analyzed. When using Network Profiling, please use the following routing settings.
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  • The communication addressed to Server Segments targeted for analysis is set so that it is routed by vFirewall/Integrated Network Appliance to the Service Interconnect Gateway used for Network Profiling.
  • The communication from the Virtual Machine is set so that it is routed by the Virtual Machine on the Server Segment targeted for analysis to the Service Interconnect Gateway used for Network Profiling.
  • If you perform Ping monitoring on the Virtual Machine, you will require an additional Server Segment for direct connection between vFirewall/Integrated Network Appliance and the Virtual Machine.

Note

  • Please do not connect the Server Segments targeted for analysis directly to vFirewall/Integrated Network Appliance.
Analysis Capacity
The traffic volume that can be analyzed by Network Profiling is shown below.
Item Performance Remarks
Per service Maximum(5 services used)
Traffic Processing Capacity 200 Mbps 1 Gbps The total value of uplink and downlink.
Number of concurrent sessions 40,000 200,000 The number of sessions that can be connected simultaneously.

Note

  • You can increase the traffic volume up to 1 Gbps, 200,000 sessions (when 5 services used) by applying additional services. When using more than 2 of service, please contact each NTT Communications affiliate beforehand.

7.13.3. Important Points

Used IP Addresses
  • In order to connect the Service Interconnect Gateway with Network Profiling, you must have two IP address blocks available. If the IP address block is already being used, we might ask you to change it.
  • NTT Communications will manage the assigned IP address blocks, and assign IP addresses to the devices that require them.
Restrictions
  • When the actual traffic volume exceeds the contracted traffic volume, the excess traffic might be discarded.

  • Packets which break TCP/UDP/IP protocol rules or abnormal packets are discarded as a standard function regardless of customer’s configuration.

    (Examples)

    • When the IP header is cut off in the middle
    • When the Port number is 0 (zero)
    • When the TCP flag combination is abnormal and others
  • If devices making up this feature are replaced due to malfunction etc., you will not be able to check device logs or event reports from prior to the replacement via the Security Web Portal. In addition, if the regular server and the standby server are switched for a redundantly configured device and they are restored without replacing the device, you cannot check the log or the event reports for the period during which the switching occurred from the Security Web Portal.

  • Network Profiling does not guarantee that the Network Profiling feature has integrity or accuracy, or is suitable for your use. Furthermore, the suitability of the application, virus and URL identification algorithms provided by the developers or distributors of the devices making up the Network Profiling feature is not guaranteed.

  • The following information might be provided to the developers or distributors of the devices making up the Network Profiling feature.

    • Configuration information obtained from providing network profiling
    • Information relating to Network Profiling processing
  • We cannot guarantee recovery from failures that might occur due to incompatibility between Network Profiling and your environment, or failures that occur due to your operations other than those specified by NTT Communications.

  • There may be times when the customer’s environment is affected by maintenance services. An advance notice will be sent when there are possible effects to the customer’s environment. This is not applied when we judge the maintenance work urgent to continue service.