Monitor your own network with free network flow analytics from Cloudflare
Sep 28, 2022Chris Draper

Summary
This post introduces a free, early-access version of Magic Network Monitoring (formerly Flow Based Monitoring), a self-serve network flow analytics tool. It allows users to visualize traffic, filter by packet characteristics, and set volumetric alerts. The post highlights its utility for network engineers and managers to understand network traffic, identify peak volumes, detect malicious activity like DDoS attacks, and integrate with Magic Transit for mitigation.
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