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Hi from FastNetMon! March brought plenty to share. We released two new FastNetMon Advanced versions, added Debian 13 support and Bison router integration, welcomed a new senior engineering contributor to the team, and covered key updates and industry events. Happy reading!
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FastNetMon LiveView is here
The wait is over: one of the most requested FastNetMon product upgrades has arrived! FastNetMon LiveView brings real-time traffic visibility, DDoS monitoring, and configuration into a single, intuitive web interface. See what’s happening across your network instantly, investigate attacks faster, and manage settings more easily through a browser-based interface. Available as an add-on for FastNetMon Advanced.
Additional product updates
This month, we’ve released FastNetMon Advanced versions 2.0.376, 2.0.377, and 2.0.378, alongside a new integration with PagerDuty to improve our alerting capabilities. The latest version updates bring improvements in BGP performance and stability, enhanced IPv6 traffic visibility, stronger ClickHouse integrations, and broader flow processing and analytics capabilities, along with some bug fixes.
The Strait of Hormuz & beyond: when cables, conflict and connectivity collide
This month, we’ve published a deep-dive into one of the most interesting parts of global internet infrastructure — and it’s especially relevant right now: the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Gulf region. It’s a look at how dense subsea cable routes, stalled mega-projects, and emerging land corridors all interact in a high-stakes environment where geography still very much dictates how the internet flows.
Real-time DDoS visibility at the edge: Pentanet case study
We’ve published a new case study with Australian ISP Pentanet on how they use FastNetMon for real-time DDoS detection at the edge. With sFlow visibility and tailored thresholds across their services, they’ve built a setup that fits their network well. FastNetMon also enables automated BGP RTBH mitigation, with alerts into Slack and PagerDuty for fast operational response.
RIPE SEE 14 - highlights from Belgrade
We attended RIPE SEE 14 in Belgrade, where more than 200 network operators, engineers and Internet stakeholders from across South East Europe came together.
Industry news & insights
April saw a number of significant DDoS developments and high-profile incidents. Here are the key highlights. Happy reading!
Bluesky hit by prolonged DDoS attack causing widespread outages across feeds, notifications, threads, search functions and profile access. Read the story here.
Mastodon flagship mastodon.social server was hit by DDoS attack causing intermittent outages; only days after the Bluesky attack. Read more here.
Law-enforcement Operation PowerOFF contacts 75,000+ botnet customers in a large-scale action against the DDoS-for-hire ecosystem. Read more here.
Alleged DDoS-for-hire operator behind Fluxstress arrested in Thailand, following a multi-year international investigation involving INTERPOL. Read the story here.
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