PF_RING™ is a Linux kernel module and user-space framework that allows you to process packets at high-rates while providing you a consistent API for packet processing applications.

Basically everyone who has to handle many packets per second. The term ‘many’ changes according to the hardware you use for traffic analysis. It can range from 80k pkt/sec on a 1,2GHz ARM to 14M pkt/sec and above on a low-end 2,5GHz Xeon. PF_RING™ not only enables you to capture packets faster, it also captures packets more efficiently preserving CPU cycles.

For more information about PF_RING™, please visit http://ntop.org

If you want to know about PF_RING™ internals or for the User’s Manual visit the ntop.org Documentation section.

PF_RING™ kernel module and drivers are distributed under the GNU GPLv2 license, LGPLv2.1 for the user-space PF_RING library, and are available in source code format.