[c-nsp] Netflow/Sflow for "irrelevant" traffic?

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 12:37:52PM +0000, Drew Weaver wrote:
> So if a flow is less than the sampling rate it does not export anything, 
> I believe is what you are saying.

No.  If you happen to just not see a packet of that flow, it will not
export anything.

You can have a flow of 100.000 packets that all just happen to always
be "one of the 499 out of 500 packets" that are not being looked at.

gert
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