From the experience gained with WinGate - Qbik's comprehensive proxy server solution, Qbik realised that a logical and necessary complement would be an intrusion detection system that could monitor, analyse and report on suspicious network and Internet traffic behaviour to and from the WinGate Internet server. Currently NetPatrol operates as a stand alone monitoring system, providing relevant traffic information, and raising alerts about suspected network intrusions or attacks.
NetPatrol can be set to monitor all network connections on the machine on which it is installed, and provide a detailed report on network data that is addressed to those interfaces. Or it can be set to "promiscuous mode" where it will monitor all network traffic on all the ethernet segments that the NetPatrol machine is connected to.
With a "danger level" monitor, NetPatrol will attempt to gauge the behaviour and severity of the data activity, and respond accordingly. It can be configured to handle certain types of network behaviours based on a set of rules that administrators are able to configure depending on their security reporting requirements.
NetPatrol is built on top of installable modules, with certain tasks assigned to each. Because of this, NetPatrol can be used as a distributed IDS system, allowing for higher performance and better ratio of handled/lost packets on highly-loaded networks.
All IP Traffic can be logged and sessions reconstructed. A graph of attacks level indicates current threat level. From the main display, Source or Destination computers can be investigated.
Also included is the Qbik PortList tool, allowing easy real-time monitoring of all connections to and from the local machine and the processes responsible. Connections and processes can be easily terminated from the main screen. Even system services can be terminated.