We’re excited to announce the LiveWire 25.1 release, bringing a host of enhancements designed to improve network observability, increase processing efficiency, and expand compatibility across diverse environments. This update includes major advancements in DNS/DHCP analysis, packet capture performance, and hardware evolution, ensuring that LiveWire remains the best-in-class solution for network and security teams. Let’s dive into what’s new!
Major Capabilities
1. New DNS/DHCP Experts to Identify and Diagnose Performance and Operational Issues
We have introduced a comprehensive set of new DNS/DHCP Experts into the LiveFlow Pipeline, empowering network operators with advanced capabilities to detect and resolve critical performance and operational issues.
These experts provide deep insights into:
- DNS Slow response time
- DNS Idle too long
- DNS Errors
- DNS Frequent Retransmissions
- DHCP Slow response time
- DHCP Frequent Retransmissions
- DHCP Request Storms
- DHCP Low Lease Time
By leveraging these powerful analytics, organizations can enhance real-time visibility, proactively identify network inefficiencies, and mitigate service disruptions before they impact users.
The integration into LiveFlow Pipeline ensures:
- Optimized performance by reducing processing overhead and accelerating data throughput.
- Greater scalability to efficiently manage higher traffic loads.
- A unified analytics framework that streamlines protocol analysis for consistent and actionable insights.
- Enhanced anomaly detection to swiftly identify and remediate security threats, misconfigurations, and operational inefficiencies.
- Advanced heuristics and behavioral analytics enable faster root-cause analysis and improved troubleshooting.
With these upgrades, network operators gain a powerful, proactive toolkit to maintain DNS/DHCP service reliability, optimize performance, and safeguard against network disruptions.
2. UDP Support for Multi-segment-analysis
With LiveWire 25.1, we are introducing UDP support to the multi-segment analysis, extending visibility into UDP traffic. This addition enables:
- Expanded coverage of critical protocols such as DNS, DHCP, VoIP (SIP/RTP), and various IoT communications.
- More accurate threat detection and forensic analysis by capturing and analyzing UDP-based network activities.
- Enhanced real-time monitoring for high-speed networks that rely on UDP transport.
3. Next-Gen Hardware: LiveWire Core moves to latest Dell platform
Performance and reliability are paramount, and we’re upgrading LiveWire Core to the latest Dell platform. This transition delivers:
- Higher processing power for improved packet capture and analytics efficiency.
- Better hardware lifecycle support, ensuring stability and futureproofing.
- Optimized energy efficiency to reduce operational costs.
With this new platform, users can expect a significant boost in processing capabilities, supporting larger-scale deployments with ease.
4. Enhanced Compression for Edge, Virtual, and Container Deployments
To further optimize storage and transmission efficiency, LiveWire 25.1 introduces Non-Napatech compression support for Edge, Virtual, and Container deployments. This enhancement offers:
- Efficient data compression without requiring Napatech hardware, making it more accessible across diverse environments.
- Reduced storage footprint while maintaining data integrity and retrieval efficiency.
- Faster transmission speeds for packet captures, ensuring timely insights without compromising accuracy.
This feature is particularly beneficial for organizations leveraging cloud-native architectures and distributed deployments, ensuring high-performance packet analysis without hardware dependency.
Minor Capabilities
In addition to the major enhancements, LiveWire 25.1 introduces several minor but impactful updates to further improve performance and flexibility:
- Add TACACS+ group support to enhance authentication and authorization management.
- New Calculation for 3-Way Handshake to provide more accurate timing and retransmission analysis.
- LiveWire on Nutanix for better integration and deployment flexibility within Nutanix environments.
- Improve HW deduplication to enhance efficiency in high-traffic packet capture scenarios.
- Debugging and Reporting Instrumented with Prometheus to offer better observability and monitoring capabilities.
Upgrade to LiveWire 25.1 Today!
The LiveWire 25.1 release is a game-changer, delivering next-level network observability, efficiency, and adaptability. From enhanced DNS/DHCP analytics and UDP monitoring to cutting-edge hardware advancements and flexible deployment options, this update empowers network and security teams like never before.
Stay ahead of performance and security challenges—upgrade to LiveWire 25.1 today.
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