On Feb 9, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Phil Mayers wrote:

> At (say) 512:1 sampling, they can simply deny they downloaded a 5Gb file, and 
> claim it was a 10Mb file.

In actuality, NetFlow isn't typically utilized for this type of layer-7 
nitpicking, as it's a layer-4 technology (not counting FNF and/or IPFIX/PSAMP, 
as they aren't available/deployed in any operationally significant numbers).  

;>

It's used for security purposes, for traffic engineering purposes, for 
capacity-planning purposes, for billing, for troubleshooting, et. al.

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