While I agree that open hardware is a good idea, Cisco has no malicious intent with NetFlow. It is a legitimate tool for maintaining and improving network quali

While I agree that open hardware is a good idea, Cisco has no malicious intent with NetFlow. It is a legitimate tool for maintaining and improving network quality. This isn't an instance of a vendor providing a back door to the NSA (or whoever). It's an accident of the protocol that it is easier to derive this data from than raw packet sniffing.