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North-South Traffic

Last updated August 24, 2026
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What we add

Counted facts

A dictionary definition doesn't say how often a term is actually used. This counts it across the graph -- articles that mention it, open source projects tagged with it, and the organizations tagged with it, listed here alongside the count. A term has no peer companies, and nothing here claims otherwise.

Open source projects 4 Organizations tagged 23 Organizations AccuKnox, Appcito, Arista Networks, Awake Security, Bitdefender, Bricata, Catbird Security, Corelight, ElastiFlow, ExtraHop Networks, Firewalla, Gatewatcher, Hillstone Networks, Hoplite Industries, IronNet, Lupovis, Morphick, NetFlow Logic, PV-SL-HOSTED-Vancouver-Network, Tigera Related terms