Network Monitor

A local Flask-based host intrusion detection dashboard: sniffs packets, logs network connections, and monitors system resources.

How it works

1. Scapy captures packets and DNS queries in background threads.
2. Psutil tracks live processes and system vitals (CPU, RAM).
3. The Flask backend serves a live dashboard via WebSockets (SocketIO).
4. A simple honeypot listens on port 9999 for unauthorized scans.

Tech

Python, Flask, SocketIO, Scapy, Psutil, JavaScript, HTML.

Setup

Install dependencies and run python app.py (requires Administrator/root privileges for packet sniffing).

Note

This is a personal learning experiment for network monitoring. Use only on networks you own or have permission to monitor.