Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 19:03:30 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: Christian Kratzer <ck@toplink.net> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <pi@complx.LF.net>, "Jean M. Vandette" <vandj@securenet.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP or packet Accounting Software for burst connections. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911241902280.18907-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911242004260.42718-100000@babylon.toplink.net>
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On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Christian Kratzer wrote: > Hi, > > > Basically, it will add up the bytes that match a given tcpdump expression, > > > over a configurable interval. > > > > That seems rather silly, since ipfw can do that already. > > ipfw only counts bytes and packets. It does not log touples of > (src ip,dst ip,byte count, packet count) which is what is required > for full ip accounting. > > ipfw is basically the wrong tool for accounting ... > > Greetings > Christian Yes, but you can specify the tuples that are significant. I doubt that anyone wants every possible combination. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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