On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, David Findlay wrote:
>I am using the kernel IP Accounting in Linux to record the amount of data
>transfered via my Linux internet gateway from individual IP addresses. This
>currently requires me to set up an accounting rule for each IP address that I
>want to record accounting info for. If I had 200 machines to individually log
>this would require me to set 200 rules.
>
>In the 2.5 series of kernels, working towards 2.6, could you please make the
>IP Accounting so that I can set a single rule that will make it watch all IP
>traffic going from the local network, through the masquerading service to the
>internet, and log local IP Addresses using it? This would allow me to set 1
>rule, but have the information I want on a per IP address system.
>
>One other person I have talked to would like to see this too, and he
>basically says we need a software version of the Cisco IP Accounting
>server/router.
>
>Could you please add this to the next kernel? Please CC me your responses as
>I am not a member of the kernel mailing list. Thanks,
Perhaps I misunderstand what it is exactly you are trying to do,
but I would think that this could be done entirely in userland by
software that just adds rules for you instead of you having to do
it manually.
Just a thought.
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