On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 12:07:31PM +1000, Manfred Bartz wrote:
> There is another issue with logging in general:
>
> *COUNTERS MUST NOT BE RESETABLE!!!*
Umm, no. Counters can be resetable - you just specify that accounting
programs should not reset them, ever.
The ability to reset counters is extremely useful if you're a human
looking at the output of iptables -L -v. (I thus far know of no one
who can memorise the counter values for around 40 rules).
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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
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