[ale] Monitor Internet Traffic

[Boris Borisov]

iptables would be the "hacker" way to go. Iptraf otherwise.

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for both links!
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> *From: *"Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Chris Fowler" <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> *Cc: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, August 12, 2015 3:36:48 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] Monitor Internet Traffic
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> It used markers. So each source has it's own marker. Then each marker gets
> counted.
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> Ah! This looks familiar:
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> http://www.catonmat.net/blog/traffic-accounting-with-iptables/
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> On Wed, 2015-08-12 at 15:15 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> It will take a while to dig this up. I did this about 10 years ago and I'm
> not sure I kept it.
> On Aug 12, 2015 3:11 PM, "Chris Fowler" <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> wrote:
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> *From: *"Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, August 12, 2015 2:54:36 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] Monitor Internet Traffic
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> Use iptables and add a counter table that update based on mac or ip. Then
> run a cron to read the table values and dump into rrd.
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> This is counting bytes?  I like it.  Example rule?
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> --
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