[ale] Monitor Internet Traffic

[Boris Borisov]

http://www.catonmat.net/blog/traffic-accounting-with-iptables/

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> It used markers. So each source has it's own marker. Then each marker
>> gets counted.
>>
>> Ah! This looks familiar:
>>
>> http://www.catonmat.net/blog/traffic-accounting-with-iptables/
>>
>> 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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>>
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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
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> This is counting bytes?  I like it.  Example rule?
>>
>> --
>> James P. Kinney III
>>
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>> gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
>> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
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