RE: [SLUG] ip Accounting

[John Wiltshire <jw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Dave Kempe [mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> 
> > David Kempe <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Has any one got IP accounting working with IP Chains?
> > > I've been reading HOWTOs on ipchains and masqerading etc 
> but can't find
> > > anything but a passing reference.
> > > Anyone got it working? used it? care?
> >
> > What exactly do you want to do with it?
> 
> For linux boxes that serve as masquerading gateways, it would 
> be handy to
> determine what ips that are being masqueraded, are getting 
> what amount of
> traffic. So you can tell, roughly, how much web surfing Joe 
> in accounts is
> doing or who is chewing into your valuable bandwidth.

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John Wiltshire