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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Joe Rizzo wrote: |
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> I believe you could accomplish what you want with iptables. IE Match |
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> the IP address with an iptables rule. The rule has counters for the |
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> packets and bytes. |
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Yes that was the other route I was looking at. |
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I will have to hack a script that grabs all the IP aliases and then |
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creates a chain with a rule for each IP. (I was hoping someone had done |
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this already :-) BTW, would those counters be accessible through SNMP |
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then? (Would be nice to use cacti to graph it). |
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> I believe there are tools / projects that provide iptables accounting. |
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> Hope that helps. |
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> Joe |
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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: A. Khattri [mailto:ajai@××××.net] |
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> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:10 PM |
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> To: gentoo-server@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Tracking bandwidth usage |
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> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Wendall Cada wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 17:38 -0500, kashani wrote: |
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> > A. Khattri wrote: |
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> > > I have a web server with 100 IP aliases on it. |
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> > > I want to be able to track bandwidth usage on each IP. |
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> > > (Maybe MRTG graphs?) |
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> > > Anyone come up with an elegant solution? |
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> > ntop works well. Graphing is a part of it's built in functionality. I |
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> > have been using it on my primary router for over a year without |
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> issues. |
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> The only problem being that last time I looked at ntop is does take away |
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> a |
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> chunk of CPU time from your server (unless you have it on a separate |
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> box). |
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smoke and mirrors n. |
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Marketing deceptions. The term is |
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mainstream in this general sense. Among hackers it's strongly |
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associated with bogus demos and crocked benchmarks (see also |
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MIPS, machoflops). "They claim their new box cranks 50 |
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MIPS for under $5000, but didn't specify the instruction mix -- |
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sounds like smoke and mirrors to me." The phrase, popularized by |
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newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin c.1975, has been said to |
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derive from carnie slang for magic acts and `freak show' displays |
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that depend on `trompe l'oeil' effects, but also calls to mind |
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the fierce Aztec god Tezcatlipoca (lit. "Smoking Mirror") for |
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whom the hearts of huge numbers of human sacrificial victims were |
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regularly cut out. Upon hearing about a rigged demo or yet another |
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round of fantasy-based marketing promises, hackers often feel |
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analogously disheartened. See also stealth manager. |
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