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List:       ipfilter
Subject:    ipfilter and NeTraMet on same machine?
From:       Jesse Reynolds <lizst () va ! com ! au>
Date:       2000-04-28 0:36:46
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Just to rephrase the question:

Can i run ipfilter and NeTraMet on the same machine, with ipfilter 
being a router.

Cheers

Jesse

At 01:50 +1000 19/04/2000, Jesse Reynolds wrote:
>Hi Alex
>
>I only just found your message - doh!
>
>Anyway, is netramet compatible with openbsd and ipfilter?
>
>I have an openbsd 2.6 box running the ipfilter that comes with it, 
>and have tried (and failed) to get it to do accounting.. but it is 
>acting as a choke router very well (and firewall)...
>
>question is, can i leave ipfilter doing it's excellent firewall 
>thing and simply add netramet into the mix? Be great if this is 
>possible as I don't want to put another machine on the network just 
>for counting packets.
>
>cheers
>
>jesse
>
>At 15:31 +0200 29/03/2000, alex@zeelandnet.nl wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've been reading some msgs about accounting with IP filter on this
>>list. I
>>just love IPfilter, but:
>>
>>Accounting with IP filter may be fun with anything up to a dozen
>>hosts+services to be accounted, but when it comes down to some serious IP
>>metering I can recommend only one package: NeTraMet
>>(http://www.auckland.ac.nz/net/Accounting/ntm.Release.note.html).
>>
>>We were struggling with IP filter trying to count traffic for about 2000
>>hosts on a cablemodem network, it just didn't scale. After installing
>>NeTraMet on the counting machine, the load dropped from 100+ % to about 5%
>>(!!). That package is just created for accounting and accounting
>>only. Once
>>you get the hang of the weird ruleset language it really so easy. You can
>>count induvidual traffic for all hosts on a network with just about 5
>>filter
>>rules!
>>
>></end plug>
>>
>>I've got nothing to do with NeTraMet, but it just really saved our day
>>(and
>>my ass :))
>>
>>alex.
>>
>
>
>--
>      Jesse Reynolds - Virtual Artists Pty Ltd - http://www.va.com.au
>            Email: jesse (at) va.com.au        - http://virtual.artists


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       Jesse Reynolds - Virtual Artists Pty Ltd - http://www.va.com.au
             Email: jesse (at) va.com.au        - http://virtual.artists

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