iptables accounting problem

iptables accounting problem

[ITM CS Ruslan O. Nesterov]

Hello netfilter list,
      I'm sorry for asking this question, I red all the documentation
      and still got no clue how to make ip accounting work.
      I got a pc with 2 ethernet cards all traffics goes through it.
      i created a rule like
      iptables -N xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
      iptables -A input -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -j xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
      when i type
      iptables -L xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -n -v
      i get 0 traffic information. How could be? Or whereis my
      mistake?
      
      
  

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RE: iptables accounting problem

[Rob Sterenborg]

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>       I'm sorry for asking this question, I red all the documentation
>       and still got no clue how to make ip accounting work.
>       I got a pc with 2 ethernet cards all traffics goes through it.
>       i created a rule like
>       iptables -N xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>       iptables -A input -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -j xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>       when i type
>       iptables -L xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -n -v
>       i get 0 traffic information. How could be? Or whereis my
>       mistake?

What if you did it like this :
iptables -A INPUT -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Then iptables -L INPUT -nv should tell you how much traffic has passed by.

You could also create your own rule of course, but I think it's overkill.
iptables -N testrule
iptables -A testrule -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
iptables -A INPUT -j testrule
Then to check the traffic that passed by : iptables -L testrule -nv


Rob

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