Packets Counting

Packets Counting

[M. A. Imam]

Hi,

How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 seconds. and 
i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets from port 
5001

Any ideas...

Muhammad 

RE: Packets Counting

[Seferovic Edvin]

Maybe you should use tcpdump for testing purposes instead of using iptables.

Just my opinion.

Regards,

Edvin

-----Original Message-----
From: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org
[mailto:netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org] On Behalf Of M. A. Imam
Sent: Mittwoch, 16. März 2005 16:56
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Packets Counting

Hi,

How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 seconds.
and 
i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets from port 
5001

Any ideas...

Muhammad 

Re: Packets Counting

[Steven M Campbell]

M. A. Imam wrote:

>Hi,
>
>How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 seconds. and 
>i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets from port 
>5001
>
>Any ideas...
>
>Muhammad 
>
>
>  
>
iptables -L -v will show packet counts and byte counts on rules so, 
using your specific example and assuming you meant tcp port 5001

First create a matching rule that has no target
#  iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 5001

Then, every x seconds run
iptables -L -v -n
and parse out the counter of interest.

Hope that helps,
SCampbell

Re: Packets Counting

[Maxime Ducharme]

Hello

Got a little script that i use to create graphs
with RRD tool.

The main idea is :
create a rule that will match packet that you want to
count. It can be ACCEPTED packets for bandwidth monitoring
or DROP / REJECT to know how many packets have been
blocked on the firewall.

example rules that will count inbound and outbound bytes and
packets for a NATed host :
$IPTABLES -t filter -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o ppp0 -s 192.168.0.2 -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -t filter -A FORWARD -i ppp0 -o eth0 -d 192.168.0.2 -j ACCEPT
...



change these rules to fit what you want to count (in your question,
it would be --sport 5001).

Then, another script to extract the information : "iptbwcheck.sh"

# extract information from iptables, put in a file and zero the counter (-Z)
# -x stands for "show info in bytes not megs or gigs"
/sbin/iptables -x -nvL -Z FORWARD >tmp_forward

# put these in local vars
inputPckMax=`grep "^.*ppp0   eth0.*192\.168\.0\.2 .*$" tmp_forward |awk
'{print $1}'`
inputBytesMax=`grep "^.*ppp0   eth0.*192\.168\.0\.2 .*$" tmp_forward |awk
'{print $2}'`
outputPckMax=`grep "^.*eth0   ppp0.*192\.168\.0\.2 .*$" tmp_forward |awk
'{print $1}'`
outputBytesMax=`grep "^.*eth0   ppp0.*192\.168\.0\.2 .*$" tmp_forward |awk
'{print $2}'`

# del tmp file
rm -f tmp_forward

# call RRD
endDate=`date +%s`
/usr/local/rrdtool-1.0.49/bin/rrdtool update nat.rrd \
$endDate:\
$inputBytesMax:$outputBytesMax:$inputPckMax:$outputPckMax

# do whatever else you want to do with this information
# ex : log in a file, log into mysql, upload to another syslog server, ...

See some graphs created from this script :

- Bandwidth monitoring
http://69.156.160.170/mephisto_day_full.gif

- Blocked packets / 5 mins
http://69.156.160.170/mephisto_day_full_firewall.gif

HTH

Maxime Ducharme
Programmeur / Spécialiste en sécurité réseau

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M. A. Imam" <maimam@wichita.edu>
To: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:56 AM
Subject: Packets Counting


> Hi,
>
> How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 seconds.
and
> i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets from port
> 5001
>
> Any ideas...
>
> Muhammad
>

Re: Packets Counting

[R. DuFresne]

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, M. A. Imam wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 seconds. and
> i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets from port
> 5001
>
> Any ideas...
>

Or;  how to chew up resources;

cron this to run every 3-5 seconds, minutes, hours, days or years are the 
desire hits you;

iptables -L -v |grep 5001

add redirection to a file and you'll have something more to play with.

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne
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RE: Packets Counting

[M. A. Imam]

Can i record the the number of packets each 2 seconds with tcpdump. i can see
packets with tcpdump but how to count it every 2 seconds

>===== Original Message From edvin.seferovic@kolp.at =====
>Maybe you should use tcpdump for testing purposes instead of using iptables.
>
>Just my opinion.
>
>Regards,
>
>Edvin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org
>[mailto:netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org] On Behalf Of M. A. Imam
>Sent: Mittwoch, 16. März 2005 16:56
>To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
>Subject: Packets Counting
>
>Hi,
>
>How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 seconds.
>and
>i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets from port
>5001
>
>Any ideas...
>
>Muhammad

Re: Packets Counting

[Bill Chappell]

I do not have time this instant to share the code but the outline of
a packet counter I use is to create chain MANGLE_ACTIVITY in -t mangle,
add a rule that simply RETURNs to MANGLE_ACTIVITY, Insert a jump to the
MANGLE_ACTIVITY chain in -t mangle PREROUTING (so it is the first chain
hit by all incoming packets), use whatever matches, like --sport or
--dport (remember to specify protocol with port matches) and/or an 
interface match.  Then, in a script (mine happens to be Perl), run
"iptables -t mangle -nvL MANGLE_ACTIVITY" and pipe (|) it through grep
to get the RETURN line with the packet count and pipe it through
awk to pick off the packet count followed by
"iptables -t mangle -Z MANGLE_ACTIVITY" to zero the counter,
both in a loop with a sleep to get the interval (approximately).

Hope this helps.

Bill

(Without deadlines, we'd live forever.)



M. A. Imam wrote:
> Can i record the the number of packets each 2 seconds with tcpdump. i can see 
> packets with tcpdump but how to count it every 2 seconds
> 
> 
>>===== Original Message From edvin.seferovic@kolp.at =====
>>Maybe you should use tcpdump for testing purposes instead of using iptables.
>>
>>Just my opinion.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Edvin
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org
>>[mailto:netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org] On Behalf Of M. A. Imam
>>Sent: Mittwoch, 16. März 2005 16:56
>>To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
>>Subject: Packets Counting
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 seconds.
>>and
>>i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets from port
>>5001
>>
>>Any ideas...
>>
>>Muhammad
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
William Chappell, Software Engineer, Critical Technologies Inc.
* Creativity * Diversity * Expertise * Flexibility * Integrity *
Suite 400 Technology Center, 4th Floor 1001 Broad St, Utica NY 13501
315-793-0248 x148 FAX -9710 <bill.chappell@critical.com> www.critical.com

Re: Packets Counting

[Bill Chappell]

I do not have time this instant to share the code but the outline of
a packet counter I use is to create chain MANGLE_ACTIVITY in -t mangle,
add a rule that simply RETURNs to MANGLE_ACTIVITY, Insert a jump to the
MANGLE_ACTIVITY chain in -t mangle PREROUTING (so it is the first chain
hit by all incoming packets), use whatever matches, like --sport or
--dport (remember to specify protocol with port matches) and/or an
interface match.  Then, in a script (mine happens to be Perl), run
"iptables -t mangle -nvL MANGLE_ACTIVITY" and pipe (|) it through grep
to get the RETURN line with the packet count and pipe it through
awk to pick off the packet count followed by
"iptables -t mangle -Z MANGLE_ACTIVITY" to zero the counter,
both in a loop with a sleep to get the interval (approximately).

Hope this helps.

Bill

(Without deadlines, we'd live forever.)



M. A. Imam wrote:
> Can i record the the number of packets each 2 seconds with tcpdump. i can see 
> packets with tcpdump but how to count it every 2 seconds
> 
> 
>>===== Original Message From edvin.seferovic@kolp.at =====
>>Maybe you should use tcpdump for testing purposes instead of using iptables.
>>
>>Just my opinion.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Edvin
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org
>>[mailto:netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org] On Behalf Of M. A. Imam
>>Sent: Mittwoch, 16. März 2005 16:56
>>To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
>>Subject: Packets Counting
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 seconds.
>>and
>>i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets from port
>>5001
>>
>>Any ideas...
>>
>>Muhammad
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
William Chappell, Software Engineer, Critical Technologies Inc.
* Creativity * Diversity * Expertise * Flexibility * Integrity *
Suite 400 Technology Center, 4th Floor 1001 Broad St, Utica NY 13501
315-793-0248 x148 FAX -9710 <bill.chappell@critical.com> www.critical.com

Re: Packets Counting

[Steven M Campbell]

Heh, no fair!  That's more clever than the one I did off the cuff :)

Bill Chappell wrote:

>
> I do not have time this instant to share the code but the outline of
> a packet counter I use is to create chain MANGLE_ACTIVITY in -t mangle,
> add a rule that simply RETURNs to MANGLE_ACTIVITY, Insert a jump to the
> MANGLE_ACTIVITY chain in -t mangle PREROUTING (so it is the first chain
> hit by all incoming packets), use whatever matches, like --sport or
> --dport (remember to specify protocol with port matches) and/or an
> interface match.  Then, in a script (mine happens to be Perl), run
> "iptables -t mangle -nvL MANGLE_ACTIVITY" and pipe (|) it through grep
> to get the RETURN line with the packet count and pipe it through
> awk to pick off the packet count followed by
> "iptables -t mangle -Z MANGLE_ACTIVITY" to zero the counter,
> both in a loop with a sleep to get the interval (approximately).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Bill
>
> (Without deadlines, we'd live forever.)
>
>
>
> M. A. Imam wrote:
>
>> Can i record the the number of packets each 2 seconds with tcpdump. i 
>> can see packets with tcpdump but how to count it every 2 seconds
>>
>>
>>> ===== Original Message From edvin.seferovic@kolp.at =====
>>> Maybe you should use tcpdump for testing purposes instead of using 
>>> iptables.
>>>
>>> Just my opinion.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Edvin
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org
>>> [mailto:netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org] On Behalf Of M. A. Imam
>>> Sent: Mittwoch, 16. März 2005 16:56
>>> To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
>>> Subject: Packets Counting
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> How can i count the number of packets on an interface evry 2 or 5 
>>> seconds.
>>> and
>>> i want to count only specific packets like only arriving packets 
>>> from port
>>> 5001
>>>
>>> Any ideas...
>>>
>>> Muhammad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Packets Counting

[Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez]

El mié, 16-03-2005 a las 14:15 -0500, Bill Chappell escribió:
> I do not have time this instant to share the code but the outline of
> a packet counter I use is to create chain MANGLE_ACTIVITY in -t mangle,
> add a rule that simply RETURNs to MANGLE_ACTIVITY, Insert a jump to the
> MANGLE_ACTIVITY chain in -t mangle PREROUTING (so it is the first chain
> hit by all incoming packets), use whatever matches, like --sport or
> --dport (remember to specify protocol with port matches) and/or an
> interface match.  Then, in a script (mine happens to be Perl), run
> "iptables -t mangle -nvL MANGLE_ACTIVITY" and pipe (|) it through grep
> to get the RETURN line with the packet count and pipe it through
> awk to pick off the packet count followed by
> "iptables -t mangle -Z MANGLE_ACTIVITY" to zero the counter,
> both in a loop with a sleep to get the interval (approximately).
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Bill
> 
> (Without deadlines, we'd live forever.)

If you have a lot of rules you have to watch the counters it's
better to do a little daemon that read the counters using
libiptc, because using bash or perl to read them it's too slow.

We have a daemon that do this called bastion-firewall-stats in
our bastion-firewall GPL firewall. Anyone interested can download
the source in our web site: http://www.bgsec.com/downloads.html

Regards.

-- 

Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez
Director Tecnico de bgSEC
jkerouac@bgsec.com
bgSEC Seguridad y Consultoria de Sistemas Informaticos
http://www.bgsec.com
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