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From: Chris Brenton <cbrenton@chrisbrenton.org>
To: Mark Webb <webb@mmspl.com.au>
Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: Monitoring problems...
Date: 31 Oct 2003 05:27:29 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1067596048.1137.3.camel@valhalla> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DFD93DB4ABEF7243BC4F81DE17A182EF94B2@tugexch.vpn.mmsi.com>

On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 17:52, Mark Webb wrote:
>
> I was asked by the powers that be to set up some monitoring of our
> workplaces internet traffic. Basically a breakdown of the volume used
> and what protocol is using it.  i.e. 20% mail, 30% web, 10% ftp,
> etc....

I would use ntop for this. Its specifically designed for this type of
activity and creates pretty pie charts with lots of colors. ;-)

http://www.ntop.org/

> On the box I have iptables running using the following:
> 
> iptables -A INPUT -j LOG --log-level 7 --log-prefix '[MONITOR]'
>
> Now all this seems to be working (sort of).   If I compare the log to
> a tcpdump output the log is only capturing about 5%.

Try:
iptables -A FORWARD -j LOG --log-level 7 --log-prefix '[MONITOR]'

but as I said, I would use ntop.

HTH,
C




      parent reply	other threads:[~2003-10-31 10:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-29 22:52 Monitoring problems Mark Webb
2003-10-31 10:19 ` Vincent Haverlant
2003-10-31 12:37   ` Alistair Tonner
2003-10-31 10:27 ` Chris Brenton [this message]

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