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From: Georgi Alexandrov <georgi.alexandrov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: grovel netfilter_conntrack_xxx from applications how?
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:45:06 +0200
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Tyler Retzlaff wrote:

> How does one query netfilter for information about conntrack connections
> when they are established, disestablished etc..?
>
> Basically for connections established via conntrack_xxx modules I want
> to extract the details and use them in an application on the router.   
> Is there
> documentation to a C API for doing this?
>
> Thanks
>
>
check /proc/net/ip_conntrack
but remember that accessing it directly ... with cat for example is
known that may crash your machine.

P.S.
Though i've never experienced the above behaviour.

regards,
Georgi Alexandrov