Re: Packet counting/auditing per IP

Tom Eastep
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:38:52 -0000

> Hi,
>
> I''m using shorewall 2.4.9 running on Scientific Linux 4.4 (RHEL 4
Update 4).
>
> I''d like to start counting the bandwidth they are using, whether
that be for
> subnets or IP''s on their dedicated servers.
>
> Can shorewall do this? if so, how? will I need to upgrade the shorewall
version?

You might take a look at Shorewall''s Accounting facility
(http://www.shorewall.net/Accounting.html.

It would be a good idea to upgrade, given that 2.4 is no longer supported.
Be sure to read the release notes carefully before upgrading as there are
some issues when going from 2.x to 3.x.

-Tom
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