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authorHarald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>2015-10-25 21:00:20 +0100
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+Flow based network accounting with Linux
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+Many networking scenarios require some form of network accounting that goes beyond some simple packet and byte counters as available from the 'ifconfig' output.
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+The author has implemented an efficient approach, by which the accounting
+information is stored in the in-kernel connection tracking table of the
+ip_conntrack stateful firewall state machine.
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