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diff --git a/net-mgmt/nitpicker/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/nitpicker/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..01d1f6ca13c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/net-mgmt/nitpicker/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +Introduction: + + Nitpicker is simple, Nitpicker is efficient, Nitpicker is Open Source. + Nitpicker is the free IP Flow Accounter. + It started because the commercial accounting software was just not fast, + precise and reliable enough to fit a today's ISP / MSP requirements. + +Here are some of the large benefits of nitpicker above other accounting software: + - It is 100% free + - It is Public Domain. + - It is designed for speed + - It is designed to run reliable under djb's daemontools + - It consumes minimal processor power + - It also runs with little memory + + +Description: + + Nitpicker is (currently) running under *BSD and Linux. + It is designed for the berkley packet filter (BPF). + (Sun Solaris(c) packet filter is currently examined). + Linux doesn't have a device like the bpf, + so you need to have libpcap ( Notice: We strongly recommend using *BSD ) + Nitpicker accesses the raw ethernet frames and reads the header informations. + Nitpicker will write the flows into a file when there are n flows in the savequeue. + They are moved there after n seconds passed since the flowstart + (This prevents never-ending flows like news to be written too) + + The flowfile is called flow.<unixtimestamp>.u At the end of a dumping period, + the .u files will be renamed to *.s, and new .u files will be created |