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diff --git a/net-mgmt/pmacct/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/pmacct/pkg-descr index 1079eeb0532d..d4838dfb0f9a 100644 --- a/net-mgmt/pmacct/pkg-descr +++ b/net-mgmt/pmacct/pkg-descr @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ -pmacct is a network tool to gather ip traffic informations -(bytes counter and number of packets); aggregation of -statistics is done using simple primitives (MAC addresses, +pmacct is a set of network tools to gather IP traffic +informations (bytes counter and number of packets); aggregation +of statistics is done using simple primitives (MAC addresses, source host, destination host, ports and ip protocols) that can be used alone or combined together to form complex aggregation -methods; counters are either global or historical (aggregated -and separated at fixed timeslots). Data is stored in a -in-memory table or using a SQL database (MySQL or PostgreSQL). -Gathering packets off the wire is done using pcap library and -promiscuous mode of network interfaces when specifically -required. +methods; counters are either global or historical (broken at +fixed timeslots). Data is either stored in a memory table, +pulled to stdout or in a SQL database (MySQL or PostgreSQL). +Gathering packets off the wire is done either using pcap +library (and promiscuous mode of the listening interface) or +reading Netflow packets coming from the network. WWW: http://www.ba.cnr.it/~paolo/pmacct/ |