Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:43:10 +0100 | From | Russell King <> | Subject | Re: IP Acounting Idea for 2.5 |
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 12:07:31PM +1000, Manfred Bartz wrote: > There is another issue with logging in general: > > *COUNTERS MUST NOT BE RESETABLE!!!*
Umm, no. Counters can be resetable - you just specify that accounting programs should not reset them, ever.
The ability to reset counters is extremely useful if you're a human looking at the output of iptables -L -v. (I thus far know of no one who can memorise the counter values for around 40 rules).
-- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
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