Re: Bytes counter with iptables

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Subject: Re: Bytes counter with iptables
From: racke@linuxia.de (Stefan Hornburg Racke)
Date: 26 Jul 2001 10:32:34 +0200
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In-reply-to: "galaeasy.005608@mail.galactica.it"'s message of "Thu, 26 Jul 2001 04:17:31 -0400"
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"galaeasy.005608@mail.galactica.it" <galaeasy.005608@mail.galactica.it> writes:

> Hi to all!
> 
> I have a question about packets & bytes counter made with iptables:
> 
> my problem is that when I reboot my firewall i lost all the counters stored with iptables.
> 
> Can I prevent this ?

Don't rely on counters. I suggest to use some completely separate software
like net-acctd which reads the packets outside of netfilter.

Ciao
        Racke

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