netacct-mysql 0.78 review

Netacct-mysql is modified version of traffic accounting daemon net-acct which stores collected data in MySQL

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 40K Developer: Nikolay Hristov

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Netacct-mysql is modified version of traffic accounting daemon net-acct which stores collected data in MySQL. It supports writing accounting information in a single line in MySQL per day for every IP (mrta style).


Netacct functions by analogy with sniffer, i.e. it keeps track of all the traffic passing through the network interfaces assigned by the configuration file. Data are stored in the memory and periodically saved in the database. The default data save period is 300 seconds (see option "flush" in the config file).

The application is used for accounting of the network traffic passed through your router/gateway. It is based on the libpcap library and functions as a userspace daemon. Options for dividing the network traffic into 4 categories:
- international
- peering
- direct
- local
The traffic accounts are saved in a database, and for the time being MySQL and Oracle are supported. As libpcap is used for gathering the network data the application runs (for the moment) on the following operating systems:
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
- Solaris
For more detailed information regarding a particular OS, please read the FAQ file.

What's New in This Release:
netacct.h:
process.c:
naccttab.sample:
fixed 'disable' fields in config file, now it works does not write some fields in dump file - fixed