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diff --git a/extensions/libxt_nfacct.man b/extensions/libxt_nfacct.man new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b755f977 --- /dev/null +++ b/extensions/libxt_nfacct.man @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +The nfacct match provides the extended accounting infrastructure for iptables. +You have to use this match together with the standalone user-space utility +.B nfacct(8) +.PP +The only option available for this match is the following: +.TP +\fB\-\-nfacct\-name\fP \fIname\fP +This allows you to specify the existing object name that will be use for +accounting the traffic that this rule-set is matching. +.PP +To use this extension, you have to create an accounting object: +.IP +nfacct add http\-traffic +.PP +Then, you have to attach it to the accounting object via iptables: +.IP +iptables \-I INPUT \-p tcp \-\-sport 80 \-m nfacct \-\-nfacct\-name http\-traffic +.IP +iptables \-I OUTPUT \-p tcp \-\-dport 80 \-m nfacct \-\-nfacct\-name http\-traffic +.PP +Then, you can check for the amount of traffic that the rules match: +.IP +nfacct get http\-traffic +.IP +{ pkts = 00000000000000000156, bytes = 00000000000000151786 } = http-traffic; +.PP +You can obtain +.B nfacct(8) +from http://www.netfilter.org or, alternatively, from the git.netfilter.org +repository. |