--- "Earl A.Killian" <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Has anyone built a iptables analyzer? I am thinking writing one, but > I don't want to reinvent what might already exist. > > I have in mind something that tries all "interesting" (as gleaned from > the rules themselves) combinations of IP addresses, protocols, ports, > etc., simulates the ruleset and says what happens. The result would > be displayed in table form. > > One could test the equivalence of two iptables specifications by > analyzing them and comparing the output (useful for seeing if an > "optmization" is correct). > I too am interested in this... and thus set out to find some projects to do this as I am a novice shell scripter and know zilch on programming... This is what I have found although nothing really gets to the grit like I would like... Iam http://intevation.de/iam/ IPAC-NG - IP accounting next generation http://ipac-ng.sourceforge.net/ IAG - IP-Accounting Grapher http://dev.lashout.net/iag/ BW ACCT v0.9.4 http://www.bwacct.org/ ADMLogger http://aaron.marasco.com/linux.html Firewall Log Daemon - firelogd http://rouxdoo.freeshell.org/dmn/ Firewall Monitor (fwmon) http://www.scaramanga.co.uk/fwmon/ fwlogwatch 0.9.3 http://www.kyb.uni-stuttgart.de/boris/software.shtml PStat http://members.fortunecity.com/mrsi/ iptacct - Accounting for Linux 2.4 http://tretmine.org/iptacct/ SASacct http://rousse.pm.org/sasacct/ Simple Little Firewall Monitor http://slfm.sourceforge.net/ tvc4 http://fsi-server.physik.uni-erlangen.de/~sndapara/shaping/index_en.shtml While i have not tried any of these projects... I don't think they are what I am looking for. I don't really need graphics or things displayed in MySQL databases.. I would simple like to be able to saya... hey how many packets have I gottin in the last 5 or so mins...and see the difference from the 5 mins before. Graphing this daily weekly monthy..etc would be nice...but hey I'm willing to settle. Good luck in your hunt. Hope this helps. ===== In the absence of order there will be chaos. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/
