For those of you who were/are interested in the script I'm working called mysql-iptables. I have released a GPL version on Source Forge http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-iptables/. This script gathers any chain you specify and stores the rules into a MySQL database of the same chain name. It increments the byte count so you can generate graphs in MRTG/RRDtool or whatever you like using retrieval commands like you do with iptables itself.. eg. mysql-iptables -t MRTG -s 192.168.0.1 -p tcp --sport 80 this will return the total byte value for this rule. a crontab updates the database like so: */5 * * * * root mysql-iptables --updatedb */5 * * * * root mysql-iptables -t HOSTS --updatedb Any more questions please forward them to the forums... (once I get the rest up and running ;)) Thanks, ____________________________________________ George Vieira
