calculate rate of "new connections per second" for ip_conntrack

[Gaurav Sharma <gaurav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am trying to find out a way to calculate the rate of "new connections per 
second" for the ip_conntrack module.  What would be a good approach for this 
problem?  Also is there an explaination available for the various statistics 
for ip_conntrack listed undet '/proc/net/stat/ip_conntrack'. 

Your help is really appreciated.  

Thanks.
Gaurav.