[plug] Network Monitoring

Craig Ringer craig at postnewspapers.com.au
Thu Oct 7 14:29:26 WST 2004


tcleary2 at csc.com.au wrote:

> For instance, if you run snort without a config. file defined, it just 
> runs as a sniffer.

Except MRTG, which simply uses packet and traffic counters maintained by 
the kernel and exported by snmpd (or exposed over snmp from whatever 
device you're monitoring).

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Craig Ringer




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