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1CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ULOG
2ACCOUNT target support
3CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ACCOUNT
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5 The ACCOUNT target is a high performance accounting system for local networks.
6 It takes two parameters: --addr network/netmask and --tname NAME.
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54756114 8 --addr is the subnet which is accounted for
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9 --tname is the table name where the information is stored
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54756114 11 The data can be queried later using the libipt_ACCOUNT userspace library
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12 or by the "iptaccount" tool which is part of the libipt_ACCOUNT package.
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14 A special subnet is "0.0.0.0/0": All data is stored in the src_bytes
15 and src_packets structure of slot "0". This is useful if you want
16 to account the overall traffic to/from your internet provider.
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18 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
19 Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say `N'.