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[ipt_ACCOUNT] / linux / Documentation / Configure.help.ladd

diff --git a/linux/Documentation/Configure.help.ladd b/linux/Documentation/Configure.help.ladd
index f663079..8d57f8b 100644 (file)
--- a/linux/Documentation/Configure.help.ladd
+++ b/linux/Documentation/Configure.help.ladd
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ACCOUNT
   The ACCOUNT target is a high performance accounting system for local networks.
   It takes two parameters: --addr network/netmask and --tname NAME.
 
-  --addr is the subnet we want accounting for
+  --addr is the subnet which is accounted for
   --tname is the table name where the information is stored
 
-  The data can later be queried using the libipt_ACCOUNT userspace library
+  The data can be queried later using the libipt_ACCOUNT userspace library
   or by the "iptaccount" tool which is part of the libipt_ACCOUNT package.
 
+  A special subnet is "0.0.0.0/0": All data is stored in the src_bytes
+  and src_packets structure of slot "0". This is useful if you want
+  to account the overall traffic to/from your internet provider.
+
   If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
   Documentation/modules.txt.  If unsure, say `N'.