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'.