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Subject: Re: Netfilter control remove

From: "Gerd v. Egidy" <gerd.von.egidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ipt_ACCOUNT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:35:44 +0200
> How often do you collect your data? The current approach was chosen over
> procfs back in 2005 as we collect our statistics data every second
> and performance was the main concern.

another reason I remember why we chose the iptaccount-program over procfs was 
accuracy when reading: the program can do an atomic read and reset operation. 
So there are no packets lost or counted twice when reading.

Kind regards,

Gerd


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