Just a quick thought, as it says on the website: > User Mode Linux virtual machines are networkable, > to each other, to the host, and to other physical > machines. So, UML can be used to set up a virtual > network that allows setting up and testing of > experimental services.
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/ Maybe this allows accounting of the vm's, too. I remember a project here where BSD was used in a similar way and every virtual machine had it's own IP. Cheers, Marcel martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7 Jan 2002, at 14:26: > > --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > hi folks, > please direct me to some documentation on ways to account > for user traffic on a single machine, acting as BIND9, > apache, postfix, and sshd server for a number of users. i > need to get as close as possible to exact traffic volume > measurements to do proper billing, and (unfortunately), i > can't use an upstream router for that. > > i want to account for total traffic, which includes the > following challenges: > > - Shell: every user has ssh access. i need to be able to > keep track > of every byte coming in and out of sshd, but also any > data sent to or received from the internet while using > the shell account. > - HTTP: a user has zero or more domains hosted on the > system, all > request and response volume should be added to that > users accounting data. > - Mail: any mail that the user receives should be > byte-counted. the > same applies to mail sent from the user account via > sendmail, mail sent via port 25, and mail relayed (TLS > client authentication). > - BIND: c.f. with HTTP, basically the same applies. > =20 > if you ask me, this sounds like a horrible task. any tips > from the ISP experts? > > --=20 > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =20 > don't hate yourself in the morning -- sleep till noon. > > --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > Content-Disposition: inline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAjw5ohYACgkQIgvIgzMMSnUSbQCfRrzmUHF9vYX3dVcJntpq > EwTl ik0AoJ7SNIpXyTKC2G2mjgPI5Y7Q0NlO =6Z3o -----END PGP > SIGNATURE----- > > --ReaqsoxgOBHFXBhH-- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
