Hi

Can I make changes to pre_tag.map and make nfacctd to reread file
without losing current flows?

(I measure ip adresses over 24h, so i would lite to keep the stats)

Cheers

/Tobias

Paolo Lucente wrote:

> VERSION.
> 0.8.4
>
>
> DESCRIPTION.
> pmacct is a small set of tools to account and aggregate IPv4 and IPv6
> traffic; aggregation revolves around the key concept of primitives (VLAN
> id, source and destination MAC addresses, hosts, networks, AS numbers,
> ports, IP protocol and ToS/DSCP field are supported) which may be
> employed alone or arbitrarily combined with others to form complex
> aggregation methods; support for custom historical breakdown, packet
> tagging, filtering and sampling. Aggregates can be stored into memory
> tables, SQL databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL) or simply pushed to stdout.
> Data is collected either using libpcap (and optionally promiscuous mode
> of the listening interface) or reading Netflow v1/v5/v7/v8/v9 packets
> coming from the network.
>
>
> HOMEPAGE.
> http://www.ba.cnr.it/~paolo/pmacct/
>
>
> DOWNLOAD.
> http://www.ba.cnr.it/~paolo/pmacct/pmacct-0.8.4.tar.gz
>
>
> CHANGELOG.
>   + Added support for NetFlow v7/v8. The Version 7 (v7) format is
>     exclusively supported by Cisco Catalyst series switches equipped
>     with a NetFlow feature card (NFFC). v7 is not compatible with Cisco
>     routers. The Version 8 (v8) format adds (with respect to older v5/v7
>     versions) router-based aggregation schemes.
>   + Added the chance to tag packets basing on NetFlow v8 aggregation
>     type field. As the keyword suggests, it will work successfully just
>     when processing NetFlow v8 packets. Useful to split - backend side -
>     data per aggregation type.
>   + pmacct client now is able to ask for the '0' (that is, untagged
>     packets) tag value. Moreover, all 'sum' aggregations (sum_host,
>     sum_net, sum_as, sum_port) can now be associated with both
>     Pre/Post-Tagging.
>   ! Fixed a serious memory leak located in the routines for handling
>     NetFlow v9 templates. While the bug was needing certain conditions
>     to manifest, anyone using NetFlow v9 is strongly encouraged to
>     upgrade to this version. All previous versions were affected.
>   ! Some gcc4 compliance issues have been solved. The source code is
>     known to work fine on amd64 architectures. Thanks very much to
>     Marcelo Goes for his patch.
>   ! Engine Type/Engine ID fields were not correctly evaluated when using
>     NetFlow v5 and Pre-Tagging. The issue has been fixed.
>   ! Long comments in the Ports Definition File were causing some
>     incorrect error messages. However it seems the file were processed
>     correctly. Thanks to Bruno Mattarollo for signalling the issue.
>   ! Minor fix to plugins hooking code. The reception of sparse SIGCHLD
>     signals were causing the poll() to return. The impact was null. The
>     issue has been fixed by ignoring such signals.
>
> NOTES.
> None.
>
> Cheers,
> Paolo
>
>
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