Hi,

First, let me say I'm using nfacctd (0.10.3) to receive NetFlow 
packets from a Packeteer Packetshaper, which is sending NetFlow v5 
packets.  It also supports two versions of a proprietary format, 
which I haven't looked into. (maybe a future project...)

Second, let me describe my goal.  I want to get a rough idea of how 
many hosts within my network are active and in use during any 
specific interval.  Once I get some history I can create a web report 
or something pretty.

So I'm using two instances of an sql plugin , one is aggregating on 
src_host and the other is aggregating on dst_host.    Each has an 
aggregate filter of my class-b network.  Every 15 minutes I push to a 
local MySQL db.  This seems a good balance between memory usage and 
sql traffic, and the db grows about 15 MB per day.

However I'm concerned that a large number of flows are 
ICMP-Unreachable messages in responses to invalid connection 
requests.  For my purposes, I'd rather not consider these hosts as 
"active".  But I'm aggregating...

I would like to only use netflow records about certain types of 
traffic.  Is it possible to use some sort of filter to limit which 
netflow records are evaluated?

  Thanks!

-Matt

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Matt Richard
Access and Security Coordinator
Computing Services
Franklin & Marshall College
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(717) 291-4157

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