net-acct

Net-acct is a reliable software that efficiently logs network traffic. Its nacctd daemon effortlessly tracks all traffic that passes through the machine it runs on. Net-acct offers the ability to associate traffic to slip/ppp users when a slip/ppp server is running.

This software is highly recommended for those who provide IP to customers and want to charge them for the traffic they generate. Moreover, net-acct is an excellent option for statistics freaks who are curious to see how much of their network traffic is dedicated to NetNews, FTP, WWW, and other applications.

The latest release comes packed with exciting new features and fixes. The documentation and Makefile are revised slightly, adding -O2, and other enhancements. The hash table size is increased, and the algorithm is improved. The release adds ICMP masquerading and masq bug fixes, fixes the bug with multiple notdev definitions in naccttab, adds PLIP header entry to naccttab.sample, and more. Additionally, the software fixed the problem with promisc devices not being reinitialized on SIGHUP, making it a highly reliable option for network traffic logging.