On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 12:01 -0800, Travis Veazey wrote:
> I have the following in /etc/shorewall/accounting:
> 
> #"Red" interface traffic
> red:COUNT       -       eth1            -
> red:COUNT       -       -               eth1
> DONE            red
> 
> The goal is to be tallying all traffic that hits my "red" (i.e.
> external) interface, whether Shorewall ends up dropping, rejecting, or
> accepting it. However, this seems to only be counting traffic that is
> actually accepted (including traffic that is forwarded through the
> firewall, both directions, obviously).
> 
> Is there some modification I can make to this set of rules to track
> all traffic that reaches the interface? Or, maybe more ideally, is
> there a way to write accounting rules that include only dropped or
> rejected traffic? Or am I just flat wrong and this actually IS doing
> what I want it to already?
> 


Accounting occurs before any filtering rules are processed. As a result,
it accounts for all packets, whether actually passed or not.

-Tom
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Tom Eastep        \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who
Shoreline,         \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA     \ all of the passengers in his car
http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________

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