On 2018-03-28, 3 <ba...@yandex.ru> wrote:
> hi guys. when the pflow option first appeared, i was surprised by the
> stupidity of those who implemented it- pflow could not be specified
> for block-rules, i.e. dropped packets were not taken into account. as
> a result of this approach, the usefulness of pflow sought to zero for
> those cases where traffic really had to be counted. but then i found
> the way out- the default blocking rule first duplicated packets on a
> special, only for this created localhost, which had only one rule -
> receiving all incoming packets and the pflow option set, this allowed
> to take into account dropped packets too. now i updated system, and
> saw that the low level taken by developers fell even lower- now it is
> impossible to specify dub-to for block-rules. i dont know how to get
> around this now, im a simple user and tired of fighting hands-from-ass
> developers. can anyone share their hacks for this?
>
> ps: sry for my english

The English is mostly readable, the attitude is rather abrasive though.

pflow hooks into pf states. There is no state for a blocked packet.
I think you'll be happier with a BPF-based flow capture tool, there
are two in ports.


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