> Is there any possibility to add any other but the standard-ports by
> configuration or do I have to modify the source?
I think you can use the -F parameter for that.

> Background: I'd like to get a quick'n dirtya overview about bandwithwaste
> for napster&kazaa on our networks.
This is a lot more complex, since both Napster and Kazaa do not use one
fixed port number but dynamically assign port numbers when needed. If you
look in the code there is an example implementation for Napster, which can
be activated with a define.

As I'm busy researching the network behaviour of such peer-to-peer
applications and I think there are two options to make ntop monitor such
protocols:
* Write a plug-in to handle the protocol. However AFAIK a plug-in cannot
access the content of reassembled TCP transmissions, which is needed for
analysis of most of these protocols.
* Modify the ntop source. As the Napster example indicates this seems rather
difficult it one has no in depth knowledge of the ntop source code.
More input on this is very welcome.


kind regards,
Peter

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