On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:29:20 -0500, "Burton M. Strauss III" 
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Arnt Karlsen Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:18 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Ntop] ntop port
> > 
> > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:27:33 -0500, "Burton M. Strauss III"
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> > > Ramiro Pulgar Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 5:00 PM
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> > > Subject: [Ntop] ntop port
> > >
> > > > Hi!
> > > > I'm trying to use ntop in a firewall but I can't get access to
> > > > that interface. I configured the firewall to accept TCP packets
> > > > over port 3000, but I think that ntop uses UDP packets, Is that 
> > > > true? Or, what is the concept to access to ntop installed in a
> > > > firewall.
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > > http://xxxxxx:3000/ is the default, that's standard http which is
> > > a tcp protocol on port 3000.
> > >
> > > Now to RECEIVE data, ntop needs to put the interface into
> > > promiscuous mode and receive all the packets, that's why putting
> > > ntop on a firewall is a BAD idea.
> > 
> > ...however, it _is_ possible to hang an ip-less bridge outside 
> > the firewall and run a 3'rd wire inside and view ntop on that.
> > 
> > ..tested a year ago on a Duron 1.2GHz with 128MB ram, that 
> > also did bandwidth throttling for my isp, only problem was 
> > ntop stability.  ;-)
> 
> Sure ... a 3 NIC bridge configuration works great.
> 
> IIRC you want to specify the -i br0 or whatever as the interface, vs.
> trying to combine packets from both the physical interfaces.

..does /dev/br0 work now in ntop?  I seem to remember winding 
up with listening to either of the 2 bridge nics thru the 3'rd 
_non_-bridge nic, which _had_ an ip.  ;-)

..to view traffic coming the same way as the firewall sees 
it, simply watch the bridge's external nic.

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.

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