Re: [FW-1] Network performance analysis / sniffing.

[Patrick Lotti <Patrick.Lotti@FW1-NOSPAMENERGIS-ISION.COM>]

"Jarmoc, Jeff" wrote:
>
>         I'm hoping someone can help me with something that's only partly
> firewall related.  At times, the external interface of firewalls I'm
> responsible for will become highly utilized.  In going down the path of
> looking for upgrades, management invariably asks the question, "What sort of
> traffic is this interface passing?"  Obviously, I can tell what traffic is
> allowed by looking at my firewall rulebase and logs.  What's more difficult,
> is to tell how much of each type of traffic is allowed.
[...]
> generate these statistics.  My second thought is that maybe the firewall
> logs already contain most of the information I'm looking for.  What sorts of
> solutions have other people implemented to answer these sorts of questions?

You can modify your rulebase and simply account all traffic. Then WebTrends or
some perl scripts will sum it up for you.

If you'd have the real-time viewer (a part of floodgate?) for your firewall, you
and your management could easily see what's *currently* going on.

Patrick

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