Re: Netflow question

From: Matt Ranney (mjr@ranney.com)
Date: Thu Mar 29 2001 - 13:13:02 EST


Greg Ketell <gketell@juniper.net> writes:

[...]
> It wasn't ever designed for per-packet billing. The original intention was
> for network planning purposes. If you sample syn/fin you know where every
> flow is going so can design your network optimally.

If you only sample the SYN and FIN packets, can you tell how many
bytes had moved around on that connection?

-- 
Matt Ranney - mjr@ranney.com



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