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Diffstat (limited to 'net/vnstat/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/vnstat/pkg-descr | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/vnstat/pkg-descr b/net/vnstat/pkg-descr index fd37400bcbb4..e4b0b25a93f8 100644 --- a/net/vnstat/pkg-descr +++ b/net/vnstat/pkg-descr @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor. It keeps a log of -hourly, daily and monthly network traffic for the selected interface(s). -However, it isn't a packet sniffer. The traffic information is analyzed -from the proc(5) filesystem. That way vnStat can be used even -without root permissions. +vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a +log of network traffic for the selected interface(s). It uses the network +interface statistics provided by the kernel as information source. This means +that vnStat won't actually be sniffing any traffic and also ensures light use of +system resources regardless of network traffic rate. -WWW: http://humdi.net/vnstat/ +WWW: https://humdi.net/vnstat/ |