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authoradam <adam@pkgsrc.org>2005-03-21 12:42:45 +0000
committeradam <adam@pkgsrc.org>2005-03-21 12:42:45 +0000
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Optionally disable threading; work around for PR#29323
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ntop is a network traffic probe that shows the network usage, similar to what
the popular top Unix command does. ntop is based on libpcap and it has been
written in a portable way in order to virtually run on every Unix platform and
-on Win32 as well.
+on Win32 as well.
ntop users can use a web browser (e.g. netscape) to navigate through ntop (that
acts as a web server) traffic information and get a dump of the network status.
In the latter case, ntop can be seen as a simple RMON-like agent with an
embedded web interface.
-The use of:
-- a web interface
-- limited configuration and administration via the web interface
+The use of:
+- a web interface
+- limited configuration and administration via the web interface
- reduced CPU and memory usage (they vary according to network size and traffic)
make ntop easy to use and suitable for monitoring various kind of networks.