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diff --git a/net-mgmt/nitpicker/pkg-descr b/net-mgmt/nitpicker/pkg-descr deleted file mode 100644 index 01d1f6ca13c0..000000000000 --- a/net-mgmt/nitpicker/pkg-descr +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -Introduction: - - Nitpicker is simple, Nitpicker is efficient, Nitpicker is Open Source. - Nitpicker is the free IP Flow Accounter. - It started because the commercial accounting software was just not fast, - precise and reliable enough to fit a today's ISP / MSP requirements. - -Here are some of the large benefits of nitpicker above other accounting software: - - It is 100% free - - It is Public Domain. - - It is designed for speed - - It is designed to run reliable under djb's daemontools - - It consumes minimal processor power - - It also runs with little memory - - -Description: - - Nitpicker is (currently) running under *BSD and Linux. - It is designed for the berkley packet filter (BPF). - (Sun Solaris(c) packet filter is currently examined). - Linux doesn't have a device like the bpf, - so you need to have libpcap ( Notice: We strongly recommend using *BSD ) - Nitpicker accesses the raw ethernet frames and reads the header informations. - Nitpicker will write the flows into a file when there are n flows in the savequeue. - They are moved there after n seconds passed since the flowstart - (This prevents never-ending flows like news to be written too) - - The flowfile is called flow.<unixtimestamp>.u At the end of a dumping period, - the .u files will be renamed to *.s, and new .u files will be created |