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On 3/24/2014 9:18 AM, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
>     Running my server on FreeBSD 9.2 in the DMZ, I would like to know if
>     there is a program / graphical user interface on which I _real_time_
>     can see  what kind of traffic is entering my server (ports)? Running
>     ipfw but that is more statical / once a day list overview.

ntop is/was popular for visualizing and graphing.  For analysis, flow 
tools such as netflow and argus are very useful.

	---Mike



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