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Date:      Mon, 7 Nov 2005 22:18:12 +0100
From:      Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Please resurrect trafshow v.3!
Message-ID:  <20051107221812.58a5552f.jylefort@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051107150954.F76971@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>
References:  <20051107150954.F76971@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>

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On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:24:31 +0200 (EET)
Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> wrote:

> > Date:      Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:26:45 +0000 (UTC)
> > From:      Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@FreeBSD.org>
> > Subject:   cvs commit: ports/net/trafshow Makefile distinfo pkg-descr
> >            pkg-message.nodevfs pkg-plist ports/net/trafshow/files patch=
-ac
> >            patch-af patch-ag patch-ah patch-configure
> >
> > jylefort    2005-11-05 14:26:45 UTC
> >
> >  FreeBSD ports repository
> >
> >  Modified files:
> >    net/trafshow         Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
> >  Added files:
> >    net/trafshow         pkg-message.nodevfs
> >  Removed files:
> >    net/trafshow/files   patch-ac patch-af patch-ag patch-ah
> >                         patch-configure
> >  Log:
> >  - Update to 5.2.1 [1]
>=20
>   Is it possible to keep old good trafshow v.3 under, say, net/trafshow3?=
 I've
> tried to use trafshow v.5, but I would say that it violates POLA severily:
>=20
>   o It does traffic aggregation by default, and it's impossible to turn i=
t off
>     from it's configuration file.
>=20
>   o It converses numbers to "human-readable" form like '42K' which seems
>     confusingly less than say '9800' at the first glance, AND it can't be
>     turned off!
>=20
>   o Option '-n' turn protocol decoding off. I would say that it's not alw=
ays
>     obvious that protocol 6 =3D TCP even for advanced trafshow user.
>=20
> I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't like the new design of good
> old trafshow and wants trafshow v.3 to be available.

I think these potential inconveniences are best addressed by patching
trafshow 5, so that users can have the best of both worlds.

--=20
Jean-Yves Lefort

jylefort@FreeBSD.org
http://lefort.be.eu.org/

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