[flow-tools] Start time and end time of the processed raw data

Annie Tong annie.tong@wcom.com
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:20:25 -0700


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Thanks Mark!  You mentioned that the headers info will be gone if the 
flows have been processed, is there any way that I can preserve the 
header info in the processed flow?  I passed the -p flag to flow-stat to 
generate report on data that has been processed by flow-filter, it 
prints "note, incomplete flow file" in the report.  From ftio.c, it 
seems the flag FT_HEADER_FLAG_PRELOADED is reset to 0 after the data has 
been processed, how can I set the flag back to 1?

Thank you.

Regards,

Annie Tong
MAE Engineering
MCI WorldCom



Mark Fullmer wrote:

>Passing the -p flag to flow-stat will print additional header information, ie
>
># mode:                 normal
># capture hostname:     XXXX
># exporter IP address:  X.X.X.X
># capture start:        Sat Apr 20 12:45:00 2002
># capture end:          Sat Apr 20 12:50:00 2002
># capture period:       300 seconds
># compress:             on
># byte order:           little
># stream version:       3
># export version:       5
># lost flows:           0
># corrupt packets:      0
># sequencer resets:     0
># capture flows:        123244
>
>Unfortunately if the flows have been processed the headers from flow-capture are
>usually gone, in which case you would need to compute them on the fly.
>
>See ftio_header_print() in ftio.c and flow-print.c for more details.
>
>mark
>
>On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 01:47:52PM -0700, Annie Tong wrote:
>
>>Hi Mark,
>>
>>I'm trying to add the duration of the processed raw data in the header 
>>of the report that is generated by flow-stat in the following format,
>>
>>"Processed <number of flows> flows between <Day> <Month> <Date> <Year> 
>><Time> and <Day> <Month> <Date> <Year> <Time>"
>>
>>e.g.
>>"Processed 20000 flows between Fri Apr 12 2002 00:00:00 and Fri Apr 12 
>>2002 09:59:59"
>>
>>I'm looking at your code flow-stat.c and found 2 variables, 
>>fs0.time_start and fs0.time_end, which stores the start_time and the 
>>end_time of the processed raw data, and they're in unsigned integer. 
>> Can I use the function localtime() to convert them in the format I 
>>want?  Also where did you get the start_time and end_time of the 
>>processed data?  Are they stored in the packet as $startime and $endtime 
>>(found the reference from Cflow.pm)?
>>
>>Thank you!
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Annie Tong
>>MAE Engineering
>>MCI WorldCom
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>flow-tools@splintered.net
>>http://www.splintered.net/sw/flow-tools
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>flow-tools@splintered.net
>http://www.splintered.net/sw/flow-tools
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Thanks Mark! &nbsp;You mentioned that the headers info will be gone if the flows
have been processed, is there any way that I can preserve the header info
in the processed flow? &nbsp;I passed the -p flag to flow-stat to generate report
on data that has been processed by flow-filter, it prints "note, incomplete
flow file" in the report. &nbsp;From ftio.c, it seems the flag FT_HEADER_FLAG_PRELOADED
is reset to 0 after the data has been processed, how can I set the flag back
to 1?<br>
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Thank you.<br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
<br>
Annie Tong<br>
MAE Engineering<br>
MCI WorldCom <br>
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Mark Fullmer wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">Passing the -p flag to flow-stat will print additional header information, ie<br><br># mode:                 normal<br># capture hostname:     XXXX<br># exporter IP address:  X.X.X.X<br># capture start:        Sat Apr 20 12:45:00 2002<br># capture end:          Sat Apr 20 12:50:00 2002<br># capture period:       300 seconds<br># compress:             on<br># byte order:           little<br># stream version:       3<br># export version:       5<br># lost flows:           0<br># corrupt packets:      0<br># sequencer resets:     0<br># capture flows:        123244<br><br>Unfortunately if the flows have been processed the headers from flow-capture are<br>usually gone, in which case you would need to compute them on the fly.<br><br>See ftio_header_print() in ftio.c and flow-print.c for more details.<br><br>mark<br><br>On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 01:47:52PM -0700, Annie Tong wrote:<br></pre>
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    <pre wrap="">Hi Mark,<br><br>I'm trying to add the duration of the processed raw data in the header <br>of the report that is generated by flow-stat in the following format,<br><br>"Processed &lt;number of flows&gt; flows between &lt;Day&gt; &lt;Month&gt; &lt;Date&gt; &lt;Year&gt; <br>&lt;Time&gt; and &lt;Day&gt; &lt;Month&gt; &lt;Date&gt; &lt;Year&gt; &lt;Time&gt;"<br><br>e.g.<br>"Processed 20000 flows between Fri Apr 12 2002 00:00:00 and Fri Apr 12 <br>2002 09:59:59"<br><br>I'm looking at your code flow-stat.c and found 2 variables, <br>fs0.time_start and fs0.time_end, which stores the start_time and the <br>end_time of the processed raw data, and they're in unsigned integer. <br> Can I use the function localtime() to convert them in the format I <br>want?  Also where did you get the start_time and end_time of the <br>processed data?  Are they stored in the packet as $startime and $endtime <br>(found the reference from Cflow.pm)?<br><br>Thank you!<br><br>Regards,<br><b
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